Newspaper Warns of Fake Reporter Targeting High School Athletes
Someone posing as a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter is trying to schedule off-campus photo shoots and interviews with area high school students, according to an email sent to Whitefish Bay High School on Friday.
Parents and students in the Whitefish Bay School District were warned Friday that someone posing as a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photographer is contacting high school students under the guise of setting up interviews and photo shoots off campus. "It is alarming that someone would try to trick a child with a few minutes of fame. It is disturbing what this person has in mind," Kat Murray of Whitefish Bay wrote in an an email to Patch. Whitefish Bay Athletic Director John Gustavson said Friday that Journal Sentinel prep sports editor Mark Stewart sent him the following email: Gustvason forwarded the email to parents in the district. Stewart did not immediately respond Friday to an emailed request for comment. "I commend the Journal for …
Jeff Rumage
5:59 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Just to clear up any confusion, Whitefish Bay school officials have not received any reports of their student-athletes being approached by this fake reporter. The advisory from the Journal Sentinel was sent to all high school athletic directors throughout the region. Whitefish Bay was likely more transparent than other districts in sharing the news with all high school parents, not just coaches … more ›