Wisconsin Should be Coal-Free by 2050 [EDITORIAL] Posted on April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 by Allison Beebe The long-standing rivalry between polarized political parties is only posing a deeper detriment to the state of environmental engagement levels after Wisconsin legislators hesitated to pass Governor Tony Ever’s budget measures aiming to eliminate all carbon-based energy sources in the state by 2050. In response to increasingly threatened environmental conditions, Evers proposed a goal that would transition […]
UW-Milwaukee Student Journalists Win Five National SPJ Mark of Excellence Awards Posted on April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by Media Milwaukee staff University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists won five national Society of Professional Journalists awards for reporting, writing, audio storytelling and photography published in 2018, SPJ announced today. Students’ coverage of the impact of Somali immigration in Barron, Wisconsin was named the best online feature reporting in the country. Talis Shelbourne, Elizabeth Sloan, Madison Sepanik, Darien Yeager, […]
The Next Energy Economy: Environmentalist Winona LaDuke Speaks at UWM Posted on April 19, 2019April 21, 2019 by Kynnah Neal The sounds of tribal music echoed throughout the lecture hall in Merrill Hall Thursday night, as students and faculty from the American Indian Studies Program introduced special guest, Winona LaDuke. LaDuke talks to the audience about her version of “Making America Great Again’’ environmentally and talks about the corn that has been man-made. She describes indigenous women […]
Dinesh D’Souza Brings “Trump’s America” to UWM Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 by Megan Zemple Shoes shuffled through a security line in Bolton Hall. Jackets came off, purses were searched and the UWM police officers kept a watchful eye. The UWM College Republicans had a table with free Ronald Reagan posters and calendars. Stickers that stated, “Freedom Not Socialism” sat ready on the table for eager visitors to take and […]
Media Milwaukee Student Journalists Head to SPJ National Contest Posted on April 16, 2019May 3, 2019 by Media Milwaukee staff Media Milwaukee’s student journalists are heading to nationals in nine categories in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition after their work won first-place awards in the prestigious four-state regional competition. That brings the 2018 award tally for Media Milwaukee to 59 honors in a variety of major contests. Stories that move on […]
A Seat at The Table: Donna Brazile and Kelly Ayotte Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 by Kynnah Neal Heated debates and bitter faces are what come to mind when you hear of a Democrat and a Republican speaking in the same room. However, it wasn’t that way Monday night at A Seat at The Table: Women in Leadership & Civic Engagement. The event took place Monday night at UWM featuring two prominent political […]
UWMPD Officers Named in the On-Campus Police Shooting Posted on April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 by Jena Kleindl Sgt. Bryan LaChapelle and Lt. Brian Switala were the two UWM police officers involved in the March 19 on-campus shooting of former UWM student Irie Payne, 30, who is now accused in a criminal complaint of pointing a gun at an officer’s head during an attempted escape. LaChapelle shot Payne as the former UWM student […]
Man Shot by UWM Police Last Week Charged with Bail Jumping Posted on March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 by Jodie Filenius Irie Payne, the 30-year-old man who was shot and wounded in the UWM police shooting March 19, has been charged with felony bail jumping, and the chancellor now says Payne had a loaded firearm while he was sleeping in the closed Fine Arts Complex on campus. Payne’s LinkedIn page says that he was a former […]
Meet the Media Milwaukee Editorial Board Posted on March 28, 2019June 29, 2021 by Media Milwaukee staff
UWM Still Isn’t Answering Student Journalists’ Azenabor Questions Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by Marla Smith Media Milwaukee would like to know on behalf of students: When did UWM find out about the sexual assault accusations against Professor Anthony Azenabor, and how did the university handle them? The answers would allow student journalists to determine, among other things, how quickly the university responded to the accusations by removing the professor from […]
Social Media and the U.S. Presidency Posted on March 26, 2019July 30, 2024 by Elizabeth Sloan If someone is sitting in a restaurant, walking down the street, taking a seat on the bus, among countless other mundane activities, what is one glaring phenomenon they might observe? Beams of bright blue light illuminating the faces of Americans everywhere, providing unlimited digital assistance for an unfathomable number of tasks. Almost a decade ago, […]