BizTimes Milwaukee wins Press Club awards

Takes top honors in two categories

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BizTimes Milwaukee received three awards in the Milwaukee Press Clubโ€™s annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism contest.

The awards were announced at the annual Gridiron Awards Dinner on Friday, May 11, at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

BizTimes Milwaukee received two gold awards, the highest award in each category.

Reporter Arthur Thomas won a gold award in the โ€œBest Multi-Story Coverage of a Single Feature Topic or Eventโ€ category for his work in 2017 covering the Foxconn development in Mount Pleasant, including his Aug. 21 cover story, โ€œThe Hype and Hope of Wisconn Valleyโ€.

Art director Shelly Tabor won a gold award in the โ€œMagazine Design: Best Single Cover Designโ€ category for the cover of the Sept. 4, 2017 magazine that featured Milwaukee developer Gary Grunau.

Reporter Corrinne Hess won a bronze award in the โ€œBest Business Story or Seriesโ€ category for her Nov. 13 cover story, โ€œThe Hot Corridorโ€ about the development occurring along the I-94 corridor between Milwaukee and Illinois.

Andrew Weiland
Andrew is the editor of BizTimes Milwaukee. He joined BizTimes in 2003, serving as managing editor and real estate reporter for 11 years before being promoted to editor in 2015. An award-winning journalist, Weiland is a five-time winner in the Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards contest and a three-time winner in the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP) Awards contest. He is also a regular guest on WISN-TV Channel 12's 4 p.m. newscast to discuss the week's most significant business news stories.