MILWAUKEE PRESS CLUB

2019

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2 President’s Letter: Gene Mueller Editor Claire Hanan, VISIT Milwaukee 4 Sacred Cat: Chuck Todd Designer 6 Headliner: Martin J. Schreiber Kathryn Lavey, VISIT Milwaukee

8 Headliner: Mary Lou Young Special thanks to Press Club Meeting Place Sponsorship Committee: Newsroom Pub 9 MPC Endowment Seeds Lori Richards, 137 E. Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53202 Newsroom Internship Pilot Mueller Communications, Inc. milwaukeepressclub.org

10 MPC Awards for Excellence in Executive Director Mailing Address Wisconsin Journalism Joette Richards, 262-894-2224 PO Box 176 North Prairie, WI 53153-0176 22 Milwaukee’s 173rd Birthday Once A Year has been produced Party: A Party to Remember annually by the Milwaukee Press Club since 1886. All of the issues 24 Roster of Members are archived at the Golda Meir Library of the University of BACK COVER Wisconsin-Milwaukee and are used Thanks to our Sponsors frequently for historical research.

MPC and MPC Endowment Ltd. thanks this year’s independent panel of contest judges, active journalists from press clubs throughout the U.S., including statewide clubs in Alaska, Florida, Idaho and Michigan and metro area clubs in Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Orange County, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco and Syracuse. A special thanks to Maryann Lazarski, Joette Richards and the MPC contest committee for their oversight of our contest. Each year, the Milwaukee Press Club is asked to judge similar contests of press clubs in other cities throughout the country. If you’d like to serve as an occasional judge for such contests, please contact the MPC at 262-894-2224.

Photo courtesy VISIT Milwaukee Milwaukee Press Club 1 PRESIDENT’S LETTER

Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone and others for a frank discussion Preparing for the of what the future holds for institutions our state relies on to foster tomorrow’s Year Ahead leaders and thinkers. A call to action as Milwaukee welcomes We thank our event sponsors for their generosity, and offer a special tip of the the eyes of the world in 2020. hat to Jeff Mayers and our partners at BY GENE MUELLER WisPolitics.com for their enhanced role in keeping the ball rolling, a relationship from hosting the Democratic National we strengthened during this past year. Convention, a huge first for us and an WisPolitics.com helps to organize at least opportunity like no other. It will be our six events annually, including recent chance to impress and inspire on the Newsmaker Luncheons featuring Lt. Gov. national stage, an occasion that hopefully Mandela Barnes, Attorney General Josh leads to bigger and better conventions, Kaul, Supreme Court candidate Judge sporting events and beyond. The DNC is a Brian Hagedorn and former Governor tide that truly​​ can lift all boats. Tommy Thompson. And rest assured, your Milwaukee More is on the way. Press Club intends to be in the thick of it. Our membership is growing and needs In this first year as president, my head are changing in these challenging times is slowing getting around the many for journalism, as platforms morph and things we do, grasping the possibilities consumer expectations ramp up. The club we can seize as this incredible moment also recognizes the need to be a resource approaches. Our board is committed to to those who join it, a place to meet, stepping up as a resource for delegates, discuss and plan the way to a better future attendees, the visiting press and a city full for all who want to tell the truth. And, we of guests. need to be a destination for those wishing Our aim is to do them and our to network and grow their professional community proud. contacts. Thanks to the fine work of those before To that end, we like to have fun, too. me and board members past and present, The annual City of Milwaukee Birthday ll of us came to Milwaukee we’re as financially strong as we’ve ever Party each January remains a highlight on at different times. For some, been, committed to our endowment fund the local civic calendar. Hundreds turned it’s been a lifetime home. and its mission of helping area students out to beat cabin fever and see local OthersA may have landed here early in become journalists in the many platforms makers and shakers celebrate all that their professional lives. Then there are our industry demands. The Press Club made Milwaukee en vogue the past year. the recent arrivals, discovering a city continues to offer a vigorous array of The yearly Meet The Media event at the on the move and in the throes of change programs that encourage debate on Newsroom Pub each fall remains unique – a revitalization of the downtown and the issues that affect us all. We give the in that it allows “the working press” to surrounding neighborhoods unseen for a community a chance to meet and question show its mad skills behind the bar and generation or more. elected officials at our Newsmaker rub elbows with those who read, watch, None of us have seen anything yet. Luncheons. In fact, a recent Behind and listen to our content. Imagine what our community will The Headlines event took a deep dive Being just halfway through the first be like a year from now when next we into our financially strapped University year on the job, one thing is apparent to gather for the Gridiron Awards Dinner. of Wisconsin System schools, with its me: nothing happens if not for a loyal, Milwaukee will be but two months away president, Ray Cross, joining University of dedicated, hard-working board that

2 Once A Year 2019 makes the club and its mission top-of- are always welcome to let us know what mind, not just at monthly meetings but we can do to make the Milwaukee Press seemingly every moment of each day. Club experience all you want it to be. Folks like Marilyn Krause, Jim Nelson, No matter when you arrived here, and Charles Benson along with Treasurer “WE LOOK AT Milwaukee now is home. It’s not a Carl Mueller and Past President LaToya [MILWAUKEE] perfect place, but no community is. We Dennis are among the many who make look at it with a critical eye because sure we remain a smoothly running body WITH A we love it, and want it to be the best it that’s financially sound and focused on can be. To that end, we are poised as a the community first. Special thanks as CRITICAL EYE community to build on recent success well to Lori Richards, who continues to BECAUSE WE and seize the historic opportunity that astound and impress with her incredible comes our way next summer. The buzz effort in recruiting sponsors and other LOVE IT, AND in the room tonight will be a full-blown financial supporters –without ­ them, none WANT IT TO BE roar a year from this evening as we of this happens. prepare to showcase our community to And then, there’s Executive Director THE BEST IT a waiting nation and world. How can Joette Richards, who is always three steps CAN BE.” the Milwaukee Press Club enhance that ahead, her head around every corner, effort? Trust me, we’re already talking. making sure we look, sound and run the We’re also listening to all who have ideas, very best we can. Thanks to all who serve, thoughts and expectations. With your as well as to members new and old who help, we can do this, and more. ◆

Milwaukee Press Club 3 SACRED CAT

Green Bay Packers helmet tucked away in the background. Meet Chuck Todd While the Packers were ingrained at a This year’s Sacred Cat reflects on the public’s perception young age, Todd’s “political junkie” days of the press and the current state of politics. didn’t start until high school. “Politics and history were big in my house. I was forced BY CHARLES BENSON to watch the prime-time news conferences with Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan, or ou could say Chuck Todd Milwaukee landed the Democratic the debates or conventions,” Todd told has two passions: politics and National Convention. “It’s pretty clear Parade in 2016. the Packers. As moderator of to me that Wisconsin, if it’s not the most Before joining NBC News, Todd spent “MeetY the Press,” he’s had a front row important swing state, it certainly is six years as editor-in-chief of the National seat to reporting on the biggest stories one of the final three,” Todd says. Journal’s The Hotline, Washington’s in politics. But the lifelong Green Bay Todd grew up in Miami but came to premier daily briefing on American Packers fan has yet to make it to Lambeau love the green and gold thanks to his dad. politics. In his 15 years of working at Field for a Packers game. (He’s kind of Todd’s father grew up in Iowa and passed The Hotline or one of its affiliates, Todd busy on Sundays). along his love for the small-town team in became one of Washington’s foremost There’s no doubt all eyes will be on Green Bay. If you look closely on the set of experts on political campaigns at all levels. Wisconsin in 2020, especially after “Meet the Press,” you’ll find a small Todd took over as NBC’s chief White

4 Once A Year 2019 House correspondent in December 2008 University in recognition for his other side. Your sole job is to defeat the and has broadcast live reports from more distinguished work in journalism. other side, pure and simple. than 25 countries on five continents. In This year, “Meet the Press” and Todd “There is no more working across January 2010, he helped launch “The were honored with a 2019 Walker the aisle. It’s defeating the other side,” Daily Rundown,” MSNBC’s Washington Cronkite Award for their extraordinary said Todd, now in his eleventh year as table-setter for upcoming campaigns and coverage of climate change by The USC moderator of “Meet the Press.” “That to policy issues. Annenberg School for Communication me is the definition of a cold civil war.” After the 2008 election, Todd co- and Journalism. “[The show] provided Todd also is the host of “MTP Daily” on authored the book “How Barack Obama a platform for climate experts and MSNBC and NBC News’ political director, Won,” considered by many as the politicians from both sides of the aisle and serves as on-air political analyst for definitive guide to the historic presidential to discuss consequences and solutions,” “Nightly News with Lester Holt” and the election. The book uses the election wrote the award’s judges. They called the “Today” show. That’s given him a keen results and exit polls to give readers a “urgent and unprecedented” program a awareness of the media’s role in covering state-by-state guide to just how states “breakthrough in issue coverage” that “got politics in the age of “enemy of the people” voted and why they went the way they did. politicians off their talking points.” attacks and the resulting effect on the It even offers analysis about where these Todd, of course, has a few thoughts on public’s perception of the press. states could be headed in future elections. those talking points. He describes today’s “We are armed with a pencil or a Todd has won several Emmy Awards political landscape as a “cold civil war” camera but there is this feeling you have to for his reporting while at NBC News. with sharp tones from both sides of the pick a side, and the press is always trying He received an honorary Doctor of aisle. “There is no interest even on the not to, and they just decide that we are Humane Letters degree from Marymount elected level of trying to work with the that anyway,” Todd says. ◆

