Joe Schoenmann
Encyclopedia
Joe Schoenmann is an American journalist
and nonfiction author
who has lived in Las Vegas
since 1997.
career as a reporter at the 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 went to work 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
. He has appeared as a commentator on KNPR 88.9, the National Public Radio affiliate in Las Vegas.
He was given the Outstanding Journalist award in 2002 by the Nevada Press Association, as well as four other awards that year 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.
The book is scheduled for release in fall 2011.
Journalist
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and nonfiction author
Author
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who has lived in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
since 1997.
Education
Schoenmann graduated in 1981 from River Valley High School in Spring Green, Wisconsin, where he was raised. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Career
Schoenmann began his journalismJournalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
career as a reporter at the 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
Capital Times
The Capital Times is a newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by The Capital Times Company. The newspaper is primarily distributed in a 19-county region in south-central Wisconsin. The Capital Times formerly published paper editions Mondays through Saturdays, with a weekday circulation of...
in Madison. In 1997, he went to work 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
Las Vegas Sun
The Las Vegas Sun is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper. It is one of Las Vegas, Nevada's two daily newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group....
. He has appeared as a commentator on KNPR 88.9, the National Public Radio affiliate in Las Vegas.
He was given the Outstanding Journalist award in 2002 by the Nevada Press Association, as well as four other awards that year 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.
Book
The nonfiction book Vegas Rag Doll: A True Story of Terror and Survival as a Mob Hitman's Wife, co-authored by Schoenmann with Wendy Mazaros, is an autobiographical account about Mazaros' marriage to Tom Hanley, 39 years her senior, who was involved in organized crime in Las Vegas. MyNews 3 wrote, in a story about the book, "She is Wendy Mazaros, a woman so connected to the mob and so well known that in the 1970s the newspapers simply referred to her as Wendy."The book is scheduled for release in fall 2011.