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Article: State Journal editor, Behnke, retires after 40 years.
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2006
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Byline: Anita Clark
Aug. 11--Readers of this newspaper won't notice today's retirement of Cliff Behnke, the senior managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal.
His is a behind-the-scenes job. He oversees the newsroom, manages the budget and coordinates efforts with other departments that help produce the paper.
More important, though, has been Behnke's role, in 40 years at the newspaper, in guiding ethics and enforcing standards through the daily tumult.
"More than anyone on the outside could see, Cliff has been the conscience, and really the constant, of the Wisconsin State Journal," said Frank Denton, former editor of the paper ...