About The Lightship
Illuminating the path
Just as lightships warned sailors of treacherous waters, we aim to illuminate the challenges and shifts in the newspaper industry, multimedia communications and beyond.
Join us to navigate the stormy seas of journalism, using information and analysis to help you stay aware. Together, we can tackle the complexities of modernity and find our way through the fog.
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I’m Audrey, a former reporter for Lee Enterprises. From May 2022 to July 2025 I worked for the company including as the sole news reporter for The Chippewa Herald covering rural western Wisconsin from Chippewa Falls. In June, I moved to Madison to take on the position of Local Government Reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal.
That adventure did not go as planned. I ended up alone, in deep waters with no beacon to illuminate safe passage and I am no longer with the company. Now I am here to help other journalists and communications professionals navigate rough waters at a time when the industry faces treacherous and stormy weather.
While I am more than a little worn out and wounded by the newspaper industry right now I am deeply proud of my work.