Monday Memo: Notes from the publisher’s desk
By Shereen Siewert, Wausau Pilot and Review Editor and Publisher Happy Monday, readers. This week, I’d like to kick off a new weekly feature, the Monday Memo, giving you all…
Editorial: Celebrate the magic of America this Independence Day
By Shereen Siewert, Publisher Wausau Pilot and Review Each year in central and northern Wisconsin, Independence Day arrives with a sense of joy, a mixture of patriotic pride and optimism.…
Let’s talk: Reimagining local news
Shereen Siewert, Publisher What would it take for you to really care about a newspaper that isn’t actually on paper? I could easily spin a narrative to support the idea…
Editorial: What you need to know about local, nonprofit journalism
By Shereen Siewert, Publisher Wausau Pilot and Review I spent the past week in Houston attending the annual Institute for Nonprofit News conference. It was a week of learning how…
Editorial: Remember, honor the fallen on Memorial Day
By Shereen Siewert Memorial Day is a time of mixed emotions. In central Wisconsin, the holiday marks the informal beginning of summer. It’s the weekend to break out the grill,…
Guest Column: Planning, collaboration key for economic success in Wausau region
By David Eckmann, Ed.D, President/CEO of the Wausau Region Chamber of Commerce Do you remember living through the Great Recession earlier this decade and the impact it had throughout central…
Guest Column: Dear Mom and Dad: Cool it.
By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and David Anderson, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. If you are the mother…
EDITORIAL: “Johns” who hire prostitutes perpetuate human trafficking
By Shereen Siewert, Wausau Pilot and Review In the past two days, Wausau Pilot and Review has reported on several arrests that happened over a four-day span in October targeting…
OPINION: No, sexual assault survivors aren’t part of the problem
By Shereen Siewert, Publisher and Founder of Wausau Pilot and Review As a local news platform, Wausau Pilot and Review doesn’t often publish national stories. We’ve pledged to be nonpartisan,…
Editorial: Comments are back, with a few key changes
By Shereen Siewert, Editor and Publisher From the time we launched Wausau Pilot and Review, we recognized the value in a vibrant comment section that offers a central means of…
Our view: Journalist intimidation is a threat to democracy
By Shereen Siewert, Editor of Wausau Pilot and Review In January 2015, terrorists walked into an editorial meeting at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and started shooting. Twelve people died.…
Editorial: Remember, honor the fallen on Memorial Day
By Shereen Siewert Memorial Day is a time of mixed emotions. In central Wisconsin, the holiday marks the informal beginning of summer. It’s the weekend to break out the grill,…
OUR VIEW: Go ahead, take closed government personally
By Shereen Siewert “Don’t take it personally.” That’s usually good advice. But today, as we close out Sunshine Week, we urge the opposite reaction to any government body operating in…
Guest column: Rent me not
By Keene Winters Sometimes we should thank God for unanswered prayers. Such was the case when CBL & Associates skipped town before laying hands on any part of the $4.1…
Guest column: Payback is a naughty word
By Keene Winters In the beginning, borrowed money is fun. You get to buy the things of your dreams. The downside is that you have to pay the money back.…
Facebook has made it harder to see Wausau news. But you can get around it
Editor’s note: Thanks to our LION partner, Berkleyside, for this story. When Facebook announced last week it will show users more posts from friends and family, while hiding the news, the…
Our view: Council, tear down those beer fences
By Shereen Siewert/Editor, Wausau Pilot & Review Tonight, members of the city’s public health and safety committee will, for the first time in years, revisit the idea of requiring beer…
Guest column: The toxic connection between mass murder and domestic violence
By Christine Palm Another day, another mass murderer with domestic violence in his past. By now, it’s a well-established pattern: male, usually white, often disgruntled ex-military, with a narcissistic grudge…
