George Stanley is editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and regional editor of USA TODAY Network Wisconsin. He is president of the national News Leaders Association. He has been editor of the Journal Sentinel since 2015 and managing editor since 1997. He built the Journal Sentinel's process for in-depth reporting and its investigative team. From 1993 to 1997, he was business editor. He joined the Sentinel in 1989 as a reporter covering statewide issues, including conservation, the environment, natural resources. Stanley grew up in Green Bay, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, started at the Lake Geneva Regional News and also covered the outdoors and conservation for the Wichita Eagle and Ducks Unlimited magazine.