Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Reviews

60+ years ago I was a paperboy for the WSJ and later the Milwaukee Journal. I still remember the Sunday editions around the holidays reaching upwards of 600 pages! Those mornings sometimes required at least 2 trips to our distributor’s office to refill my bike basket. Other times my mother would get up early and drive me around my route (what a relief on some cold mornings!).

I also remember the news coverage back then was pretty straightforward- readers got the who, what, where, when, how of a story along with other potentially informative facts. In general we were then allowed to think for ourselves, discuss with others and form our own opinions. Important topics that might be controversial could be found on the Editorial or Opinion Page. These writers expressed their thoughts on a topic that often provided insight that helped inform our point of view.

Today’s Gannet/USA Today “news” with the MJS name bears little resemblance to the real Journalism of the past. To get today’s news accurately takes effort using other sources. Today’s Journal Sentinel “news coverage” is mostly a Groupthink take on a given topic- Beware if this (and related providers) are your only sources.

MJS remains a very good source for Sports reporting and the only reason I still subscribe; and the only reason they get 2 stars in my ranking.

Mike Price

If you want to read non-informative news articles. This is the one for you. It’s so far left wing. Been reading this paper since the 1970s and they used to be more in the center. Gave view on both sides. But ever since USA today bought it. It’s been downhill. Never print anything negative about the Democrats. And only negative stuff on the Republicans and only negative articles on President Trump. I don’t agree with everything he has done. But he has accomplished more things than any president And as of today never printed an article about Obama ministration and him orchestrating and did worse things then Watergate. And written one article and one day on Biden sexual assault applications I will never give the paper another dime. Wake up people save your money

The news is the news, can’t do anything about that. But MilwaukeeJournalSentinel became very annoying in a recent release because when you leave an unfinished article for any reason - to switch momentarily to another app, take a call, phone goes to sleep, whatever - MilwaukeeJournalSentinel takes you back to the main/front page of the news. For example, if you’re reading a story, take an incoming call, then return to the story you’ll find yourself back at the home page and need to search for the story you were reading and then scroll to the place in the story where you left off. Happened every time. (IOS user)

The MJS has been a conscience of Wisconsin voters and a much needed watchdog of local and state government. A defender of open records laws when the GOP in Madison continually tried to slip one past the electorate (and called them out when they lied about it). Investigations into topics like alcohol related traffic deaths (certainly rankling the powerful Tavern League lobbyists) and suspicious deaths at all-inclusive Mexican resorts have been outstanding, among others. My worries that their sale to Gannett would weaken their mission have largely been unfounded, so far. But I'm still watching closely. Excellent sports coverage, even with the retirement of the legendary Bob McGinn.

I turned on breaking news only and I wish there was a way to turn off all of the notifications that o have no interest in. MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is nice, but wish I could subscribe to true breaking news or at least select the topics that I want to hear. I get a lot of unnecessary sports news on my feed. Other than that MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is nice

I purchased a digital subscription with the J Sentinel online. I’m able to access the digital print of the newspaper ok, but when I try to use MilwaukeeJournalSentinel to read news emailed to me from the JS it allows me to read the first one, however if I wanted to continue reading any subsequent article MilwaukeeJournalSentinel will freeze and ask me for my email and password.
I have added my information to MilwaukeeJournalSentinel several times but keep asking me the same. It doesn’t process the subscription so I have to get out. If I want to read more I must go to the email or to the digital print.
I hope they can fix it.

When I try to access news stories, it often asks me to log in and when I try to, MilwaukeeJournalSentinel says there are connection problems and I should try later. Um, I think I pay for MilwaukeeJournalSentinel. It should work better than that!

Over the last several months MilwaukeeJournalSentinel displays years old stories in the home and garden section. Before that time MilwaukeeJournalSentinel matched what was in the print version. Many of the links, other than the first page news, link to old stories. If the Journal Sentinel truly wants to up their game in the e subscription space, there is a lot of room for improvement

I would like to rate MilwaukeeJournalSentinel higher. If only it worked.

I got a digital subscription as part of a package deal with the print subscription (support local press!). MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is easy to use and I check it regularly, particularly for weather and big stories that I know will be updated regularly. I also like that special “for subscriber” stories are clearly marked and that if you don’t log in for awhile, MilwaukeeJournalSentinel will prompt you to “check out stories you missed.”

As a long-time reader of this newspaper, starting in the 1950’s when it was The Milwaukee Journal, I always look forward to reading the local and state stories as well as the national and world news. As evidenced by their Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, it is a first- class news organization which I hope continues for many years to come. Thanks

Nice to have local news app that covers everything and is kept up to date fairly regularly. I read all the national news and major city apps like USA Today, CNN, New York Times and The Post, and it's nice to have Milwaukee news app on par with these organizations. Definitely recommend MilwaukeeJournalSentinel to keep update on not just local but national news, and as it pertains to MKE.

