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Olszyk was born in Milwaukee in 1923.
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Arthur L. Olszyk
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He graduated from Pulaski High School and afterward studied journalism at Marquette University.
Career
Immediately after graduation from Marquette in 1944, Olszyk began his career in broadcast journalism at WTMJ-Department of Administration and Management. He remained with WTMJ, working in both radio and in television at WTMJ-television, until his retirement in 1980. After retirement from WTMJ Olszyk taught broadcast journalism at Marquette University for seven years until his second retirement in 1987. Arthur Olszyk died on November 29, 1996 at age 73.
Olszyk began his career in television news before many people even knew about the medium.
Some the earliest television shows he produced were the weekly program Around Town, which was launched in 1948. Milwaukee Newsreel, in the 1950s.
And the later daily documentaries, Special Assignment. While at WTMJ Olszyk served as assistant news editor under Jack Krueger from 1953 to 1963.
Promoted to news editor for WTMJ-television in 1963, he remained at that position until his retirement.
In 1993 he published the book, Live At the Scene: Local television News in Milwaukee, 1944-1980.
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