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5 MPC Awards for Once A Year has been produced Excellence in annually by the Milwaukee Press Club since 1886. All of the issues are archived at the Golda 14 Milwaukee Press Club Meir Library of the University of Board of Governors Wisconsin-Milwaukee and are used frequently for historical 15 2020 Press Club research. Members Press Club 16 Press Club Honors Meeting Place With hundreds of faculty members in a BACK COVER Newsroom Pub, 137 E. Wells St., Thanks to our Sponsors wide range of disciplines – from public Milwaukee, WI 53202 health to politics, economics to education, Editor milwaukeepressclub.org Claire Hanan – we have the expertise you need. Mailing Address PO Box 176 Designer North Prairie, WI 53153-0176 Contact media-services-team@edu. Kathryn Lavey

MPC and MPC Endowment Ltd. thank this year’s independent panel of contest judges, active journalists from press clubs throughout the U.S., including statewide clubs in Alaska, , Idaho and and metro-area clubs in Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New Orleans, 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 UWM consumer marketing expert Purush Papatla (right), co-director of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute. Press Club is asked to judge similar contests for 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.

1 Once A Year 2020 Photo courtesy VISIT Milwaukee PRESIDENT’S LETTER Resilience Amid Upheaval This, like everything else, is not your typical Once a Year. BY GENE MUELLER

t was just about a year ago that a that the election came off as smoothly as newly minted Milwaukee Press Club could be expected amid their dwindling president used this space to muse ranks? The pandemic teaches us that not Iabout what our city would look like when all heroes wear capes. Too many just- we next would gather for the Gridiron plain-folks were asked to go above and Dinner. Back then we were still coming to beyond, in large part because Wisconsin grips with the realization that we would be government — all branches, and both doing something we’d never done before: sides of the aisle — failed them. A state host a major political party’s nominating whose flag reads “Forward” ended up convention. Our chance to shine was 14 looking very, very backward in the eyes of months away. What felt like an eternity a nation wondering why we were queuing to some seemed like not nearly enough up in public at a time when experts were prep time to others. We were confident, telling us to stay home. knowing we could put our community in a Now it’s a new year, and your Press place where the expected high tide would Club president has blank pages to fill in truly raise all boats. a program that won’t get handed out the Then March happened. way it has for — at an annual COVID-19 exacted a deadly global toll bash where great journalism on all levels and effectively shut the planet . is celebrated, where friendships are of varied platforms, we’re becoming The world became a place where hugs and rekindled, where contacts are made and conversant and, dare I say comfortable, handshakes were dangerous, where no laughs shared. We obviously can’t have a with the latest crowd-gathering apps gathering could be small enough to be safe. Gridiron as scheduled this year, but the in hopes of better service and more The coronavirus didn’t take civilization Board of Governors will do its best to complete access to any and all who want down but it certainly exposed its cracks. make sure this year’s honorees get their to sample what we’re delivering, in person It also revealed the better angels who walk due, all while minding the best public or virtually. and work among us. health advice available. Same for this The doors of the Milwaukee Press Doctors. Nurses. Janitors. Truckers. fall’s Hall of Fame, and the annual Meet Club Hall of Fame swung open last fall Grocery store employees. Cops. Fire the Media bash tentatively set to happen to welcome a fresh class of inductees: department personnel. Emergency before the holidays. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters medical technicians (EMTs). They and What do we know for sure? Alan Borsuk and Meg Kissinger, Everett others on the front lines showed their Milwaukee remains a fantastic place Marshburn of Milwaukee PBS, Sharon mettle in impossible circumstances, to live, work, and, if you’re a media- McGowan of Milwaukee Neighborhood overlooking their own safety to care for type, to tell stories on any platform. Our News Service, Larry Meiller of Wisconsin others. The above list of heroes is partial. club continues its mission of giving the Public Radio, former WISN-TV anchor/ It doesn’t include Wisconsin voters, who community access to the powerful via reporter Kathy Mykleby, former WTMJ made sure their voices were heard April Newsmaker Luncheons and deeper dives Radio news director Dan Shelley, and the 7 when in-person balloting was allowed into the issues of the day at our Behind late Milwaukee Journal Sentinel media to happen as COVID-19 was anything but the Headlines events. To further that goal, critic Tim Cuprisin. There’s more: the contained. What then of the poll workers we’ve partnered with the Rotary Club of Milwaukee Press Club Endowment is who put themselves at risk to make sure Milwaukee and WisPolitics.com. Speaking CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