This is the fourth time I have tried to write a review. MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is currently hung up. This happens frequently. I have been a subscriber for many years, the paper is a shell of what it used to be, tiny and very little content. I try to log in as a subscriber and it never works. It would be nice if one could change login and password. Seems like it should be a simple feature to make obvious. “Restore purchase” does nothing and now I can’t close MilwaukeeJournalSentinel without a total shut down. Using an Apple iPad, OS is up to date.

I payed to read today! Then I tried to log in any it said I wasn’t a subscriber. Then I tried to update my account and MilwaukeeJournalSentinel froze. So then I called The help number and no one picks up no matter what option I picked. So sad. I just want to read some of your articles and shelled out my credit information but your garbage app and nonexistent customer service should make you ashamed to even have a digital operation. I’ve also sent a message for them to call back but I have not heard a thing from them.

I don’t mind MilwaukeeJournalSentinel when it’s working but every time ios has an update, multitasking gets affected and stops working. It’s incredibly frustrating to be halfway through an article, switch to another app quick, and then return to your story only to be sent all the way back to the home screen. It’s been like this for months and shouldn’t be a hard fix. Until then MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is unusable.

I love the Journal Sentinel, but it’s sign in is aggravating. I click to sign in, it welcomes me by name and says to click the Facebook icon to check in. I do, and the circle on the screen spins around and around, and the same screen pops up. This should not happen to a paying customer and needs to be fixed.

Best coverage of anything going on in Wisconsin. Amazing Green Bay Packers coverage. My only beef is the used to have an easy to access feature called Newswatch which gave you a quick rundown of what was going on during the day.

My husband didn’t like not getting his full journal on line when we were overseas. We paid for it. You said when we tried to stop journal years ago that we could get it online. Well this trip we got Us today highlights. He wasn’t to happy!
The paper keeps getting smaller each year, so we want to read it as we always do not your new format when we travel overseas.

Good app but needs to remove all the indicators that say you need to be a subscriber or that you should sign in... when you are already signed in and a subscriber. There’s not enough real news, investigative reporting, interesting updates on long term issues to justify the cost of a subscription. I’ll give it a year and see where it goes but so far it’s light reading at best.

For what ever reason the last 3 articles flash back and forth and switch positions like a strobe light and only stop when you actually open them.
I tried going to the games section but got so frustrated with the ads interfering that I never went back even though I subscribe to the paper.
The Washington Post has a much better format.

MilwaukeeJournalSentinel leaves a lot to be desired. Only reason I endure it is because it is the primary news outlet for Milwaukee. When tapping on links for articles or photo slides, I am taken to ads but none of the photos are available to view. But when I view the article via a browser, the photos are there. Clearly it’s an app issue

Love that I can access local Milwaukee news more conveniently than via email or on the website. My favorite feature is the push notifications so I can stay up to date on local news as much as national.

I don't like that MilwaukeeJournalSentinel doesn't allow for comments on stories like the web version does. But MilwaukeeJournalSentinel itself works fine and has a decent set of features once you get used to using it.

Yuk! Looks like I’m going to have to move if I want to get a local paper that I enjoy reading. I signed up for an online subscription after reading free content for awhile. To this day I can’t tell whether I am reading content that is free or part of the paid subscription. I haven’t seen a new editorial in a month. I would send an email to get some clarification on this but there is no method to ask questions. The only email I can send is to the newsroom with story ideas. WSJ, here I come.

How difficult is it to update the news on MilwaukeeJournalSentinel? MJS/Gannett could hire a local part time high school journalism student to select current articles from the paper and post on MilwaukeeJournalSentinel..heck even I could do it...good grief! There are articles in nearly every section that are months old. Not even worthy of 'fake news'. Just plain sad. You'll get more current news from standing in line at the grocery reading the tabloids.

If you just want to learn about the liberal perspective, enjoy one sided and often misleading articles then this is the news source for you. The MJS has done more harm to their local community by not letting it’s residents know what’s really happening, by presenting their own biased views of everything and intentionally NOT covering certain stories than all the drug gangs in the city. Good journalism is extremely important for a community. The MJS is anything but that. I will be glad to see them go.

The MJS is a great newspaper. They do excellent investigative journalism. I was concerned when USA Today bought MSJ but it seems like they have kept their hands off the best of MSJ. MilwaukeeJournalSentinel is getting better- I especially like the photo galleries.

I enjoy MilwaukeeJournalSentinel because it always has the most current news and information. Thanks!

I moved from Milwaukee a few years ago but keep in touch with my hometown by using MilwaukeeJournalSentinel every morning. It gives me the news I want when I want it without a hitch at all

MilwaukeeJournalSentinel never connects to account in a functional way.
It offers to allow review of account, but it’s always down, forcing you to call and wait forever for a real person.
The chat function, even if you FINALLY link with an agent, doesn’t work barely at all- after typing a letter or two, the keyboard disappears making it impossible to maintain a chat conversation.
For a media company, the tech is atrocious.