Milwaukee Press Club 5 HEADLINER

A New Direction Former Governor Martin Schreiber’s new calling is deeply personal and one he thinks is his life’s greatest role. BY H. CARL MUELLER

artin J. Schreiber seemed destined to a life in politics, but life had other plans. Schreiber – whom everyone calls Marty – married hisM high school sweetheart, Elaine, and still loves her as deeply as ever, even though she has become someone else. Kind and humble, and with a ready smile or a helping hand, Elaine was Marty’s alter ego and helpmate for more than 50 years until an ugly intruder called Alzheimer’s changed their lives for- ever. The diagnosis meant Schreiber became his wife’s caregiver and suffered all the strains, stress and exhaustion that come with that role. But, ever the effective campaigner, Schreiber knew that he could use his voice in the crusade against the disease. It became his mission to reach out and help people suffering the same tragic The result was an award-winning book, “My Two Elaines: circumstances, and it’s given him a new purpose while he cares Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver.” He for the woman he loves. also helped found the Elaine and Friends Caregiver Help Center A charismatic politician, Schreiber was born into a political in Southeastern Wisconsin and helped launch the Alzheimer’s family on the north side of Milwaukee, where his father served as Association’s Operation: Stronger Together program. He collab- a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and then orated with state government and business groups to create the alderman and president of the Milwaukee Common Council. “Dementia Friendly Employers Toolkit” for human resources Father Martin E. Schreiber lived to see his son elected a Demo- departments and employee assistance programs. cratic state senator in his early 20s and then ascend to lieutenant “If there is one thing worse than Alzheimer’s, it is ignorance of governor in 1971 and governor in 1977. the disease, which greatly increases the anxiety, worry, unhap- After he left state government, Marty Schreiber went on to piness and disappointment beyond that which the disease will become an insurance executive and founder of his own public cause,” Schreiber says. “To understand the world of the person affairs firm as his and Elaine’s four children grew up, married who is ill, you must first let go of the person who was, so that you and created their own families. The couple, now with 13 grand- can embrace the person who they have become.” children and six great-grandchildren, together headed a happy Since launching his awareness campaign, Schreiber has given family until Alzheimer’s entered their lives. “Who are you?” and more than 300 presentations throughout Wisconsin and nation- “Are we married?” became questions Schreiber had to field as a wide to audiences that include family and professional caregiv- result of the disease. ers, healthcare workers, social workers, nursing and pharmacy As is the case for many caretakers, the role began to take its students, civic and business leaders, senior community residents, toll. Enduring lack of sleep, extreme fatigue and ignoring his library patrons and more. own health, Schreiber eventually became seriously ill and had to Today Schreiber continues to work tirelessly as a crusader struggle through his own crisis while still looking after Elaine. He for Alzheimer’s caregivers and persons with dementia, reaching says this made him face a hard truth: Often, no one cares for the audiences in person and through a variety of media, while using caregiver, and the resultant personal and societal costs are enor- his special brand of humor, humility and compassion. mous. It was a realization that catalyzed him to act – he decided While he accomplished much as a politician, his greatest role in to do something to help others suffering like he and Elaine were. life, he says, is the one he is fulfilling now. ◆

6 Once A Year 2019 Milwaukee Press Club 7 HEADLINER

significant reduction in Milwaukee’s teen Raising the Bar pregnancy rate is just one example of an issue championed by the United Way that In the 20 years she’s spent in Milwaukee, Mary Lou Young has impacted our community.” has left her mark on the city and the United Way. Young says the biggest surprise moving from the corporate world to United Way BY CORRI HESS was the lack of money in nonprofits. “At Rockwell, if you have a good enough n 1999, after living in Los Angeles CEO of Bucyrus International Tim business plan, eventually there would be for nearly 20 years, Mary Lou Sullivan. During Young’s first year at the a work-around to get to it,” Young says. Young was asked by Rockwell organization, United Way raised $45.5 “Here, the money comes from things like IInternational to transfer to Milwaukee. million during its annual fundraising a summer reading program, so you can’t She didn’t want to move, especially to campaign. Under her leadership, United take the risk of venturing into something Milwaukee. But Rockwell’s pension plan Way of Greater Milwaukee merged with that isn’t fully thought through.” was enough to make her accept the offer. United Way in Waukesha County and saw Despite having two successful careers, “The surprise was that we really fell substantial growth, raising more than Young says the most important thing in love with Milwaukee,” Young says. “I $60 million in 2017. in her life was her husband, Harold. remember looking out of the window Catherine Jacobson, CEO of Froedtert “My career allowed me to have a better of an airplane about five years in and Health and United Way board member, homelife,” she says. “I never identified thinking, ‘it’s so good to be home.’” says Young had a unique ability to identify myself with my career. My life was my Luckily for Milwaukee, Young stayed. the most critical issues in the community home. If you don’t have that balance, then Young headed global community and organized a focused effort to in a way, you are lost.” relations for what later became Rockwell incorporate real change. Harold Young died two years ago. Automation, managing the company’s “Mary Lou transformed the United Young, who recently turned 65, began annual $7 million philanthropic budget. Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha talking to her board of directors about She was then asked to head United County into a powerful force for change a succession plan at age 60. She wishes Way in 2009 by board chair and former in the community,” Jacobson says. “The fellow baby boomers would do the same. “I know financially there is a lot of fear how to manage health care and the unknown, but I also think people opened doors for me, and it is time to open doors for the generation behind us,” Young says. Roughly two decades after she decided to accept that job transfer, Young now spends about 20 hours a week at United Way doing consulting work. She doesn’t want to get in the way there, and she jokes that she never wants to get dressed before 9 a.m. again. Looking back on her career – one that certainly left an impact on this city – she reflects on the effect she’s had on those around her. “I hope that women, particularly those I interacted with on a daily basis, believe I truly wanted to empower them and open doors for them,” Young says. “You can always lead with kindness.” ◆

8 Once A Year 2019 Salam Fatayer, from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, was among the journalism students who wrote about and introduced 2018 inductees to the Media Hall of Fame.

MPC Endowment, Ltd. BOARD OF DIRECTORS MPC ENDOWMENT SEEDS AND OFFICERS: NEWSROOM INTERNSHIP PILOT Joel Dresang, Landaas & Co, president he MPC Endowment is excited to • Registration fees for a University of Ashley Luthern, be underwriting a pilot program Wisconsin-Milwaukee student to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, for paid newsroom internships for attend the National Association of Black vice president Tgraduates of the Urban Journalism Workshop at Journalists convention David Niles, PKI Digital Marquette University. • A stipend for Milwaukee Press Club Marketing, treasurer Thanks to the generosity of donors to the student interns Barb Haig, Haig-Jackson MPC Endowment, including a challenge grant • Support for high school journalism through Communications, secretary from the Milwaukee Press Club, six Milwaukee- the Kettle Moraine Press Association Lindsey Anderson, area high school students will gain invaluable • Support for student journalism at Milwaukee Magazine experience and mentoring at a variety Oak Creek High School Tom Heinen, Interfaith of Milwaukee news media organizations • Annual journalism scholarships at Conference of Greater this summer. UWM, Marquette and the University of Milwaukee The hope is to develop the pilot into a Wisconsin-Madison. Jim Nelson, Milwaukee sustainable extension of the Urban Journalism • A contribution to a scholarship fund honoring Journal Sentinel Workshop, which has been training young those slain in the mass shooting at the Erin Richards, USA Today journalists for more than 30 years. Annapolis Capital Gazette Paid internships are just part of the support Members of the Milwaukee Press Club EX OFFICIO MEMBERS: provided by the MPC Endowment. Other 2018 formed the MPC Endowment in 1973 as a Gene Mueller, accomplishments include funding: separate philanthropy to advance excellence in 620 WTMJ Radio, Milwaukee • The Gridiron Award plaques and certificates journalism. As of March 2019, the endowment’s Press Club president and travel expenses for the Sacred Cat honoree assets exceeded $330,000, including funds David Allen, UW-Milwaukee, • Costs for journalism students to attend managed for the Don Walker Memorial Department of Journalism and the Gridiron Awards and the Media Hall Scholarship, the Eric Miller PantherVision Mass Communication of Fame events Scholarship and the Harold Gauer fund. Mark Zoromski, Marquette • Registration fees for students from the Even as the MPC Endowment continues to University, Diederich College University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and grow, student requests are exceeding resources. of Communication Mount Mary University to attend the Please consider donating to the endowment, Hemant Shah, UW-Madison, Associated Collegiate Press Best of the including through planned giving. Learn more School of Journalism and Midwest College Journalism Convention at bit.ly/MPCendow. ◆ Mass Communication