Milwaukee Press Club 2 Cake donated by Aggie’s Bakery CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 and Cake Shop vibrant, and fiscally sound, continuing funding journalism-related opportunities for high school students, and supporting club efforts throughout the year. Its board is tireless and its leadership wholly committed to expanding its reach and making sure a new crop of reporters is ready to tell a fresh generation the stories it needs to know. The press club’s Board of Governors and officers stood tall, using a unique blend of individual skills to make the organization hum as a focused unit and a force for local, state, and national journalism even as unforeseen circumstances seemed to conspire against those efforts. A special tip CELEBRATING UNCONVENTIONAL of the hat goes to the person who makes sure everything comes off without a hitch: MILWAUKEE CORNERSTONES Joette Richards, our executive director, BY KATHARINE FOLEY whose dedication to detail and execution Milwaukee’s 174th Birthday Party is beyond compare, who answers her cellphone on the first ring without fail, n 2020, the Milwaukee Press • One of the world’s largest and who never, ever is out-of-pocket. Club’s City Birthday Party collections of antique microphones We are nothing without her. celebrated the people, places • Oldest continuously run Special thanks, as always to our sponsors Iand things that make our city professional soccer team without whom we couldn’t accomplish all “unconventional.” We were honored • Largest dinosaur skull that’s listed above, or what we hope to do to have Tony Evers and • World’s largest collection of moving forward: Kane Communications Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes bobbleheads Group, Laughlin Constable, University of join us for this special occasion. And, we can’t forget to celebrate Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1, Looking ahead, we are committed to the projects, festivals and community Mueller QAAS, LLC and We Energies. They doing our part to be the best stewards initiatives that make our city special, bring our events to life and help our mission and brand ambassadors possible for such as: become a reality. our great city. In light of the COVID-19 • Sherman Phoenix Your Press Club got a lot done this year, pandemic, it will be especially critical • Bronzeville Cultural & Arts Festival as did the community we call home. to showcase the memorable joys of • Sculpture Milwaukee We endured a bit, too — the whole Milwaukee such as exploring our • Milwaukee murals country has, giving us new stories to tell, brewing heritage, biking along Lake • Near West Side Farmers Market problems to explore, answers to seek. Michigan and catching a concert Clearly, Milwaukee has a rich and What we’re going through now because at Summerfest. But we also should surprising history that we are proud of COVID-19 will only make us stronger, highlight the lesser-known aspects of to recognize, honor and share. The better, and hopefully smarter moving our city that make us a unique, not-to- pandemic created disruption and forward. As always, we celebrate those be-missed destination. uncertainty, but one thing that remains who work in journalism across every The list is endless but here are a few. the same is our love for our city and all platform and at every level. And, we Did you know Milwaukee is home the great gifts it has to offer. appreciate everyone who supports high- to the: Be sure to save the date for next year’s quality journalism for which we strive. • Oldest bowling alley in America party – Thursday, January 28, 2021, at Thank you. • First typewriter The Grain Exchange. See you then!

3 Once A Year 2020 Photo by Helen Elizabeth Dudley In January, the endowment named the MPC ENDOWMENT EXPANDS longstanding UW-Madison scholarship SUPPORT FOR JOURNALISTS for the late Whitney Gould, an alum who went on to become a groundbreaking BY JOEL DRESANG journalist at Madison’s Capital Times as well as The Milwaukee Journal and the s the philanthropic affiliate class at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. of the Milwaukee Press Milwaukee. Another grant in the past year The endowment’s assets include Club since 1973, the MPC helped student journalists from Mount funds managed for the Don Walker EndowmentA continues growing its efforts Mary University attend the ACP National Memorial Scholarship, the Eric Miller to advance excellence in journalism. College Media Convention in Washington, PantherVision Scholarship, the Ed The MPC Endowment is again funding D.C. Besides engaging in workshops and Hinshaw fund and the Harold Gauer paid newsroom internships for graduates networking, the students got to see their fund. Recently, contributors established a of the Urban Journalism Workshop at adviser, Laura Otto, receive the College scholarship fund honoring Tim Cuprisin, the late reporter and media critic for the Journal Sentinel and OnMilwaukee.com. Even as the MPC Endowment continues to grow, requests exceed resources. Please consider donating, including through planned giving. Learn more at: bit.ly/MPCendow.

