Margo Huston papers, 1950-1999 (bulk 1996-1999).

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Margo Huston papers, 1950-1999 (bulk 1996-1999).

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Papers of Milwaukee reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner Margo Huston, documenting her career in journalism at the Waukesha Freeman and the Milwaukee Journal. Huston also served two terms on the National News Council, a watchdog organization that issued opinions on complaints involving the national media. The bulk of the collection contains information about the implementation of the welfare reform program Wisconsin Works (W-2) in Milwaukee County, with an emphasis on childcare issues.

9.6 c.f.,81 photographs, and174 tape recordings.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924925

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Huston, Margo.

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Wisconsin Works (W-2) Program

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National News Council (U.S.)

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The National News Council was created in 1973 in New York City upon the recommendation of an independent task force of the Twentieth Century Fund, a research foundation. Conceived as a private, nonprofit organization, the council began operation with two basic objectives: to consider complaints brought against the media, whether by individual citizens or organizations, concerning alleged misstatements, inaccuracies, or unfairness; and to study possible infringements on the freedom of the press. ...