Judith Davidoff

Madison

President and Editor at Isthmus

Editor and president of @Isthmus.

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In ‘media’ we don’t trust

2 weeks ago | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

Americans, in general, don’t have a lot of trust in the media. Gallup has tracked the matter over the years, sticking with a question it first asked in 1972: “In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media — such as newspapers, TV and radio — when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly?
‘A Road at Night’ is not about basketball. It’s about drunk driving.

3 weeks ago | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

Former UW-Madison assistant basketball coach Howard Moore survived a May 2019 car crash caused by an intoxicated driver as did his son, Jerrell, who was 12 at the time. His wife, Jennifer, and 9-year-old daughter, Jaidyn, died from their injuries along with Samantha Winchester, the drunk driver who was going the wrong way late on a highway outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Not long after leaving the hospital Moore suffered a debilitating heart attack. Less than a year later the world shut down.
Testing norms, teaching civics

1 month ago | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

In an interview on WPR’s Wisconsin Today, host Rob Ferrett asked U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisconsin) about President Donald Trump’s attempts to restrict federal funds that had already been appropriated by Congress. “Some people are making the argument that these are appropriations passed by Congress, signed by presidents in the past,” Ferrett said. “Congress famously has the power of the purse as described in the American Constitution.
Local news in the time of Trump 2.0

2 months ago | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

Just one week into the administration of Donald Trump, the widespread panic from the news coming out of Washington, D.C., was palpable. There were the executive orders, a federal funding freeze, a court-ordered administrative stay on said funding freeze, the rescission of the funding freeze, and the administration’s insistence that there was no rescission of the funding freeze.
‘A tinkerer’s paradise’

Jan 7, 2025 | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

With head down and feet splayed, “Sad Yeti” sits alone atop a table on the third floor of the Madison Children’s Museum.
Let’s all take a minute

Jan 6, 2025 | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

It was the “y’all” heard ‘round the world. During a news conference on Dec. 17, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway was fielding questions about the tragic school shooting at Abundant Life Christian School when a reporter asked why the names of those shot had not yet been released, more than 24 hours after the shooting occurred. Rhodes-Conway, who had already made a case for respecting the privacy of the victims and their families, lashed out at the journalists in the room.
10 reasons to support Isthmus

Dec 11, 2024 | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

Count me among the journalists CNN media analyst Brian Stelter referred to in a piece he wrote a week after the Nov. 5 election. “Some journalists are feeling defeated in the wake of Trump’s victory — not necessarily because they preferred Harris, but because they are acutely aware that many voters tuned out the fact-driven news coverage of Trump and Harris altogether.
The selfish case for selflessness

Dec 6, 2024 | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

It takes Ivy Corfis just a few minutes to walk from her downtown condo to the Capitol Lakes health center on West Main Street, where she volunteers every Monday morning. There she helps the volunteer coordinator and residents unpack fresh flowers to lay on the tables in the dining hall. “It’s bright, it’s pretty,” says Corfis, who talks with the residents of the skilled nursing facility and sometimes reads to them. Sports is a mutual favorite for conversation.
Five Madison nonprofits you should know about

Nov 8, 2024 | isthmus.com | Jonathan Shipley |Marion Elbow |Judith Davidoff |Linda Falkenstein

Did you attend one of Madison’s many neighborhood festivals this summer? They are all run by nonprofits. Go to therapy? You might be getting services through Journey Mental Health Center, a nonprofit since 1948. Take in a play at Overture Center? Forward Theater is a professional nonprofit theater group. There are nonprofits all around us, often stepping in when the public and private sectors fall short.
Improving the Lake Monona shoreline

Nov 8, 2024 | isthmus.com | Judith Davidoff

Think Millennial Park and the Riverwalk in Chicago. That’s how Allen Arntsen, a board member of Madison LakeWay Partners, wants people to imagine the redevelopment potential of the Lake Monona shoreline in downtown Madison. “This shoreline is one of Madison’s great assets and we are really here to make that available to people who live in and visit Madison,” says Arntsen.

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Those who have lived in a Wisconsin voting ward for at least 28 consecutive days, including college students, are eligible to vote in Wisconsin. @LiamPBeran reports on the @KamalaHarris' Wednesday rally in Madison & the push for the student vote. https://t.co/gxz2wP0o11