MPC Endowment, Ltd. BOARD MEMBERS EX OFFICIO MEMBERS Joel Dresang, Landaas & Gene Mueller, 620 Company, WTMJ Radio, Press . Last summer, four LEFT IMAGE: Front Row (left to right): president Club president Milwaukee-area high school students Natallie St. Onge, Jenny Whidden, Chelsea Johanning, Sydney Czyzon Back Row: Ashley Luthern, David Allen, benefited from the pilot program, Matthew Martinez, John Steppe, Kennedy Milwaukee Journal UW-Milwaukee working at Milwaukee Business Journal, Coleman, Bridget Fogarty, Mark Zoromski Sentinel, Department the Milwaukee Courier, the Milwaukee (Marquette University) vice president of Journalism RIGHT IMAGE: Molly Nelson, MPC Intern and Mass Neighborhood News Service and the David Niles, PKI Communication Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Media Association’s distinguished adviser Digital Marketing, treasurer Mark Zoromski, Not only did the students earn award for magazines. Marquette experience, insight and $1,000, but the Other MPC Endowment support in the Lindsey Anderson, University participating newsrooms gained from past year includes: Milwaukee Diedrich College of Magazine, secretary Communication working with and nurturing potential • TMPC Awards for Excellence in journalists. The MPC Endowment is Wisconsin Journalism Barb Haig, Hemant Shah, Johnson Controls funding six more student internships • Travel expenses for the Sacred Cat honoree UW-Madison School of Journalism in the summer of 2020. The hope is to • A stipend for the Milwaukee Tom Heinen, Press Club student intern Interfaith and Mass develop the program into a sustainable Communication • Costs for journalism students Conference of extension of the Urban Journalism attending the Gridiron Awards Greater Milwaukee Workshop, which has been training young and the Media Hall of Fame event Jim Nelson, journalists for more than 30 years. • Annual journalism scholarships at Milwaukee Journal Recently, the MPC Endowment the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sentinel approved a $5,000 grant to help cover Marquette University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Erin Richards, student costs for an immersive reporting USA Today

Milwaukee Press Club 4 BEST MULTI-STORY BEST LONG, HARD PROFESSIONAL COVERAGE OF A SINGLE FEATURE STORY FEATURE TOPIC OR EVENT GOLD WINNERS GOLD Maggie Ginsberg Sarah Whites-Koditschek Madison Magazine Emily Hamer BEST COVERAGE OF A The Person They Were Writing SINGLE NEWS TOPIC Coburn Dukehart Meant to Be OR EVENT, INCLUDING Wisconsin Watch/ BEST CRITICAL REVIEW BREAKING NEWS SILVER GOLD GOLD Wisconsin’s clean energy fight Steven Elbow Gwendolyn Rice Scott Girard Cap Times Isthmus Cap Times SILVER ‘Too Much Milk’ The heat is on in Saigon West High School Walkout The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service staff BRONZE (tie) SILVER SILVER Milwaukee Neighborhood Dylan Brogan Rob Thomas Ruth Conniff News Service Isthmus Cap Times Wisconsin Examiner Unrest in Sherman Park: A rotten year: Madison Paul McCartney in Madison (wisconsinexaminer.com) Three years later teachers report from GOP could dodge Gov. Evers to the classroom BRONZE gerrymander Wisconsin again BRONZE Gwendolyn Rice Arthur Thomas BRONZE (tie) Isthmus BRONZE BizTimes Milwaukee Steven Elbow Amazing women playing Dylan Brogan Quad vs. DOJ Cap Times Men on Boats Isthmus Unknown Fear Family threatens Leopold principal after student’s false accusation

