The Mendota Beacon
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| The Mendota Beacon | |
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
| Format | Tabloid |
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| Owner | Mendota Publishing, LLC |
| Publisher | Jeff Healy |
| Editor | Jeff Healy |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Political allegiance | Conservative |
| Headquarters | Madison, WI, U.S. |
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| Website: www.mendotabeacon.com | |
The Mendota Beacon is a free, privately funded newspaper first published every other week but now weekly in Madison, Wisconsin. It ran its first issue on February 12, 2005, Republican president Abraham Lincoln's birthday. It is politically conservative and was formed in 2004 as a conservative alternative to The Badger Herald, The Daily Cardinal, and The Madison Observer that are distributed in the UW–Madison campus and downtown area. The newspaper's motto, printed at the top of every issue, is "Shining the Light on What's Right." The name, possibly chosen for its inherent neutrality, comes from the fact that the campus is on the shore of Lake Mendota.
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[edit] Funding
The paper received its start-up capital from the Leadership Institute,[citation needed] which is funded by wealthy conservatives, most of whom are Republicans.
[edit] Editorial point of view
Many of the op-eds run in the Beacon address the issue of being conservative in Madison, a city that has a history of being a liberal hotbed.
The editorial writers also address issues of national and international concern.
- The March 10, 2005 issue expressed an opinion that people such as John Kerry are frustrating because they take the "nonexistent 'middle ground'" on abortion. By this they mean that Kerry, et al. claim to be personally against abortion yet does not want to impose his beliefs on others. They call this an "abortion hypocrisy."[1]
- Another op-ed in the Beacon's first issue defends America's unilateralist policies by saying "There is now a faction in American politics that is willing to disregard our national sovereignty and take orders from an international organization. (the UN)".[2]
[edit] Staff
Founders: Tim Shea, Robert Thelen III, Bradley Vogel, Jordan Smith, Steven Schwerbel.
- Editors
- Publisher: Jeff Healy
- Editor-in-Chief: Jeff Healy
- Managing Editor: Jenna Pryor
- Editorial Page Editor: Mike Fay
- Opinion Editor: Mike Fay
- News Editor: Mike Hahn
- State & Nation Editor: Steve Halford
- Features Editor: Jeremy Wick (also a columnist)
- Sports Editor: Tom Sanders
- Graphic Design: Brandon Sivret
- Columnists: Ryan Scannell, Mike Fay, Jeremy Wick
- Reporters: James Block, Mickey Bowman, Victoria Brown, Sarah Hickey, Molly Marcello, Katherine Thompson, Chris Weck, and others.
In 2005, Beckstrom left the Beacon to become the Editorial Board Chairman of The Badger Herald. In early 2006, Vogel and Schwerbel left the Beacon to join the Herald as an at-large member of the Editorial Board and a columnist, respectively.
Thelen was featured in a notable feature article in Madison's independent weekly newspaper, Isthmus. The article was a point/counterpoint article about the Iraq war. Thelen's portion of the debate explained his support for the war and for the Bush administration.
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