A job with the
Wisconsin State Journal in 1911
brought William Evjue back to Madison from
Chicago and into the newsroom where he worked under Richard Lloyd Jones. The two became fast
friends and colleagues based largely on their affection for
Gov. Robert La Follette, but
World War I split their allegiances toward La Follette. Evjue then ventured out on his own
and founded
The Capital Times in 1917,
which was at the forefront of the Progressive movement.
His newspaper, and its charitable arm, the Evjue Foundation, continue today.
