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Neil Johnson

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Janesville
As seen in: WCLO-AM (Janesville, WI), The Telegraph, Yahoo News, Associated Press, ESPN, SFGate, U.S. News and World Report, The Minnesota Star Tribune, The Seattle Times, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo and
Covers:  Local business and economic news, everything from retail to industry to housing to agriculture.
Reporter/Producer at Big Radio and WCLO Radio. Hard nosed/heart on my sleeve. I dig the truth & rock and roll on vinyl.

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Newspaper reporter whose focus is news, features and investigative reporting on local and regional business and economics in southern Wisconsin. Covering manufacturing, retail, housing, tech, nonprofits and local economic development.

Articles

Boys & Girls Club of Janesville seeing growth in teen membership at new facility

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JANESVILLE — The Boys & Girls Club of Janesville officially only launched operations at its new South Jackson Street clubhouse a few weeks ago, but it's learned already the larger, more equipped facility is a hit with teens. Boys & Girls Club Director Rebecca Veium said the club now serves about 50 teens. In Boys & Girls Club terms, "teens" are kids 12 to 17.
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin meets with Janesville retailers as tariffs, trade war intensify

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By Neil Johnson Verified
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JANESVILLE — At various retail shops in downtown Janesville, consumers can find items as varied as specialty writing pens imported from England, Canadian-crafted, ornate metal pipettes in glass vases that burn oil, known as "Forever Candles," and containers for specialty olive oil shipped from Spain, Peru and Portugal.
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Janesville woman faces charges after felon she bought gun for fatally shot himself

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JANESVILLE — A Janesville woman is charged with buying firearms for a felon after police say a man she knew fatally shot himself with a gun she’d bought for him in early August. A criminal complaint filed in Rock County says Lauren J. Brown, 29, of Janesville faces two counts of misdemeanor straw purchase of firearms after police say she twice bought guns for a man who on Aug. 9 fatally shot himself in the head with one of those guns.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Sports. High school football.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

As a kid. Never as an adult, never for jounalism.

How is social media changing news?

It creates more story leads to independently verify.