Milwaukee Press Club 9 Isthmus SILVER PROFESSIONAL I am not the jerk the nation Joe Tarr thinks I am Judith Davidoff WINNERS Catherine Capellaro BRONZE Linda Falkenstein Danielle Kaeding Sean Kennedy Andrea Anderson Allison Geyer BRONZE Writing John K. Wilson Isthmus Matt Mueller BEST CRITICAL David Hyland OnMilwaukee The Arboretum issue REVIEW Olivia Shalaby Kesha’s Summerfest set was a GOLD Staff BRONZE dirty free-for-all - and it was Wisconsin Public Radio Lindsay Christians glorious Arthur Thomas Cap Times Husky Refinery Explosion BizTimes Milwaukee Skeleton Crew BEST COVERAGE OF A Foxconn SINGLE NEWS TOPIC BEST MULTI-STORY COVERAGE OF A SILVER OR EVENT INCLUDING BEST LONG HARD BREAKING NEWS SINGLE FEATURE FEATURE STORY Kevin Lynch TOPIC OR EVENT GOLD GOLD Culture Currents GOLD Jessie Opoien Lisa Speckhard Pasque (Vernaculars Speak) Katelyn Ferral Cap Times Cap Times American Players Theatre’s Cap Times Candidate profiled The ICE Effect “Blood Knot” Reaches Deep Wisconsin’s Extraordinary For Ties That Bind Session SILVER SILVER Dylan Brogan Joel Patenaude

10 Once A Year 2019 Madison Magazine Melissa Holck BEST BUSINESS STORY Wisconsin Center for A Slow Burn Pardeep Singh Kaleka OR SERIES Investigative Journalism WisPolitics.com GOLD Wisconsin Election Integrity BRONZE The Power of Langar Melanie Lawder Kari Lydersen Milwaukee Business Journal SILVER Milwaukee Magazine SILVER Rebuilding a Community – Maggie Ginsberg The Great Lakes Now Greg Matzek Sherman Phoenix Madison Magazine Newsradio 620 WTMJ Facing the Truth Behind the BEST LONG SOFT Getting in “The Zone” SILVER Statistics FEATURE STORY Arthur Thomas GOLD BRONZE BizTimes Milwaukee BRONZE Ann Christenson Rich Rovito Seeing green: Some find Marc Eisen Pamela Hill Nettleton Milwaukee Magazine business opportunities as Isthmus Milwaukee Magazine League of Their Own cannabis markets grow UW’s Challenge Eat Like a Wisconsinite BEST SPORTS STORY BRONZE BEST COLUMN SILVER GOLD Erik Lorenzsonn GOLD Nick Pipitone Tamira Madsen Cap Times Bruce Murphy Joseph Salvatori Wisconsin State Journal Add to Cart Isthmus Commonstate.com Ex-Badger Zak Showalter set Bruce Murphy news columns Barry Poltermann for Ironman Wisconsin BEST INVESTIGATIVE STORY OR SERIES SILVER BRONZE SILVER GOLD Reggie Jackson Allison Geyer Rich Rovito Luke Schaetzel Milwaukee Independent Isthmus Milwaukee Magazine Emily Hamer Reggie Jackson: From Behind the scene: Independent Star Power Brad Horn Pittsburgh’s Synagogue record labels boost musicians Coburn Dukehart Shooting to Wisconsin’s Prison in Madison BRONZE Dee J. Hall Industrial Complex Alejandro Alonso Galva Wisconsin Center for BEST SHORT HARD Isthmus Investigative Journalism BRONZE FEATURE STORY The future is female Countering Concussions Rob Golub GOLD The Wisconsin Jewish Lisa Speckhard Pasque BEST SINGLE SILVER Chronicle Cap Times EDITORIAL, STATEMENT Peter Coutu Editor’s Desk Even Crazier OF EDITORIAL POSITION Isthmus OR OPINION Where the lawyers aren’t BEST EXPLANATORY SILVER GOLD STORY OR SERIES Rob Golub Barbara Miner BRONZE GOLD The Wisconsin Jewish Milwaukee Magazine Maryann Lazarski Allison Geyer Chronicle Unequal from Birth Scottie Lee Meyers Isthmus Love it or hate it, Joanne Williams Facing UW-Madison’s racist SILVER Rabbi Feingold made Raul Galvan past: The campus reckons with marriage history John Nichols Bohdan Zachary KKK legacy Dave Zweifel Elizabeth Baker BRONZE Lynn Danielson Sharon McGowan SILVER Briana Reilly Judie Kleinmaier 10thirtysix on Milwaukee PBS Rich Kremer WisPolitics.com Cap Times (in partnership with Milwaukee Wisconsin Public Radio Crowded Dem guv field leads Vote ‘no’ on eliminating Neighborhood News Service) and Wisconsin Center for to planning challenges for Wisconsin’s elected state #MeToo, Milwaukee Investigative Journalism district conventions treasurer Chronic wasting disease BEST PUBLIC SERVICE efforts stumble BEST SHORT SOFT BRONZE STORY OR SERIES FEATURE STORY Molly Snyder GOLD BRONZE GOLD OnMilwaukee Grigor Atanesian Lisa Speckhard Pasque Arthur Ircink We need to talk about our Coburn Dukehart Cap Times Paul Oemig daily drinking Dee J. Hall Locked Out

Milwaukee Press Club 11 BEST PERSONAL SILVER BEST FEATURE Eric Semelroth PROFILE Sherrill Knezel PHOTOGRAPH Rich Kirchen GOLD Milwaukee Independent GOLD Nick Williams Jane Burns Knezelism of the Week: Scott Ash Sean Ryan Isthmus December 10 Now News Group Milwaukee Business Meet Art Cullen: Pewaukee Lake Water Ski Club Journal He’s the muckraking BRONZE Fiserv Forum Opens Doors small-town journalist who Brian Fairrington SILVER nabbed a Pulitzer Concealed Carry Magazine Arthur Ircink SILVER Make the Case for Gun Rights Chloé Wright Mark Kass SILVER WisPolitics.com Todd Bragstad Dan Simmons BEST PHOTO Immigrant Wheat Eric Semelroth Milwaukee Magazine ESSAY OR SERIES Milwaukee Business Journal From Darkness, Light GOLD BRONZE Milwaukee Business Journal’s David Szymanski Coburn Dukehart 40 Under 40 special section BRONZE Maria Harris Wisconsin Center for Bill Lueders Jen Daoust Investigative Journalism BEST SINGLE PAGE DESIGN Isthmus Nicole Kiefert Kissed by a Calf GOLD The man from Elroy: New book MKE Lifestyle Magazine Eric Semelroth reveals what makes Tommy Fall In Love BEST SPORTS PHOTOGRAPH Milwaukee Business Journal Thompson tick SILVER GOLD Sherman Phoenix BEST CONSUMER Coburn Dukehart Scott Ash entrepreneurs spread STORY OR SERIES Emily Hamer Now News Group their wings GOLD Wisconsin Center for Carl Zach Cycling Classic Peter Coutu Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Center for Wisconsin’s frenetic lame duck SILVER Magazine Investigative Journalism session Scott Ash Design Lucky Winners Now News Group BEST OVERALL BRONZE Pewaukee junior Logan Evers DESIGN SILVER Scott Ash GOLD Now News Group BRONZE Jennifer Rude Klett Tim Burton Maker Faire Milwaukee Scott Ash Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Emily Culp Now News Group Hog wild for heritage pork: Sarah Frautschi Comeback breeds appeal to BEST NEWS Drake Reese loses his helmet PHOTOGRAPH Carol Shufro today’s consumers GOLD Madison Magazine Lee Matz BRONZE Newspaper SILVER Milwaukee Independent Jenna Sachs Milwaukee residents shutdown Design Paul John Higgins LeeAnn Watson highway to protest family BEST OVERALL DESIGN Brock Kaplan Varyl Seiber separation policy GOLD Rachel Stinebring Stephen Davis Mark Kass Milwaukee Magazine WITI FOX6 SILVER Todd Bragstad Contact 6 BRONZE Emily Hamer Eric Semelroth Wisconsin Center for Barb Zaferos Shelly Tabor Investigative Journalism Milwaukee Business Alex Schneider Visual Design Locked Out Journal BizTimes Milwaukee BEST ILLUSTRATION Milwaukee Business Journal OR CARTOON BEST SINGLE BRONZE weekly issue GOLD COVER DESIGN Lee Matz James Heimer GOLD Milwaukee Independent BEST SPECIAL Madison Magazine SECTION DESIGN Paul John Higgins Golda Meir students join Weird and Wonderful Madison GOLD Milwaukee Magazine national school walkout September 2018 against gun violence Mark Kass Todd Bragstad

