Inside the NNS newsroom: Meet Tom Tolan, assistant editor | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
December 8, 2020
Although he worked 24 years for The Milwaukee Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Assistant Editor Tom Tolan is the “new kid on the block” at NNS, where he works with reporters to shape the stories you read. (Photo provided by Tom Tolan)
Name: Tom Tolan
What I do at NNS: I edit reporters’ stories and consult with them about news coverage.
How long I’ve worked here: I started in August 2020.
Why I love NNS: I enjoy my interactions with the dedicated people who work at NNS, and I think it’s super important that the people we cover have a voice in this city.
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What are you most proud of? I really enjoy, through our reporting, getting to know people I might not otherwise have met. For example, through Damia Causey’s story about Henry Smith Jr. and his store, The Toy Dimension.
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