5 Once A Year 2020 BEST LONG, SOFT BRONZE BEST BUSINESS BEST COLUMN FEATURE STORY Ana Martinez-Ortiz STORY OR SERIES GOLD GOLD Milwaukee Neighborhood GOLD Jessie Opoien Jay Rath News Service Matthew Piper Cap Times Isthmus Lloyd Street School teacher Milwaukee Magazine Jessie Opoien A radical experiment uses ‘mirror messages’ to The Big Beer Battle combat bullying SILVER SILVER SILVER John Nichols Lindsey Anderson BEST SPORTS STORY Maredithe Meyer Cap Times Milwaukee Magazine GOLD BizTimes Milwaukee John Nichols The Big Break Gary D’Amato brings Killarney Golf Media Milwaukee together BRONZE BRONZE Hero in their midst Rob Golub Molly Snyder BRONZE The Wisconsin OnMilwaukee SILVER Rich Kirchen Jewish Chronicle From an “L” on her shirt to an Erica Krug Milwaukee Business Journal Editor’s Desk A-list director: Penny Marshall Isthmus Politics as usual? lives on with her female fans The Secret Concrete Garden BEST EXPLANATORY BEST INVESTIGATIVE STORY OR SERIES BEST SHORT, HARD BRONZE STORY OR SERIES GOLD FEATURE STORY Aaron Maybin GOLD Will Cushman GOLD David McAlister Steven Potter WisContext Matt Hrodey Aaron Frye Isthmus The New Normal of Milwaukee Magazine LeeAnn Watson Law & Disorder Wisconsin’s Climate The Unsteady Way Forward WITI FOX6 More Than Tennis SILVER SILVER SILVER Katelyn Ferral Bobby Tanzilo Edgar Mendez BEST SINGLE EDITORIAL, Cap Times OnMilwaukee Milwaukee Neighborhood STATEMENT OF EDITORIAL Stolen Childhoods Urban Spelunking: Milwaukee News Service POSITION OR OPINION Unrest in Sherman Park: GOLD BRONZE BRONZE Three years later: Katie Avila Loughmiller Katelyn Ferral Joe Tarr Have police-community Fellow members of LUNA Cap Times Isthmus relations improved? Milwaukee Neighborhood Failure to Protect Killer coal News Service BRONZE OPINION: Dear white gallery BEST PUBLIC SERVICE BEST PERSONAL PROFILE STORY OR SERIES Dylan Brogan owner: Here’s how not to erase GOLD GOLD Isthmus the narratives of Milwaukee’s Lindsey Anderson Too hot to handle: Hemp black and brown artists Emily Hamer Milwaukee Magazine farmers ordered to destroy Sheila Terman Cohen Character Study crops after state struggles to SILVER Coburn Dukehart keep up with testing John Nichols Wisconsin Watch SILVER Dave Zweifel Beyond Bail Mary Louise Schumacher BEST SHORT, SOFT Jessie Opoien Milwaukee Magazine FEATURE STORY SILVER Cap Times Making Architecture GOLD Blank made the right decision Mary Sussman Indigenous Anders Nienstaedt to reinstate Cephus Shepherd Express Isthmus The Dangers of Not BRONZE The supper club heads west BRONZE Vaccinating Kids Lisa Speckhard Pasque Ed Combs Cap Times SILVER BRONZE Concealed Carry Magazine Sabrina’s Madison Small “Dust Up” – Concealed Judith Davidoff Shepherd Express Carry Magazine (November/ Isthmus BEST CONSUMER Indian Community School December 2019) Our Civics Duty STORY OR SERIES Students Succeed Beyond GOLD Their Dreams Della Hansmann Isthmus Ranch-o-Rama