12 Once A Year 2019 SILVER Alejandro Alonso Galva The Walker Years: A Legacy of SILVER Patrick Stutz Cameron Bren Conservative Reforms Bonnie North Tim Burton Shaun Soman WUWM 89.7 FM Madison Magazine WORT FM BEST LONG SOFT A History Of The FEATURE STORY Native Presence Students Take to the Streets Milwaukee Fish Fry GOLD Demanding Safer Schools BRONZE Joy Powers BRONZE WUWM 89.7 FM Ken Wangler BRONZE Nate Imig Getting A Wisconsin State ID Dustin Reid Marti Mikkelson 88Nine Radio Milwaukee To Vote: A First-Hand Account Jared Blohm WUWM 89.7 FM Secret Stadium Sauce inventor Ed Combs House Speaker breaks his silence...sort of SILVER Carla Dickmann Paul Ryan Retiring Maureen McCollum Kevin Michalowski BEST USE OF AUDIO Concealed Carry Magazine BEST SERIES Wisconsin Public Radio WITHIN A REPORT REPORTING American Classic Readers Rejoice, A GOLD GOLD ‘Storylord’ Comes! Tony Bettack BEST SINGLE STORY WUWM Staff Newsradio 620 WTMJ OR FEATURE DESIGN WUWM 89.7 FM BRONZE Making Popcorn GOLD The 2018 Elections Erik Bilstad Brock Kaplan Newsradio 620 WTMJ SILVER Milwaukee Magazine SILVER Ode to Bob Uecker Maayan Silver Sound and Vision WUWM Staff WUWM 89.7 FM WUWM 89.7 FM BEST SHORT HARD Caroling In The Cave: SILVER Bubbler Talk FEATURE STORY Christmas Sounds Among GOLD Dustin Reid The Limestone Ken Wangler BRONZE Susan Bence Jared Blohm WUWM Staff WUWM 89.7 FM BRONZE Ed Combs WUWM 89.7 FM Searching For Toxic Brad Williams Carla Dickmann Project Milwaukee: To Protect Algae Solutions WIZM-AM Kevin Michalowski and Serve (series excerpts) Yesterday in La Crosse, Concealed Carry Magazine SILVER December 1963 Blinded By the Light BEST LONG HARD Nate Imig FEATURE STORY 88Nine Radio Milwaukee BEST WRITING IN BRONZE GOLD Holocaust survivor shares AN AUDIO STORY Tim Burton Abigail Becker personal story, concern GOLD Madison Magazine Erik Lorenzsonn for today Stu Levitan Let’s Go Camping Lisa Speckhard Pasque WORT FM Cap Times BRONZE 1968 Remembered: the Zoning Explained Rich Kremer Legacy of Civil Rights in Audio Wisconsin Public Radio & Madison 50 Years Later SILVER BEST COVERAGE OF A The Wisconsin Center for SINGLE OR ONGOING Alexandra Hall Investigative Journalism SILVER BREAKING NEWS STORY Wisconsin Public Radio & CWD Spreads On Deer And Elk Michael Spaulding GOLD The Wisconsin Center for Farms As Wisconsin’s Control Newsradio 620 WTMJ John Mercure Investigative Journalism Efforts Stumble The Bradley Center: A History Melissa Barclay Long-Time Judge: Some Greg Matzek ‘Independent’ Doctors BEST SHORT SOFT BRONZE Belinda Babinec Routinely Rule Against FEATURE STORY Jane Hampden Eric Brooks Injured Workers GOLD Wisconsin Public Radio Newsradio 620 WTMJ Jane Hampden Jane Hampden Compilation Trinity Lutheran Church fire BRONZE Wisconsin Public Radio Matt Kittle As He Loses His Sight, SILVER Bill Osmulski Journalist Known For Rich Molly Stentz Chris Rochester Detail Embraces New Chapter Nina Kravinsky MacIver News Service Will Kenneally (Aired on 1130 WISN)

Milwaukee Press Club 13 Best News Reporting BRONZE BRONZE Video Nick Bohr Brad Hicks Jenna Sachs BEST COVERAGE Kale Zimny LeeAnn Watson OF A BREAKING BEST INDIVIDUAL Craig Sween Dave Michuda NEWS STORY REPORTING OF SPORTS Jeff Darrow Tim Primeau GOLD GOLD WITI FOX 6 Jeff Frings FOX6 Staff Stephen Watson Missing Masterpiece Evan Atwood WITI FOX6 WISN-TV WITI FOX6 Historic Church Fire Stephen Watson BEST LONG SOFT Crash Clean Up Fees FEATURE STORY SILVER SILVER GOLD BEST SHORT SOFT WISN-TV Staff Stephanie Sutton Maryann Lazarski FEATURE STORY WISN-TV WISN-TV Justin Migliano GOLD Officer Killed In Shootout Stephanie Sutton Chris Michalski Carl Deffenbaugh 10thirtysix on Andrew Konkle BRONZE BRONZE Milwaukee PBS Eric Litsheim TODAY’S TMJ4 Staff Brandon Cruz My Friend Linkin LeeAnn Watson TODAY’S TMJ4 WITI FOX6 WITI FOX6 Tornado Outbreak Brandon Cruz Composite SILVER More Than Words Patricia Gomez BEST MULTI-DAY BEST INVESTIGATIVE SILVER COVERAGE OF AN REPORT OR SERIES Bohdan Zachary Sal Gomez Laura Dyan Kezman ONGOING STORY GOLD Dorothy McGrath Vianca Fuster GOLD Colleen Henry Jeff Moorbeck 88Nine Radio Milwaukee WISN-TV Staff Kent Wainscott Johnny Muñoz Christopher Gilbert WISN-TV WISN-TV Milwaukee PBS and the Milwaukee Taser Takedown: Taser Takedown: Unseen Video Bucks Grand Dancers Sterling Brown Arrest Sonia Manzano is Maria on Sesame Street SILVER BRONZE SILVER Bryan Polcyn Kathy Mykleby BRONZE FOX6 Staff Stephen Davis Ryan Casper Laura Dyan Kezman WITI FOX6 Dave Michuda WISN-TV Justin Barney Milwaukee Police Jeff Frings Meet The “Milverine” Jordan Lee Officer Killed Tim Primeau 88Nine Radio Milwaukee BEST NEWS Andrew Konkle Field Report’s journey to their PROGRAM BRONZE WITI FOX6 new album, ‘Summertime GOLD WISN-TV Staff A Matter of Life and Breath WISN-TV Songs’ WISN-TV Staff Beaver Dam “Bomb Lab” BRONZE WISN-TV BEST SHORT HARD Inside Fiserv Forum Casey Geraldo, FEATURE STORY BEST INDIVIDUAL REPORTING OF NEWS Tamott Wolverton GOLD SILVER TODAY’S TMJ4 GOLD Laura Dyan Kezman Steve Walters Lead Problems in Milwaukee Jenna Sachs Vianca Fuster Shelby Kisling WITI FOX6 BEST LONG HARD 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Henry Seroogy Jenna Sachs Composite FEATURE STORY Milwaukee high school Matt Peters GOLD students walk out for Parkland Tariq Almagri SILVER TODAY’S TMJ4 Staff Emma Siewert SILVER Kent Wainscott TODAY’S TMJ4 WisconsinEye Public WISN-TV Project: Drive Sober Katie Crowther Affairs Network Best News Reporting Jim Angeli Rewind: Your Year in Kent Wainscott SILVER Tamott Wolverton Review 2018 Paul Marble Anthony DaBruzzi BRONZE BRONZE Spectrum News 1 TODAY’S TMJ4 TODAY’S TMJ4 Staff Nick Bohr A New Era of Divided Surviving the Odds TODAY’S TMJ4 WISN-TV Government Positively Milwaukee Awards

14 Once A Year 2019 BEST SPORTS SILVER PROGRAM Alexandra Hall GOLD Coburn Dukehart Stephanie Miller Andy Hall Dan Needles Jim Cricchi Stephanie Sutton Susan Peters Stephen Watson Wisconsin Center for Drew Olson Investigative Journalism WISN-TV Los Lecheros (Dairy Farmers) Countdown To Kickoff BRONZE BEST NEWSCAST Tiff Pua GOLD Brian Ewig WISN-TV Staff Stephanie Schreiber WISN-TV Gail Grzybowski Officer Killed In Shootout Darin Malkowski Bohdan Zachary SILVER Milwaukee PBS - WMVS TODAY’S TMJ4 Staff Cook.Plate.Dine. - TODAY’S TMJ4 Mastering Technique Live at Daybreak - Election Aftermath BEST EDITING GOLD BRONZE Andrew Konkle FOX6 News Staff WITI FOX6 WITI FOX6 FOX6 News at 9:00 - Sun SILVER Prairie Explosion Aftermath Jason Hunter WISN-TV BEST WRITING IN A VIDEO STORY BRONZE GOLD Steve Chamraz Steve Chamraz Tamott Wolverton Jeremy Dunk TODAY’S TMJ4 TODAY’S TMJ4 Interview Ghosting Latte Throwdown SILVER Online Maryann Lazarski BEST ONLINE 10thirtysix on Milwaukee COVERAGE OF NEWS PBS GOLD Troubadour Refugees Scott Gordon BRONZE Frederica Freyberg Marisa Wojcik Ted Perry Kristian Knutsen Sara Smith WisContext WITI FOX6 Foxconn and Great Lakes Voices of Hope Water BEST DOCUMENTARY SILVER GOLD Shawn Johnson Erik Ljung Laurel White Michael T. Vollmann John K. Wilson Dan Peters Andrea Anderson Wisconsin Public Television Jenny Peek The Blood is at the Doorstep

