Dane County Service Clubs Speakers Bank

THE WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL offers news executives, reporters and columnists who have extensive experience and are willing to talk on a wide variety of topics. One interesting format is an opening statement on a selected topic followed by questions from club members. Program chairmen are invited to suggest topics in which they have interest. Mailing address for all: P.O. Box 8058, Madison, WI 53708. Fax number for all: (608) 2522-6119. Telephone Cliff Behnke at (608) 252-6105 for questions or other requests.

JIM HOPSON, publisher. Telephone: (608) 252-6102. E-Mail: jhopson@madison.com. A veteran newspaper executive speaks on many newspaper topics with local and national perspectives. Directs the State Journal and Madison Newspapers operations and daily and weekly papers throughout South-Central Wisconsin. Name your topic.

FRANK DENTON, editor. Telephone: (608) 252-6104, E-Mail: fdenton@madison.com. WSJ editor for 15 years. Speaks on various topics including the future of journalism, the State Journal's role in the community, the School of Hope and Community Journalism.

CLIFF BEHNKE, managing editor. Telephone: (608) 252-6105.E-Mail: cbehnke@madison.com. WSJ staff member for 35 years with experience in most news reporting and management assignments. Speaks on role of the Press in a Free Society, Language Abuse, local investigative reporting, etc.

JOYCE DEHLI, assistant managing editor. Telephone: (608)252-6115.E-Mail:jdehl@madison.om. A veteran reporter promoted to city editor and recently to managing position of directing the daily news operation. Tells how the newsroom operates covering the big news and investigative reporting on a daily basis.

JENNIFER SERENO, business editor. Telephone:(608) 252-6155. E-Mail: jsereno@madison.com. Tells how newspaper covers business, financial news.

PHIL GLENDE, city editor. Telephone:(608) 252-6117. E-Mail: pglende@madison.com. Tells how news coverage decisions are made for local news and can give tips on getting news in the paper.

SUSAN LAMPERT SMITH, "On Wisconsin" columnist and Page One feature/news writer. Telephone: (608) 242-6121. E-Mail: slsmith@madison.com. Tells how she covers the territory and the state looking for feature and hard news of special interest to readers.

ANDY HALL, investigative reporter. Telephone: (608) 252-6136. E-Mail: ahall@madison.com. Describes various investigative reporting techniques and special assignments, such as the Shoe Box series.

RON SEELY, science and environmental reporter. Telephone: (608) 252-6131. E-Mail: rseely@madison.com. Speaks on his recent series on Wisconsin's water resources crisis, university research including stem cell discoveries, nature and outdoors subjects, canoe camping with his Boy Scout troop, and many others.

MARV BALOUSEK, veteran police and local government reporter and author. Telephone: (608) 252-6142. E-Mail: county@madison.com. Marv is author of several books including "Wisconsin Crimes of the Century" and "100 Unsolved Wisconsin Crimes," among others. See "Authors Category."

GEORGE HESSELBERG, veteran reporter and columnist. Telephone:(608) 252-6140. E-Mail: hess@madison.com. His newspaper column regularly voted Madison's best. Has many fascinating stories to tell about people, places and things he's covered since he started as part-time reporter attending the U.W. Also can talk about books he's written.

BILL WINEKE, veteran reporter and columnist. Telephone: (608) 252-6146. E-Mail: daybreak@madison.com. He has probably met and written stories about more important and interesting people than any other journalist in Madison. He is also an ordained minister who cares for needy people at Madison Rescue Mission.

(Contact John Kanvik @ 608-245-1868 or email: jkanvik@att.net for questions, suggestions, additions.)