by foleymediagroup | Mar 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
MADISON – Ellen Foley has been promoted to senior vice president of corporate communications at WPS. She joined the company in 2013 as a vice president. In her tenure at WPS, she has expanded the role of marketing and communications, particularly emphasizing the...
by foleymediagroup | Mar 20, 2014 | Journalism and marketing
One of the Foley rites of spring is judging the Anthony Shadid Ethics in Journalism Award. I agree with Jack in the follow release. Judges included Herman Baumann of Greenline Strategies; Jack Mitchell of UW-Madison; Peter Fox, formerly of Lee Enterprises and...
by foleymediagroup | Jan 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
A Happier New Year? How can you top 2013! We have greeted every “Happy New Year” with abundant enthusiasm from anyone offering even a robotic snippet of good cheer in the past few weeks. How do you top the Foleys’ 2013! Well, 2014 will tell us. Last year at this time,...
by foleymediagroup | Aug 28, 2013 | Cancer Journey, Uncategorized
Today we celebrate Tom’s fifth stem cell transplant birthday after a battle with brain cancer. His courage, patience, strength and resilience prevailed during punishing chemo stronger than any dose given to a patient at Carbone Cancer Center. We pride ourselves...
by foleymediagroup | Aug 25, 2013 | Cancer Journey
Tom and I are trying to decide how to celebrate Aug. 28, his fifth birthday post-stem cell transplant. We feel very blessed and a bit stunned. We had hoped that we could get here. Now that it’s occurred, we aren’t sure how to react. We have been...
by foleymediagroup | Aug 10, 2013 | Cancer Journey
We said goodbye to Carbone Cancer Center this week. It was Tom’s last brain cancer treatment appointment. He got his final “cancer-free” blessing from Doc Kahl. We now head into pre-birthday festivities. We are all eager to celebrate...
by foleymediagroup | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Our communications director at Forward Theater, where I sit on the board of directors, is off to write more plays. I’m very jealous. However, this is a terrific opportunity for someone interested in the Madison arts scene who wants to work part-time as a...
by foleymediagroup | May 23, 2013 | Journalism and marketing
Hello my friends, Spring morphed into summer this week in Madison, reminding me that I’ve completed three months at the new job, vice president of corporate communications at Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS). I wanted you to know that I’m having a ball...
by foleymediagroup | Apr 21, 2013 | Cancer Journey, Uncategorized
The Big Thaw We have been quiet at Chez Foley as we adjust to our new cancer-free life. Tom’s brain cancer is, at least for the moment, gone. For those who know me, it is unusual that I didn’t have a plan with action steps that we would execute once Tom’s brain...
by foleymediagroup | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
We had a great meeting today at the Daily Cardinal Alumni annual meeting. The highlight was talking with the student journalists and business staff who are struggling with the same issues we struggled with in the news orgs of the early 2000s. I have been derelict in...