Milwaukee Press Club 15 David Hyland Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio Milwaukee PBS.org Wisconsin Public Radio All In: Wisconsin & Wisconsin Center for An American Dream on Lame-Duck Session Coverage Governor’s Race/Beyond Investigative Journalism a Ginseng Farm The Ballot Website Kohler Golf Course BRONZE BEST SOFT BEST LOCAL NEWS OR FEATURE STORY Lauren Sigfusson SILVER FEATURE WEBSITE GOLD Michelle Maternowski Mark Kass GOLD WUWM Staff Todd Bragstad Lori Fredrich David Hyland OnMilwaukee WUWM 89.7 FM Rich Kirchen Andrea Anderson Not just another restaurant: The 2018 Elections Sean Ryan Jenny Peek The Tandem redefines family, Nick Williams BEST USE OF John K. Wilson empowers staff Patrick Leary MULTIMEDIA Staff GOLD Sari Lesk Wisconsin Public Radio SILVER Malia Jones Milwaukee Business WPR.org Amelia Mularz Caitlin Bourbeau Journal Milwaukee Magazine Kristian Knutsen SILVER Launch of city of Milwaukee’s Our Kind of Town: WisContext downtown streetcar Sharon McGowan 40 Years of Vacationing in t The Geography of Partisan Milwaukee Neighborhood BRONZE he Wisconsin Dells Gerrymandering News Service Kenneth Cole BRONZE SILVER BRONZE Lee Matz Marcus Riley Tarik Moody Bill Pfeiffer Joey Grihalva 88Nine Radio Milwaukee James Kust Nicole Beilke Cheryl Mitchell (WYMS) Jim Collins Amelinda Burich Milwaukee Independent WTMJ-TV Nate Imig Blacks Do Surf: Water at Requiem for the Bradley Best of the Digital Vianca Fuster the center of Milwaukee Center Media Center Laura Kezman recreation and culture BEST SPORTS STORY 88Nine Radio GOLD BRONZE Milwaukee (WYMS) BEST HARD Molly Snyder Lee Matz 88Nine Radio FEATURE STORY Jason McDowell Milwaukee Independent Milwaukee’s website GOLD OnMilwaukee A 360° walkthrough inside Sharon McGowan The Milwaukee Does breathed Old Main as it prepares for BEST BLOG Elliot Hughes GOLD life into the future of pro restoration Milwaukee Neighborhood News John Pavlovitz Service women’s basketball BEST WEBSITE Milwaukee Independent Reckless driving forces DESIGN SILVER John Pavlovitz: How moral Milwaukee residents into game GOLD JR Radcliffe incompatibility creates family of “red light roulette” Tarik Moody division and fuels public hate Now News Group 68 Degrees of Separation: Flip Eleven SILVER a Wisconsin connection 88Nine Radio Milwaukee SILVER Sharon McGowan to every team in the 2018 Aaron R. Conklin Edgar Mendez SILVER Madison Magazine Milwaukee Neighborhood NCAA Tournament Lee Matz Stage Write News Service BEST BUSINESS Milwaukee Independent Disorganization hampers STORY OR SERIES Milwaukee Independent: BRONZE city effort to replace lead GOLD Ad-Fee Website Design Dominique Paul Noth water service lines at child Belle Lin Dom’s Domain Politics care centers BRONZE Alexandra Arriaga Best Blog Wisconsin Center for Anna Rueden BRONZE Investigative Journalism Jane Jiumaleh BEST USE OF Scottie Lee Meyers & Chicago Sun-Times C.J. Schrunk MULTI-PLATFORM Maryann Lazarski Latino workers exploited Karen Bernhardt REPORTING Thay Yang Emily Zei GOLD Brian Ewig SILVER David Hyland Sarah Whites-Koditschek Chris Michalski Scott Gordon Coburn Dukehart Marisa Wojcik

16 Once A Year 2019 WisContext BRONZE The Direct Primary Bridgit Bowden COLLEGIATE Care Business Model Staff Wisconsin Public Radio WINNERS BRONZE Beyond The Ballot Melanie Lawder Sari Lesk BEST COLUMN Writing SILVER Milwaukee Business GOLD BEST NEWS STORY Termeria Taper Journal Reggie Jackson GOLD Arches Bon-Ton files bankruptcy, Milwaukee Independent Henry Morgan Math plus Woman equals closes doors Reggie Jackson: The shadow of Media Milwaukee Anxiety: How Gender racial hate from immigration to Gubernatorial Debate on Stereotypes Lead to Self-Doubt BEST INVESTIGATIVE Milwaukee sports UWM Campus Exposes STORY OR SERIES Wisconsin Divide BRONZE GOLD SILVER Erin Green Riley Vetterkind Bruce Murphy SILVER Curb Coburn Dukehart Urban Milwaukee Natallie St. Onge Risky Business Wisconsin Center for Murphy’s Law political column Alex Garner Investigative Journalism BEST SHORT HARD Marquette Wire: Tribune Losing Track FEATURE STORY BRONZE Students voice frustrations of GOLD Dominic Inouye faults in new dorm SILVER Milwaukee Independent Sam Wisneski Scott Gordon Media Milwaukee Dominic Inouye: On showing BRONZE Kristian Knutsen In Recovery: Six People, up to make a better community Caroline White Shawn Johnson One Building with words and images Marquette Wire: Tribune Rob Ferrett MU plans to close shared Judith Siers-Poisson SILVER BEST EXPLANATORY parking lot, upsets Gesu Frederica Freyberg STORY OR SERIES Lauren Johnson parishioners WisContext GOLD Arches Special Elections and Alexandra Hall BEST LONG HARD The Community of Hope: Legislative Vacancies Dee J. Hall FEATURE STORY The Future of Bronzeville Wisconsin Center for GOLD Looking Up BRONZE Investigative Journalism Mckenzie Halling Briana Reilly Independent medical Curb BRONZE WisPolitics.com examiners Spirituality Seekers Sammy Gibbons After lull in first year, Ethics The Daily Cardinal Commission’s investigation SILVER SILVER UHS resurrects two decades of spending in line with old GAB’s Shawn Johnson Fatoumata Ceesay missing student death data Laurel White Curb BEST PUBLIC SERVICE Andrea Anderson BEST SHORT SOFT Caution: School Zone FEATURE STORY STORY OR SERIES Jenny Peek GOLD GOLD John K. Wilson BRONZE Breanna West Dee J. Hall Staff Alyssa Wiese The Wisconsin Jewish Coburn Dukehart Wisconsin Public Radio Media Milwaukee Wisconsin Center for Chronicle All In: Wisconsin Abortion Clinic Escorts Mark Investigative Journalism Birthday: Holocaust Governor’s Race 25 Years in Milwaukee Do work requirements work? survivor at 100 years BRONZE BEST LONG SOFT SILVER SILVER Michelle Johnson FEATURE STORY Lexie Kline Sharon McGowan Scott Gordon GOLD Arches Edgar Mendez Kristian Knutsen Sofia Biros Resting Bitch Face: The Milwaukee Neighborhood WisContext Curb Science Behind the Scowl News Service Why and When Flags The Buzz on Bees Milwaukee Police Fly at Half-Staff response times

Milwaukee Press Club 17 BRONZE investments in Puerto Breanna West Rican debt The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle BEST EDITORIAL War veterans dance OR COMMENTARY through trauma GOLD Matthew Harte BEST SPORTS STORY Marquette Wire: Tribune GOLD Early morning classes Ben Pickman harmful to learning The Daily Cardinal Friend and mentor: SILVER Off-court relationship helps Matthew Harte Moesch mold Davison into Marquette Wire: Tribune future UW star Laptop bans benefit learning environment SILVER Matt Yeazel BRONZE Marquette Wire: Tribune Marquette Wire Editorial Team uses Australia trip as Board beneficial bonding time Marquette Wire: Tribune University investments BRONZE demand transparency Payton Hintz Arches Gotta Be a Champion: A Close Visual Look at Mount Mary’s New Journalism Softball Coach, Perry Clark BEST STILL PHOTOGRAPH/ BEST INVESTIGATIVE PHOTOS REPORTING GOLD GOLD Emilie Enke Nina Bertelsen Curb The Daily Cardinal FEARless The public university’s future in private funding: The SILVER mysterious $3.5 billion dollar Ashley Altan foundation’s support is crucial Arches to UW, but doesn’t answer to Wicked Bat Wings shared governance

BRONZE SILVER Ed Makowski Talis Shelbourne Media Milwaukee Jennifer Rick Deer Poaching in Wisconsin: Nyesha Stone Illegal Harvests in the Miela Fetaw Heartland Media Milwaukee Exposing Sexual Harassment on Campus Audio BRONZE BEST NEWS STORY Sydney Czyzon SINGLE OR ONGOING Marquette Wire: Tribune GOLD Students call attention Lauren Keene to university’s alleged Media Milwaukee

