Education
Schoenmann graduated from River Valley High School in Spring Green, Wisconsin. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Joe Schoenmann
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Schoenmann began his journalism career as a reporter at the Elroy Tribune-Keystone, a community weekly, taking his first daily newspaper job at the West Bend Daily News before moving to the Capital Times in Madison. In 1997, he worked as a reporter at the Las Vegas Review-Journal. He went on to work as a writer, then as managing editor, for Las Vegas Weekly, and, most recently, as a reporter at the Las Vegas Sun.
In 2014, he became the senior producer of Nevada Public Radio"s morning program, "KNPR"s State of Nevada" at knpr.org.
Achievements
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He was given the Outstanding Journalist award in 2002 and Story of the Year in 1998 by the Nevada Press Association, as well as four other awards in 2002 for his work at Las Vegas Weekly. In 2004, he was the gold medal winner for Profile Writing in the 19th annual City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) awards competition for an article about an outcall service operator in Las Vegas Life magazine.In 2013, his story on the Clark County Coroner" General’ s Office won "Best Feature" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest. In 2014, his "Joe Downtown" columns won "Best Local Column" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest.
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Awards
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He was given the Outstanding Journalist award in 2002 and Story of the Year in 1998 by the Nevada Press Association, as well as four other awards in 2002 for his work at Las Vegas Weekly. In 2004, he was the gold medal winner for Profile Writing in the 19th annual City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) awards competition for an article about an outcall service operator in Las Vegas Life magazine.In 2013, his story on the Clark County Coroner's Office won "Best Feature" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest. In 2014, his "Joe Downtown" columns won "Best Local Column" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest.He was given the Outstanding Journalist award in 2002 and Story of the Year in 1998 by the Nevada Press Association, as well as four other awards in 2002 for his work at Las Vegas Weekly. In 2004, he was the gold medal winner for Profile Writing in the 19th annual City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA) awards competition for an article about an outcall service operator in Las Vegas Life magazine.In 2013, his story on the Clark County Coroner's Office won "Best Feature" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest. In 2014, his "Joe Downtown" columns won "Best Local Column" in the Nevada Newspaper Association contest.