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MILWAUKEE, WI – September 18, 2015 – LaToya Dennis, reporter and producer for WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio, will lead the Milwaukee Press Club as president for the next year, after the membership ratified elections to the club’s board of governors at its September 17th Annual Meeting.
Dennis joined the award–winning Milwaukee Public Radio news team in 2006. Over the nine years that she’s lived and worked in Milwaukee, she’s covered major stories ranging from the Sikh temple shooting to poverty to Wisconsin’s high black male incarceration rate. Dennis was recently honored with a Salute to Excellence Award from the National Association of Black Journalists for her coverage of a mentorship program in one of Milwaukee’s poorest communities. Over the years, Dennis has freelanced for many national radio shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Marketplace. Dennis began her public radio career as a part-time reporter at WKAR in East Lansing, Michigan while earning a Master’s degree in journalism.
James B. Nelson has been named the president-elect of the Milwaukee Press Club. An Appleton native, Nelson is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a Deputy Business Editor and PolitiFact Wisconsin reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. His work experience includes reporting stints at the Milwaukee Sentinel, Waukesha Freeman, Baraboo News-Republic and Stoughton Courier Hub. Nelson also teaches part time at Marquette University. He is president of the Milwaukee Press Club Endowment Board.
Also elected to the board were:
Officers:
– H. Carl Mueller, Mueller Communications Inc., Treasurer
– Lori Richards, Mueller Communications Inc., Secretary
Directors:
– Charles Benson, News/Political Reporter, WTMJ-TV
– Kurt Chandler, Editor, Milwaukee Magazine
– Katrina Cravy, Studio A Co-Host/Contact 6 Reporter, Fox 6 News WITI
– Fraser Engerman, Director of Global Media Relations, Johnson Controls
– Steve Jagler, Business Editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
– Marilyn Krause, Director, The Lowe Group
– Maryann Lazarski, Supervising Producer, Milwaukee Public Television
– Gene Mueller, Host of Wisconsin’s Morning News, 620 WTMJ Radio
– Kathy Mykleby, News Anchor/Reporter, WISN-TV
– Cathy Schulze, Sr. Communications Specialist/Media Relations, We Energies
– Mark Kass, Editor-in-Chief, Milwaukee Business Journal, will remain on the board as past-president.