Milwaukee Press Club 6 SILVER BRONZE SILVER BRONZE Parker Schorr Colin Crowley Lee Matz Tim Burton Rikha Sharma Rani PBS Wisconsin and Volume Milwaukee Independent Emily Culp Coburn Dukehart One Magazine (milwaukeeindependent.com) Carol Shufro Wisconsin Watch/Capital Framing the Farmer Fear the Deer: Milwaukee Sarah Andler Madison Magazine Times/Fuller Project paints the town green to BEST NEWS PHOTOGRAPH August, September, November Catholics run one-third of celebrate Bucks NBA playoffs GOLD Wisconsin hospitals, putting BEST SINGLE Timothy P. Snopek many reproductive procedures No Bronze awarded COVER DESIGN timsnopek.com off-limits GOLD Helping Hand Kevin Michalowski BRONZE Ken Wangler SILVER Jenna Sachs Newspaper Dustin Reid Lee Matz LeeAnn Watson Daniel Acker Milwaukee Independent Design Stephen Davis Jared Blohm (milwaukeeindependent.com) BEST OVERALL DESIGN Ed Combs WITI FOX6 Milwaukee Stands United GOLD Concealed Carry Magazine Contact 6 Against Hate: Interfaith vigil Mark Kass The .380 Issue – Concealed mourns massacre at New Carry Magazine (October 2019) Zealand mosques Todd Bragstad Eric Semelroth SILVER Jacqueline Prins Visual BRONZE Paul J. Higgins Journalism Lee Matz Milwaukee Business Journal Milwaukee Magazine Milwaukee Independent September 2019 BEST ILLUSTRATION (milwaukeeindependent.com) BEST SPECIAL SECTION DESIGN OR CARTOON Controlled roof demolition BRONZE GOLD GOLD leaves topless Maria Harris Sherrill Knezel Mark Kass David Szymanski Milwaukee Independent BEST FEATURE Todd Bragstad Lori Acken (milwaukeeindependent.com) PHOTOGRAPH Eric Semelroth MKE Lifestyle Magazine Knezelism: Light (Knezelism of GOLD Milwaukee Business Journal BEST SINGLE STORY the Week: November 25) Lee Matz Milwaukee Independent OR FEATURE DESIGN GOLD SILVER (milwaukeeindependent.com) LULAC members swarm Magazine Libby Lang Emily Shullaw Milwaukee Magazine Senator Ron Johnson’s Wisconsin Watch Design The Big Break Fainting and freezing in Milwaukee office in of BEST OVERALL DESIGN the fields “Kids in Cages” at border SILVER GOLD Paul J. Higgins BRONZE SILVER Paul J. Higgins Milwaukee Magazine Shelby Kisling Ken Wangler Libby Lang Best of MKE Dustin Reid WisconsinEye Brock Kaplan Concealed Carry Magazine Rewind Program Illustrations Chelsea Mamerow BRONZE “Defending While Older” – Milwaukee Magazine Tim Burton Concealed Carry Magazine BEST PHOTO ESSAY Madison Magazine OR SERIES (October 2019) SILVER Warning Signs GOLD Kevin Michalowski BRONZE Lee Matz Ken Wangler Coburn Dukehart Milwaukee Independent Wisconsin Watch Jared Blohm Audio (milwaukeeindependent.com) Home safe Ed Combs BEST COVERAGE OF A ’s freezing waves Carla Dickmann SINGLE OR ONGOING wallop participants at 2019 BEST SPORTS Dustin Reid BREAKING NEWS STORY Polar Bear Plunge PHOTOGRAPH Concealed Carry Magazine GOLD GOLD Erik Bilstad SILVER Rich Zimmermann Mike Spaulding Kevin J. Miyazaki Milwaukee Independent Tony Bettack (milwaukeeindependent.com) Milwaukee Magazine John Mercure Need for Speed: Motorsports Melissa Barclay Out From the Shadows returned to AM 620 WTMJ for first major auto race in Shooting Death of 5 years Milwaukee Police Office

