Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where it is the primary newspaper.
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14 Facts About Milwaukee Journal
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In early 2003, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel began printing operations at a new printing facility in West Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was founded on June 27,1837 in response to disparaging statements made about the east side of town by Byron Kilbourn's westside partisan newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal Advertiser, during the city's "bridge wars", a period when the two sides of town fought for dominance.
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In June 1845 King came to Milwaukee Journal and became the Sentinels editor three months later.
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Milwaukee Journal was appointed head of the Milwaukee militia and sat on the University of Wisconsin's board of regents, as well as being the first superintendent of Milwaukee public schools.
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The Milwaukee Journal first received acclaim when Nieman's coverage of a deadly hotel fire revealed it to be a firetrap, but the Sentinel defended the hotel's management, which included a Sentinel stockholder.
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Milwaukee Journal covered various aspects of life in Madison, from campus news to the state legislature.
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Milwaukee Journal delivered the scoop that university regent and state political boss Elisha W Keyes wished to remove university president John Bascom for political reasons and it was Turner's reports that resulted in a backlash of support for the president.
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Milwaukee Journal left the paper after Republicans appointed him as the transcribing clerk to Wisconsin's state senate before later going on to teach history.
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The Milwaukee Journal purchased radio station WKAF in 1927, changing its call letters to WTMJ.
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has been integrated into the company's "USA Today Network Wisconsin".
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Milwaukee Journal won the award in the category of best general reporting for a series of articles on the elderly and the process of aging.
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The Milwaukee Journal digitization used microfilm that had been scanned for ProQuest's database.
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