18 Once A Year 2019 Voices of the Gun March: BEST FEATURE Young and Old STORY GOLD SILVER Lauren Keene Joe Schulz Media Milwaukee | University of WRST-FM Wisconsin-Milwaukee UWO Crime Statistics Sip & Purr Cat Cafe Brings Feline Fun to Milwaukee BRONZE Olivia Shalaby SILVER 91.3 KUWS-Superior Donna Sardar Governor Scott Walker Tours Chelsea Johanning Husky Refinery Damage Marquette Wire: MUTV Difference Day BEST FEATURE STORY BRONZE GOLD Chelsea Johanning Alexis Amenson Rachel Bandy Media Milwaukee Marquette Wire: MUTV Choosing Abortion in Advent Choir Wisconsin BEST SPORTS STORY SILVER GOLD Marla Smith Andrew Goldstein Riley May Marquette Wire: MUTV Jennifer Leu Bonding Tradition Media Milwaukee Faces of UWM SILVER Scott Behrens BRONZE Badger Report, University of Dylon Klubertanz Wisconsin-Madison WRST-FM Pure Adrenaline Rich the Barber BRONZE Jenna Daroszewski Video Media Milwaukee | University of BEST NEWS STORY Wisconsin-Milwaukee SINGLE OR ONGOING The Pin Chaser Behind the GOLD Bowling Machine Lucie Sullivan Reilly Tracy BEST NEWSCAST Marquette Wire: MUTV GOLD Don’t Break a Leg Grace Connatser Alex Langosch SILVER Jack Ryan Amelia Jones Kaitlyn Bross Marquette Wire: MUTV Natallie St. Onge Time Slips Conor Graf Marquette Wire: MUTV BRONZE Marquette Now -- 11/28/18 ReAnna Oestreich Media Milwaukee | University of SILVER Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ariana Baldassano 50 Miles to Janesville: A March Sophia Dramm to Paul Ryan’s Hometown Pat Hastings Peter Kleppin

Milwaukee Press Club 19 Badger Report, University of Arches BEST NEWS STORY BEST SOFT Wisconsin-Madison Arches Online Interactive Issue GOLD FEATURE STORY The Badger Report: Lauren Keene GOLD 12-06-2018 BRONZE Media Milwaukee | University of Lauren Johnson Media Milwaukee Staff Wisconsin-Milwaukee Arches BRONZE Media Milwaukee | University of Tug of War: Inside The Road Not Taken: Ariana Baldassano Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin’s Deeply Politicized Navigating College Life for Pat Hastings Wisconsin Votes (or not): High Abortion Divide First-Generation Students Peter Kleppin Stakes for the 2018 Midterms Badger Report, University of SILVER SILVER Wisconsin-Madison BEST WEBSITE Elizabeth Sloan Carrie Mahone DESIGN The Badger Report: 10-11-2018 Henry Morgan Media Milwaukee | University of GOLD Madison Sepanik Wisconsin-Milwaukee Curb: FEARless Staff BEST PROGRAM, Media Milwaukee | University of Carrie’s Curl Conversation DOCUMENTARY Curb OR SPECIAL Wisconsin-Milwaukee Two Americas, 32 Miles Apart: BRONZE GOLD BEST LOCAL NEWS OR Crossing the Gun Divide Sofia Biros Simone Safian FEATURE WEBSITE Cathleen Draper Media Milwaukee | University GOLD BRONZE Logan Rude of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Quinn Clark Olivia Shalaby Curb Disassociated: To Whom Bryanna Sanders 91.3 KUWS-Superior A Matter of Life and Death Do We Belong? Denisse Hernandez More Wisconsin Tribes Arches BEST SPORTS STORY SILVER Join Legal Fight Against GOLD SILVER Pharmaceutical Companies Ariana Baldassano Sam Schmitz Badger Report, University of Media Milwaukee Staff BEST HARD Media Milwaukee | University of Wisconsin-Madison Media Milwaukee | University of FEATURE STORY Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dis(ability) GOLD So Far, Fiserv Forum is Rashaud Foster Luring Customers to BRONZE BRONZE Carrie Mahone Neighboring Businesses The Badger Report Staff Amos Mayberry Elizabeth Sloan The Badger Report, University Badger Report, University of Media Milwaukee | University of BEST EDITORIAL Wisconsin-Madison OR COMMENTARY Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin-Milwaukee Food Folly GOLD BEST BLOG Engaging Milwaukee’s Black Voters, Block by BLOC Marquette Wire Editorial GOLD Board Media Milwaukee Staff Marquette Wire: Tribune Online SILVER Media Milwaukee | University of Wild Commons name change BEST USE OF Danielle Miller Wisconsin-Milwaukee MULTI-MEDIA Media Milwaukee | University of shows lack of foresight UWM Covers March GOLD Wisconsin-Milwaukee for Our Lives SILVER Aly Prouty The Fight to Stop Sex Tara Schumal Mary Carr SILVER Trafficking in Milwaukee Gabrielle Powell Arches Media Milwaukee Staff Marquette Wire: Journal BRONZE Tampons: Should Free Media Milwaukee | University of The Blue Issue Quinn Clark Feminine Products Be Wisconsin-Milwaukee Arches Offered on Campus? UWM Covers the Gun March SILVER Trigger Warnings: Do they on Washington & Wisconsin BRONZE Quinn Clark build trust in the classroom Denisse Hernandez Julia Wachuta BRONZE or reinforce stigmas? Termeria Taper Arches JAMS 320 Class Aneela Nasir Compromise: It’s Media Milwaukee | University of Payton Hintz Not a Competition Wisconsin-Milwaukee Barbara Xiong Covers the Midterms

20 Once A Year 2019 Congratulations and thank you to MARTY SCHREIBER & CATHY BREITENBUCHER for My Two Elaines

You have helped us, from a friend A PARTY TO REMEMBER Toasting those behind the year’s biggest cover stories at Milwaukee’s 173rd Birthday Party. BY KATHARINE FOLEY

ith the national recognition for “Milwaukee en VogueW,” the Press Club wanted to honor community leaders behind this year’s biggest cover stories. The cover- worthy stars include:

Griselda Aldrete PRESIDENT & CEO, HISPANIC PROFESSIONALS OF GREATER MILWAUKEE HPGM aims to be the leading resource for professional development for Hispanics in Wisconsin, and with Aldrete at the helm, it’s had great success. After a successful rebranding, HPGM has incumbents, Republican Gov. become one of Milwaukee’s Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. fastest growing civic Rebecca Kleefisch, in a close organizations, with Aldrete race in which Barnes was committed to its mission to credited with transforming connect and unite Hispanic the historically “sidekick” professionals, students and Lieutenant Governor role the community with rich into an activist post that drew heritage, strong leadership widespread popularity. and impactful initiatives. Craig Counsell Mandela Barnes MANAGER, MILWAUKEE BREWERS WISCONSIN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR The skipper of Milwaukee’s As the state’s first African beloved Brew Crew is known American elected as lieutenant for his love of the game, and governor, and only the it goes all the way back to his second to hold statewide childhood. As a kid growing office in Wisconsin’s 171-year up in Whitefish Bay, Counsell history, Barnes offered a spent days at County Stadium, fresh voice on the Democratic where his father worked in ticket headed by Gov. Tony the Brewers’ front office. He Evers. The pair defeated the then spent 16 years playing

22 Once A Year 2019 Photos by Helen Elizabeth Dudley Major League Baseball with a way for inclusiveeconomic five teams, earning two World opportunity. Today, 29 Series rings. He turned down businesses, many minority-led, offers from other teams to call the urban development return to his hometown and home. join the Brewers, becoming the team’s manager in 2015. In Russ Klisch 2018, after a magical season CO-FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, that was supposed to be a LAKEFRONT BREWERY rebuilding year, the Brewers No matter how much finished just one game short of transformation Milwaukee has the World Series. seen over the past year, city residents always return to their Peter Feigin roots, and Lakefront Brewery PRESIDENT, MILWAUKEE BUCKS has it all: beer, brats, polka, Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee’s and the Friday fish fry. Klisch world-class sports and started the craft brewery with entertainment venue, and his brother after an escalating brand new home to the sibling rivalry resulted in Milwaukee Bucks, debuted award-winning beer, but to a crowd of more than ultimately Klisch took the reins 50,000 at its open house in of business. After more than 30 August 2018. Feigin was the years, the brewery continues to driving force behind the team release innovative brews, and and Fiserv Forum, known its popular tours have reached for marketing savvy and for near cult-like status. reimagining, rebuilding and re- energizing the Bucks’ business Mark Niehaus operations. Last October, the PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, team announced a new record: MILWAUKEE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA selling more than 10,000 This year, the MSO’s former season tickets. principal trumpet led the way as it broke ground on Juli Kaufmann a $139 million fundraising and JoAnne Sabir campaign. That includes $90 CO-OWNERS, SHERMAN PHOENIX million to convert the former In the wake of unrest in the Warner Grand Theatre on Sherman Park neighborhood in West Wisconsin Avenue into 2016, Kaufmann, a developer; its future concert hall. Niehaus and Sabir, co-owner of The and the MSO have raised Juice Kitchen; joined forces to more than $106 million so far, transform the neighborhood. tapping into the hearts of both Their effort led to rebuilding history and music lovers. The the fire-ravaged former BMO theater is expected to re-open Harris Bank into a model of in 2020. ◆ entrepreneurship for small Be sure to save the date for businesses. The pair saw the next year’s party, Thursday, venture as a way to heal the January 30, 2020 at The city’s divisiveness, and to pave Grain Exchange. See you then!

