Author

Scott Gordon

Scott Gordon co-founded Tone Madison in 2014 has covered culture and politics in Madison since 2006 for publications including The A.V. Club, Dane101, and Isthmus, and has also covered policy, environmental issues, and public health for WisContext.

Profile pic by Rachal Duggan.

Scott's Latest Articles

A black-and-white photo shows the three members of Killdozer posing in loudly patterned button-up shirts. They are crouched and wearing thoughtful expressions.
Die, die, miss “American Pie”
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May 2, 2025

Killdozer's masterful cover of a godawful "classic" endures.

A photo shows copies of a printed small-format publication arranged in a row. They have blue covers printed with an illustration that depicts a police officer standing behind a man. A beam of light emanates from the officer's body-worn camera.
The body camera issue
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April 26, 2025

Our second-ever print edition accompanies our ongoing coverage of surveillance and transparency.

An illustration depicts a weathered doormat made of the Wisconsin state flag, with a pair of jackboots sitting on top of it and bloodstains spreading out from the boots.
Wisconsin’s leaders need to stop being doormats
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April 25, 2025

Lawsuits and stern statements won't cut it—and nothing short of escalated resistance will.

A graphic shows the Tone Madison and NewsMatch logos against an orange background.
Tone Madison marks a successful NewsMatch campaign for the fourth consecutive year
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April 16, 2025

Reviewing the year-end total from a crucial fundraiser that powers our work.

An illustration shows black-and-white line-drawing portraits, from the shoulders up, of Scott Gordon, Grant Phipps, Christina Lieffring, and Steven Spoerl.
Tone Madison is announcing some leadership changes
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April 10, 2025

Our fiercely independent, journalist-owned publication will move forward as our publisher steps down.

Tone Madison seeks a News and Politics Editor
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April 10, 2025

Apply by May 19 to help us expand our political coverage.

An illustration shows a cardboard box surrounded by tangles of barbed wire. The box is marked "books" on one surface and "return to sender" on another.
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners goes back to square one
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April 4, 2025

Prison officials have offered a path forward, but it's not great.

A series of Madison’s “affordable” housing complexes lined up next to each other, with dollar signs hovering in the air above.
Rachel Litchman receives disability-journalism honor for Tone Madison comic on housing policy
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April 3, 2025

The National Center on Disability and Journalism gives a nod to "Madison’s (un)affordable and (in)accessible housing problem."

A still frame from the film "Milk Punch" shows three characters in their 20s standing near the windows of an appliance store in daylight. They hover around a stereo boombox in the foreground. The balding man on the right puts his left hand on top of it, inspecting it, while the woman in the center inspects a cassette tape case. To the left, the other long-haired man stares with an derisive expression.
“Milk Punch” revels in a Madison beautifully adrift
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Wisconsin Film Festival
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March 24, 2025

Erik Gunneson's locally shot 2000 feature returns to the Wisconsin Film Festival in a new digital restoration for its 25th anniversary on April 5.

An illustration shows art supplies and money-related symbols floating over a multicolor background. Dollar bills are shown with frowning faces drawn on, and the pyramid that appears on U.S. currency is drawn with a frowning face.
Madison and Dane County should fund the arts like it’s an emergency, because it is
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Politics
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March 17, 2025

We can fight fascism if we're willing to create refuges at the local level.