Special Projects

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NEaQzfKCCg&w=700&rel=0]   It’s 20 ’til midnight, and Media Milwaukee is out shopping for food. The stores are closed, but there’s still plenty of produce to sort through. Whole sacks of clementines tossed out because one of them is a little banged up. A bag of cereal disposed of because the box has a dent in […]

They are the survivors of the survivors of one of the greatest horrors in the world’s history: The Holocaust. And they live among us. These are stories the Nazis never wanted told. These are people the Nazis wanted to forever silence. But the stories of these men and women, who age from 87 into their […]

The streets of Milwaukee are the skateboarder’s urban playground. Stairs and handrails are normally seen as a necessary piece of architecture but to skateboarders doing a trick down it can be the final banger for a video part. The rough ground can gash the palms of any innocent skateboarder mistakenly hitting a single pebble. It […]

Customers all over the Milwaukee area and the country, including teenagers, are turning to spray tans thinking they are a safe alternative to UV tanning beds, but a Media Milwaukee investigation unearthed a pattern of consumers and employees who had no idea that some research has found potential health risks, including possible genetic alterations. The […]

He is ageless. It’s not because he chose his own birthday. Or because at over 80 years old he’s still exercising daily. And it’s not because he can still recall events that happened nearly 75 years ago with remarkable detail. Lee Marnett is ageless because he is eternally optimistic. It’s because he employed more resolve […]

A soft-spoken man nearing 90, Nathan Taffel, sits in his small Mequon ranch home remembering a cheerful childhood as a young boy with curly hair and bright blue eyes. It was a cheerful childhood for a time, anyway. He thrusts forward an arm to reveal a weathered tattoo that he can never quite erase. He […]

The frigid November wind whipped the door of the split-level house in Shorewood, WI. At 87-years-old, Raye David hobbled down the cascading stairs with a hand fashioned cane. As she sauntered back up, her teal pajamas accented the crimson walls. Paintings caressed every inch of her living room. Sculptures that spanned from crystal to porcelain […]

Inside a mid-sized, ornate home in Glendale, Wisconsin lives Howard Melton and his wife Evelyn. They have a quiet life. Howard is semi-retired from his family-run business while Evelyn works at home to care for Howard after his recent heart and back surgeries. Howard remains in relative good health, cracking jokes with Evelyn and spending […]

Just minutes north of Milwaukee lies Bayside, Wisconsin, a town of just under 4,000. Right off Santa Monica Boulevard stands a long-winding road, called Manor Circle. To the average person, it’s a normal street with older-looking one-story ranch homes full of knick knacks and trinkets. Albert Beder, an 87-year-old man, lives there with his wife. […]

When Phil Freund was eight he had hope ripped away from him while sitting in the harbor of Havana, Cuba. He escaped the terrifying regime that was Nazi Germany. He thought he was saved. He was with   908 innocent people attempting to save themselves and their families to try and start a new life in […]

After taking on a new identity, Tauba Biterman was able to escape the wrath of Nazi Germany through her willingness to work, her quick wit, and faith in God and the good nature of others, saying, “Everything that I did, I was nuts! The almighty was with me, He wrote my life. He told me […]

Edith Schafer once described her living quarters growing up during the Holocaust in a room she cannot even describe as an apartment to a young group visiting her home.  She blocked off her living room to about the size of her area rug.  She laid down a few pillows and blankets, brought in one chair […]