Milwaukee Press Club 23 Gary D’Amato Erin Caughey John Fauber James Causey 2019 Press Peter Fox Ed Combs Lawrence Frazin Katrina Cravy Club Members Kathleen Gallagher Tyler Dallmann Tess Gallun LaToya Dennis AFFILIATE Keith Schmitz Anita Black Gamble Carla Dickmann Ryan Amundson Cathy Schulze Jill Geisler Mark Edmund Tammy Belton-Davis Michelle Sieg Mike Gousha Marc Eisen Tom Beug Benjamin Slane John Gurda Louis Fortis Holly Botsford Dan Smyczek Martin Hintz Jorge Franco Amanda Braun Fay Spano Margo Huston Aaron Frye Paula Brookmire John Steinmiller Mark Johnson Lauren Fuhrmann Sachin Chheda Emily Tau Vyto Kapocius Joyce Garbaciak Faithe Colas Jenni Tetzlaff Meg Kissinger William Glauber Sharon Cook Wyatt Tinder Mary Knudsen Erik Gunn Sarah Deering Marilyn Vollrath Captain James Lovell Tom Haudricourt Julie Dieckelman Chris Zills Stephen Marcus Diane Irving Joel Dresang Shirley Marine Dan Jones Fraser Engerman COLLEGE H. Carl Mueller Mark Kass Anne Marie Finley Amy Ammen Sharon Murphy Thomas Keefe Kenneth Fisher Robyn Di Giacinto Kathleen Mykleby Gary Knowles Mary Gielow Ethan Duran Jim Peck James Kust State Rep. Evan Goyke Liam M. Helms, SDS Julie Pedretti Kira Lafond Gary Goyke Ed Makowski Gary Porter Wayne Larrivee Barbara Haig Jesus Rivera Sue Riordan Maryann Lazarski Richard Hedtcke John Steppe Raquel Rutledge Cliff Leppke Tom Heinen Louis Saldivar Ashley Luthern CORPORATE Amerin Idell Alison Sherwood Lee Matz Justyce Blankenship Ron Irwin Randy Sprecher John Mayers Trisha Bournelis Steve Jagler Crocker Stephenson Carole Meekins Brendan Conway Jacqueline Janz Dave Umhoefer George Stanley Julie Embling Jeff Jones Laurie Van Dyke Molly Dill Katharine Foley Justin Juley Robert Wills Kevin Michalowski Holly Haseley Kevin Keane David Zach Raven Moerchen Sydney Hofer Justin Kern Gene Mueller Amy Jahns Pamela Kobielus MEDIA Janan Najeeb Michelle Johnson Marilyn Krause Lori Acken Dan Needles Kimberly Kane James LaBelle Daniel Acker James Nelson Ann Knabe Keith Lester Kurt Adams Jordyn Noennig Brian Knox Jim Locatelli Beth Alcazar Frank Olson Brenna Kriviskey Sadler, APR Patti Logsdon Lindsey Anderson Joseph Radske Tom Luljak Jody Lowe James Angeli Chris Raymond Howie Magner Matthew McCoy Melissa Barclay Erin Richards Brian Manthey Lindsey McKee Don Behm Rich Rovito Angela McManaman James Mueller Charles Benson Thomas Saler Kris Naidl, APR Katie Newcomb Dan Bice Tiffany Schank John Schumacher David Niles Erik Bilstad Lindsey Slater Alison Trouy Sarah Pancheri Jared Blohm Virginia Small Todd Bragstad Micala Queary HONORARY Ron Smith Jason Braun Leonard Sobczak Mary Reinke Frank Aukofer Catherine Breitenbucher Mary Spicuzza Lori Richards Dorothy Austin Carole Burns Pete Sullivan Rosalind Rouse Jennifer Bartolotta Carole Caine John Torinus Jay Saunders Joe Bartolotta Kyla Calvert Mason Corri Turner Adam Schemm John Cary

24 Once A Year 2019 Colleen Valkoun 1993 Michelle Vetterkind H. Russell Austin Kent Wainscott Press Ray Doherty Ken Wangler Bob Heiss Mark Was Club Honors Laurie Van Dyke Andrea Waxman Bob Wills Louis Weisberg HALL OF FAME 1986 Nash Weiss 1980 Edna Dunlop 1994 Kelly Welke Louise Cattoi Earl Gillespie Sandy Cota Sandra Whitehead Walter J. Damm James M. Johnston Howard Fibich Debra Wolniak Richard S. Davis Richard H. Leonard George Koshollek Arville Schaleben Ross A. Lewis Wade H. Mosby MEDIA ACADEMIC Harvey W. Schwandner Hank Stoddard David Allen 1987 1981 Jane Hampden 1995 Jack E. Krueger Art Olszyk Andi Sciacca Marta Bender Lucius W. Nieman Aileen Ryan Judith Steininger Don Froehlich General Rufus King Harry Sonneborn Jon Anne Willow Paul Hayes Walter G. Wegner John Thompson Bohdan Zachary Robert Wells Alex Thien Mark Zoromski 1982 Robert Witas 1988 Woods O. Dreyfus RETIRED 1996 Charles A. LaForce Marvin H. Creager Doris Appelbaum Tom Barber Roger W. LeGrand Cyrus F. Rice Douglas Armstrong Jay Joslyn Jeremiah L. O’Sullivan Ruth A. Wilson Richard Bauer Robert O’Meara Billy Sixty Henry A. Youmans, Jr. Marta Bender Carl Zimmermann Walter Morrison Mary Fran Cahill 1983 Bunny Raasch Robert Dye 1989 William Carlsen David Foran 1997 Harry J. Grant Trueman E. Farris, Jr. Lori Gensch Richard Bauer Lloyd G. Larson J. Donald Ferguson Paul Hayes John Patrick Hunter Irwin Maier D. Raymond Kenny Julilly Kohler Charles (Chuck) Johnson Paul Ringler Otto F. Schlaak Kent Lowry Ellen G. M. Wilson Don Parcher Bruce Nason 1984 Joe Shoquist Mary Van de Kamp Nohl 1990 Donald B. Abert Posthumous class Mike Patterson Humphrey E. Desmond Alicia Ann Armstrong Harriet Cramer Richard Pieper Leo Kissel Laurence C. Eklund Herman Ewald Bunny Raasch-Horten William A. Norris Frank J. Marasco Edna Ferber Laura Ricci Chase Salmon Osborn John McCullough Patt Barnes Kenneth Roesslein Jim Schlosser James J. Colby Jeff Smoller 1985 (Centennial Year) Roseann St. Aubin 1991 Journalist of the Century 1998 Roger Stafford Richard S. Davis John W. Ahlhauser David Behrendt Beverly Teter Larry Clark Richard Bradee David Vogel The Story of the Century Don L. Johnson Gene Cunningham John J. Ward The Progressive Era Jessica Knowles John Drilling William Ward Semi-Sacred Cat Award George Reedy Lil Kleiman Wayne Youngquist Jack DuBlon Posthumous class Dorothy Witte Austin 1992 SPOUSE/PARTNER J. Anthony Josey Mel Ellis Victor Berger Julie Baron Wallace Lomoe Ione Quinby Griggs Gene Harrington Herbert Hentzen Carl Sandburg Dion Henderson Ruane Hill Russ Winnie Robert J. Riordan Jean Otto Neil Shively

Milwaukee Press Club 25 1999 Bruce Nason Steve Olszyk Epluribus C. Reynolds Lois Blinkhorn Harold Schwartz Dan Patrinos Joanne Williams Lou Chapman Posthumous class Posthumous class Posthumous class Sherman Gessert Edwin Bayley Howard Gernette Vernon J. Biever Tom Hopper Lindsay Hoben Dennis Getto Roger Jaynes Jim Irwin Eldon Knoche Dale Guldan Posthumous class George Pitrof Gordon MacQuarrie 2012 Beulah Donohue Howard Pollock Leonard Sykes Cary Edwards Robert H. Dumke Jay Reed Jill Geisler 2008 Harry Hill Dean Jensen Vern Arendt Perry C. Hill 2004 Betty Quadracci Clayborn Benson Edward K. Thompson Bernice Buresh Keta Steebs Whitney Gould Bud Lea Paul Joseph Posthumous class 2000 George Lockwood Jim McLoone Harry T. Kemp Margo Huston Mike McCormick Paul Salsini Richard Wheeler Bill Janz Jim Spaulding Bill Sanders Posthumous class Posthumous class Joseph Savage Duane Gay 2013 Walter L. Jones Melodie Wilson Bruce Gill Tom Brochhausen Stan Kalish James Pluta Daniel P. Hanley Jr. Posthumous class Walter Monfried Ray Taylor Jayne Jeffery Alan Gass Harry Pease Lynise Weeks Gene Mueller Don Richards Bob Wolf Ray Grody Bob Reitman 2009 David Zweifel Rod Van Every 2005 Barbara Dembski Erwin Gebhard Posthumous class William Meyer 2001 Dale Hofmann Louvenia Johnson Andy Potos Frank Aukofer Beth Slocum Wilmott Ragsdale Greg Stanford Ethel Gintoft Keith Spore Jerry Taff Loren Osman Sprague Vonier 2014 Ken Roesslein Kathleen Dunn 2009 Bill Taylor 2005 Eugene Kane

