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This story is part of a semester-long investigative reporting project into the 2025 California wildfires. It was created by an advanced reporting class in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies program at UW-Milwaukee. Other stories from the project are available here. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic […]

This story is part of a semester-long investigative reporting project into the 2025 California wildfires. It was created by an advanced reporting class in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies program at UW-Milwaukee. Other stories from the project are available here. This work was made possible through the support of MPC Endowment Ltd., the philanthropic […]

Experience the 2025 NFL Draft through the perspective of the world’s most passionate NFL fans. This short documentary by Jay Stickney explores the highs and lows the fans experience during the draft and tests how well they really know their favorite team. See how NFL fans react to the news of which world-class athletes will […]

Milwaukee’s rich history is a vibrant tapestry of culture, but beneath its beautiful exterior lies a legacy filled with ghost stories, mysterious phenomena, and chilling encounters. This short documentary invites viewers into the city’s shadowy corners, where haunted landmarks and local legends reveal a deeper narrative of the past. Blending witness accounts, local lore, and […]

The night can be such a mysterious place, filled with wonder and beauty, some even find it a more calming time of the day, its quietness, its isolation, many enjoy its embrace. For others, the dark can be a threatening place, a cover for the unknown, a certain pull to gaze into the masses of […]

The Milwaukee Democratic Socialists of America are fighting to put the city’s energy infrastructure in the hands of the public. Since 2022, they’ve called the campaign Power to the People. Now they are running their first candidate for the city council. It’s a high-stakes race, and it will decide the future of the movement.

Nationally, homelessness is on the rise in the United States, increasing 18% between 2023 and 2024. Milwaukee County, however, has seen a decrease, falling 16% during the same period of time, and has been shrinking for years. In this short documentary, Colton Pemble explores what actions local organizations, Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee […]

How do dance groups even begin? Sometimes it starts as simply as a group of girls wanting to dance even beyond college. Krush was founded off of a college group, HYPE, when a couple of girls decided they wanted to found their own group just for women. Since then, they’ve endured the pandemic, changes in […]

Tucked away in the heart of the east side of Milwaukee, Carini’s Southern Italian Restaurant is more than just a restaurant. Located on Oakland Avenue near UW-Milwaukee’s campus, it’s a living testament to the power of family, tradition, and passion of a beautiful culture.

A Room of One’s Own, established 1975 in downtown Madison, is Wisconsin’s oldest queer, feminist bookstore and one of only 14 queer bookstores left in America today. Join director Ashley Harrison in an intimate conversation about the store’s past, present, and future with current Room employees Gretchen Treu and Fawzy Taylor.

Comic Books are seen as a fad industry, where sales can be unpredictable. Fallen from their place in the mainstream, comic book stores must adapt in order to survive. In this short documentary, Casmir Byrne shows us how two local shops are dealing with the current scenario.

Dr. Swarnjit Arora is a retired economics professor at UWM who has worked in higher education for over 50 years. Born in colonial-era British Subcontinent, he had to relocate from modern day Pakistan to India (moving between refugee camps for most of his early life until he settled in Punjab), and later went on to […]