Articles by Media Milwaukee staff

Media Milwaukee is a national finalist for Best Independent Online Student Publication in the Society of Professional Journalists 2017 Mark of Excellence Awards, and UWM students’ coverage of the Women’s March on Madison is a national finalist in the Television General News Reporting category. Jenna Gaidosh, Tisia Muzinga, Stevan Stojanovic and Jenna Graham produced the winning videos. […]

Media Milwaukee student journalists won eight first-place gold awards at the 2018 Milwaukee Press Club award dinner, including top honors for the investigation into sexual harassment at UW-Milwaukee, for a semester-long exploration of opioid deaths in Milwaukee County, and for a major student immersion project that sent students to Flint, Michigan to explore the aftermath of […]

UW-Milwaukee students won nine first-place awards in the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence contest, more than any other university in a four-state region. The winners go on to the national SPJ competition. In addition, UWM students won three honors in the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Eric Sevareid competition. The awards were announced at the […]

Student journalists with Media Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee’s student news site in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Department, won 14 Wisconsin College Media Association awards, including multiple awards for two major journalism immersion projects on the presidential election and water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Two talented UWM students – Sabrina Johnkins and Nyesha Stone – were […]

It’s the battlefield of a generation. The high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the nation’s third-deadliest school shooting, ignited a movement that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of Washington, D.C. and to protests throughout the country. The survivors of Sandy Hook Elementary were too young to lead the movement. The teenagers […]

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [one_fourth_last] [/one_fourth_last]   UW-Milwaukee journalists won dozens of awards for excellence in investigative, in-depth, multimedia and other stories in contest results announced today. Students snagged 16 awards in the prestigious Society of Professional Journalists regional contest, 23 awards in the Milwaukee Press Club’s 2017 Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition, and three from […]

Read Media Milwaukee’s award-winning investigative series on sexual assault and harassment allegations against UW-Milwaukee faculty and staff, and the administration’s response to complaints over the years. [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth] [one_fifth] [/one_fifth]  

In StoryCorps style, journalism students recorded intimate interviews with friends and family over Thanksgiving weekend. Carrie Mahone talks with her mom, Nancy, about the journey leading them to getting their Yorkipoo, Blaze, and the fear of dogs her mom had to overcome. Justin Baier sat down with his mom late one night, and discussed the […]

By Rachel Stuplich Oh, Hello On Broadway A Netflix release, produced by Radical Media.  Originally performed at the Lyceum Theatre from September 2016 to January 2017.  Characters created by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. Gil Faizon – Nick Kroll George St. Geegland – John Mulaney Steve Martin – Himself Matthew Broderick – Himself (uncredited) Run […]