- Isthmus (newspaper)
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Isthmus 
Type Alternative weekly Format Tabloid Owner Isthmus Publishing Company, Inc. Publisher Vincent O'Hearn Editor Dean Robbins Founded 1976 Headquarters 101 King Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
United StatesCirculation 61,000[1] Official website TheDailyPage.com Isthmus is an alternative weekly newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1976, and has built a reputation for authoritative writing on news, arts and features. The paper prints more than 60,000[2] copies each Thursday, reaching an estimated 40% of all adults in Dane County, which includes Madison and several dozen other communities.[3] It also runs TheDailyPage.com, a popular local website.
The paper was founded by Vincent P. O’Hern and Fred Milverstedt. Milverstedt, a Madison journalist, left the paper after serving as editor for the first three years. O'Hern, a Madison transplant originally from Detroit, remains the paper's publisher. Isthmus' somewhat ominous motto is “To the death.” The paper gets its name from the land mass that forms the heart of Madison’s downtown and houses the twin engines of the city’s economy, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Isthmus belongs to the national Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, but unlike some papers in this group is not given to advocacy journalism. Its mission, as expressed by O’Hern, is “to inform, not persuade.” It has long sought to include both conservative and liberal voices and prided itself on its willingness to take on sacred cows.
The paper carries investigative and in-depth articles, as well as incisive coverage of the arts and features stories on trends and culture. It has won numerous awards for journalistic excellence over the years, including more than three dozen first-place awards from the Milwaukee Press Club and two Golden Quills,[4] the top honor from the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors. Two former interns – Anthony Shadid and Abigail Goldman[5] – have gone on to win Pulitzer prizes.
Isthmus employs about three dozen fulltime staff members. Longtime staffers include editor Dean Robbins, associate editor Michana Buchman, news editor Judy Davidoff, staff writer David Medaris, creative director Ellen Meany, associate publisher Linda Baldwin, administrative director Kathy Bailey and online editor Jason Joyce. In June 2011, news editor Bill Lueders left the paper after 25 years to work for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.[6]
References
- ^ "Isthmus". Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewCompany?oid=oid%3A42. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
- ^ [http://www.verifiedaudit.com/masthead.php?pid=4229&mid=000 Verified Audit Circulation
- ^ AAN
- ^ Golden Quill
- ^ Abigail Goldman
- ^ [1]
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See also
Categories:- Newspapers published in Wisconsin
- Media in Madison, Wisconsin
- Alternative weekly newspapers published in the United States
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