Posthumous class Posthumous class Posthumous class Vince O’Hern Constance Daniell Cal Holm Jim Auer Jim Paschke David Doege Russ Lynch Elisabeth “Ello” Brink Neil D. Rosenberg Mildred Freese Ralph Schauer George Comte Rod Synnes Al Kalmbach Webster Woodmansee Thomas Smith Posthumous class Mattiebelle Woods Bill Behling 2002 2010 Dickey Chapelle Warren Bovee 2006 Mike Drew Colleen (Koky) Dishon James Clifford Gordon Hinkley 2015 Ed Hinshaw Quincy Dadisman Jack Orton Mary Fran Cahill Jo Sandin Jack Kole Jim Peck Martin Kaiser Avery Wittenberger Ray Lapine Jerry Resler Gerald Kloss James Slocum Sue Ryon Posthumous class Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo Mel Kishner, Roger Stafford Posthumous class Mark Zoromski Raymond E. McBride Posthumous class Don Dooley Posthumous class Marian “Toni” McBride Gerry Hinkley Richard Kienitz Jim Cullen Howard “Buck” Herzog Don Olesen Marie Jacque Schanen Scott Feldmeyer Fred Remick John Wells William F. Schanen Jr. Jackie Loohauis-Bennett 2011 2003 2007 Willie Davis Stephen Maersch Fran Bauer 2016 Lance J. Herdegen Elliott Maraniss Rosemary Gernette Bob Bach Mike Miller Mary Beth Murphy T. Lee Hughes Michael Juley

26 Once A Year 2019 Ted Knap Major Wm. Mitchell Lewis Lou Saldivar SACRED CAT

Jim Miklaszewski Capt. James A. Lovell Harrison Salisbury 1973 Roseann St. Aubin Steve Marcus Arville Schaleben Peter Arnett John B. Torinus Jr. Shirley Marine Harvey Schwandner 1974 Posthumous class H. Carl Mueller James Schlosser Helen Thomas James W. Foley Fred Pabst Alison Sherwood

Don Walker Gustav Pabst Bill Sixty Sr. 1975 Julie Pedretti Laurie Van Dyke Walter Cronkite Vel Phillips Walter “Chick” Wegner 2017 1976 Hyman Popuch Bob Wills Nicholas von Hoffman Mike Anderson Helen Ratzsch Melodie J. Wilson Mike Gousha Robert Riordan Mike Gousha 1977 Mikel Holt William Schuchardt Jim Peck Irv Kupcinet Garry D. Howard Albert A. Silverman Dave Umhoefer 1978 Damien Jaques Randal Sprecher Louis Rukeyser Myra Sanchick John Stollenwerk DISTINGUISHED 1979 Posthumous class Stephen Swedish SERVICE AWARD Reuven Frank Bob Riepenhoff Ralph Tillema Steve Jagler Eric Von Edwin C. Uihlein Vyto Kapocius 1980 Robert A. Uihlein Jr. David Niles Tom Snyder 2018 Debra Usinger Lori Richards 1981 Elizabeth Brenner Fritz Usinger Kenneth Roesslein Malcolm Forbes John Fennell Sylvester B. Way Roger Stafford 1982 James E. Webb Tom Traband Mike Jacobs Max Robinson Michael S. Wolke Marilyn Krause 1983 Carole Meekins Frank P. Zeidler PAST PRESIDENTS Linda Ellerbee Stuart Wilk COUNCIL KNIGHTS OF THE Bob Dye 1984 Posthumous class GOLDEN QUILL LaToya Dennis 60 Minutes Nathan Conyers Trueman Farris Russ Haase Frank Aukofer 1985 Charles O. Benson Kevin Fischer Gene Siskel Gary D’Amato Tom Heinen and Roger Ebert KNIGHTS OF BOHEMIA August Derleth Ed Hinshaw 1986 Dave Baldwin John Fauber Ron Irwin Tom Wicker Ben Barkin Kathleen Gallagher Steve Jagler Joe & Jennifer Bartolotta Jill Geisler Jayne Jeffrey 1987 Donald Baumgartner Ed Hinshaw Mark Kass Jim Lehrer and Robert Rosemary Bischoff Margo Huston Marilyn Krause MacNeil Harry W. Bolens Mark Johnson Richard Leonard 1988 Alonzo Burt Irwin Maier Kay Magowan Ted Turner John Cary John F. Kennedy Kathy Mykleby 1989 Willie G. Davidson Meg Kissinger James B. Nelson George N. Gillett Fr. Frank Drabinowicz William F. Knowland David Niles Bruce Estlund Richard H. Leonard Ken Roesslein 1990 Sheldon S. Glass Frank J. Marasco Sr. Roseann St. Aubin Maria Jimena Duzan George Gravin John McCullough Beth Slocum 1991 John Gurda Bob McGinn Roger Stafford Art Buchwald Herbert J. Hansen Sharon M. Murphy Mary Van de Kamp Nohl 1992 Charles Hanson Kathy Mykleby Laurie Van Dyke Lynn Sherr Gerry W. Hazelton Jean H. Otto Joanne Williams Alex J. Horlick Gary Porter Jon Anne Willow 1993 Wm. Horlick Jr. Jay Reed Wayne Youngquist Judy Woodruff Vyto Kapocius George E. Reedy Mark Zoromski 1994 Herb Kohl Susan J. Riordan Mark Russell Joseph J. Krueger Raquel Rutledge

Milwaukee Press Club 27 1995 2018 1977 1999 Fred Graham Jodi Kantor and Warren P. Knowles Roger Fitzsimonds 1996 Megan Twohey 1978 2000 Bob Vito 2019 Harry C. Bockel Andreas Delfs 1997 Chuck Todd 1979 2001 Michael Bloomberg HEADLINER AWARDS Allen H Selig Russell Bowman, Christopher 1998 1957 1980 Goldsmith, Jack Pelisek Matt Lauer Harold S. Vincent Catherine B. Cleary 2002 1999 1958 1981 Tom Crean, Bruce Pearl Michael Isikoff George F. Kasten Albert A. Silverman 2004 2000 1959 1982 Dr. Zorba Paster, Tom Clark David Protess and his Edmund Fitzgerald Max Karl 2005 Northwestern investigative 1960 1983 Michael Cudahy reporting students S. Lloyd Niemeyer Ben Barkin 2006 2001 1961 1984 Bob Reitman, Sister Joel Read David Maraniss Eliot Fitch Paul E. Hassett 2007 2002 1962 1985 Sheldon Lubar Paul Gigot Albert S. Puelicher Ben Marcus and 2008 2003 1963 Stephen H. Marcus Bob Harlan, Joseph Zilber Brooke Gladstone Irwin Maier 1986 2009 2004 1964 Charles McNeer Michael Grebe, Gwen Jackson Jim Miklaszewski Leo Tiefenthaler 1987 2010 2005 1965 Archbishop Rembert Will Allen, Kitty Brennan William L. Allen Weakland Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. 2011 2006 1988 1966 Sue Dragisic, Martin Kaiser Aaron Brown T. Michael Brophy Walter H. Bender 2012 2007 1989 1967 Sue Black, John Cary Milton Coleman Mitchell Fromstein Howard J. Tobin 2013 2008 1990 1968 Barry Alvarez Kimberly Dozier Lindy Infante George A. Parkinson 2014 2009 1991 1969 Michael Pink, Stephen Roell Frank Deford Les Aspin James A. Lovell 2015 2010 1992 1970 Ricardo Diaz, Linda Mellowes Leonard Pitts Jr. Howard Fuller Hazel Maxwell 2016 2011 and Harold Morgan 1993 Ted Kellner, Bill Kurtis 1971 Jane and Lloyd Pettit Hannah Rosenthal 2012 Mrs. Harry Lynde Bradley 1994 2017 Juan Williams and Donald C. Slichter Pat Richter, Bonnie Blair Howard Fuller PhD, 2013 1972 and Dan Jansen Carmen Pitre Cokie Roberts Norman N. Gill 1995 2018 2014 1973 Allen H. Selig Gary Grunau, Juli Kaufmann Jonathan Alter Francis E. Ferguson 1996 2019 2015 1974 Mike Holmgren Martin J. Schreiber, Ann Compton Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J. 1997 Mary Lou Young 2016 1975 Jacquelyn Mitchard Marty Baron Arnold D. K. Mason 1998 2017 1976 Janine Geske David Fahrenthold Robert V. Krikorian

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OFFICERS EX-OFFICIO BOARD President Past President Gene Mueller LaToya Dennis 620 WTMJ Radio WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio President-Elect James B. Nelson MPC Endowment, Ltd. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Joel Dresang Landaas & Company Secretary Lori Richards Past Presidents Mueller Communications, Council Chairman Inc. Kathy Mykleby Retired, WISN-TV Treasurer H. Carl Mueller Executive Director Mueller Communications, Joette Richards Inc. IN MEMORIAM DIRECTORS James Arnold, movie Charles Benson critic and MU professor WTMJ-TV Milwaukee Dec. 21, 2018

Katrina Cravy Anita Black Gamble, Katrina Cravy, Inc. Milwaukee Sentinel Jan. 29, 2019 Fraser Engerman Johnson Controls Mark Maley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Patch Steve Jagler Feb. 8, 2019 Graef Greg Stanford, Milwaukee Corri Hess Journal Sentinel Wisconsin Public Radio April 5, 2019

Mark Kass Milwaukee Business Journal

Marilyn Krause Krause Communications

Maryann Lazarski Milwaukee PBS

Kathy Mykleby Retired, WISN-TV

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