7 Once A Year 2020 SILVER BRONZE SILVER BRONZE Shaun Soman Alexandra Hall Audrey Nowakowski Brad Williams Chali Pittman Sarah Whites-Koditschek WUWM 89.7 FM - WIZM-AM WORT FM Wisconsin Public Radio & Milwaukee’s NPR Brad’s Desk 12-19 “I Had a Students Protest Dismissal Wisconsin Watch An Ode To Craftsmanship: Hunch Back at Notre Dame” of West High School Fainting And Freezing In Stained Glass Windows In Security Guard The Fields: Alleged Labor Milwaukee Bungalows BEST PODCAST Trafficking Victim Tells Of GOLD BRONZE Mistreatment In Wisconsin, BRONZE Bridgit Bowden Shaun Soman Georgia Rob Mentzer Shawn Johnson Jonah Chester Wisconsin Public Radio Hannah Haynes Martin Rakacolli BEST LONG, SOFT An Innovative Underpass Karl Christenson FEATURE STORY WORT FM Keeps Turtles Off The Brad Kolberg As Schoep’s Ice Cream Files GOLD Highway. It’s Saved Dozens Noah Ovshinsky for Receivership, Jenifer Street Susan Bence From Becoming Roadkill Wisconsin Public Radio Market Owners Vow to WUWM 89.7 FM - Derailed Stay Open Milwaukee’s NPR BEST USE OF AUDIO Milwaukee Home To World’s WITHIN A REPORT SILVER BEST SERIES REPORTING First Bird-Friendly Arena GOLD Tyrone Miller GOLD Steve Gotcher Justin Barney Maayan Silver SILVER Wisconsin Public Radio Nate Imig WUWM 89.7 FM - Chuck Quirmbach Wisconsin Life: A Winter Night Jordan Lee Milwaukee’s NPR WUWM 89.7 FM - Poker Game Played In The Kenny Perez Human Trafficking Series Milwaukee’s NPR Backyard 88Nine Radio Milwaukee Sculptures For The Backspin: The Search for SILVER (Milwaukee) Road SILVER Milwaukee’s First Staff Maayan Silver Hip-Hop Song Wisconsin Public Radio No Bronze awarded WUWM 89.7 FM - High Tolerance Milwaukee’s NPR BRONZE BEST SHORT, HARD One, Two, Cha-Cha-Cha: Bryan Polcyn FEATURE STORY BRONZE Making Drumming Accessible Amanda St. Hilaire GOLD WUWM News & Lake Effect For Milwaukee Students With Jenna Sachs Chuck Quirmbach Staff Special Needs LeeAnn Watson WUWM 89.7 FM - WUWM 89.7 FM - Sara Smith Milwaukee’s NPR Milwaukee’s NPR BRONZE Stephen Davis Taycheedah Welders Project Milwaukee: Great Melissa Barclay WITI FOX6 Lakes, Troubled Waters Jay Sorgi Open Record SILVER John Tyler BEST LONG, HARD Nate Imig AM 620 WTMJ FEATURE STORY 88Nine Radio Milwaukee The Life and Times of a GOLD Milwaukee attorneys and Guitar Maestro Video interpreters travel to border to Audrey Nowakowski BEST COVERAGE OF A Angelina Mosher Salazar counsel refugee women BEST WRITING IN BREAKING NEWS STORY WUWM 89.7 FM - AN AUDIO STORY BRONZE GOLD Milwaukee’s NPR GOLD Teran Powell FOX6 News Staff Cryptosporidium Vs. Lead: Emily Files WUWM 89.7 FM - WITI FOX6 Comparing Milwaukee’s WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee’s NPR I-94 Pursuit and Standoff Response To These Major Milwaukee’s NPR Using Coded Language Water Threats The Saga Of Milwaukee’s SILVER Can ‘Create A Sense Of Us Water Tower Dragon And Them’ WISN-TV Staff SILVER WISN-TV SILVER Erik Bilstad BEST SHORT, SOFT Officer Killed AM 620 WTMJ FEATURE STORY Angelina Mosher Salazar Gaming Induced Suicide GOLD WUWM 89.7 FM - BRONZE Milwaukee’s NPR Jane Hampden WISN-TV Staff Race, Representation Wisconsin Public Radio WISN-TV & Redistricting: Minocqua Thrift Shop Known Classroom Police Shooting Why Milwaukee’s Wards As ‘Macy’s Of The North’ Became Districts

Milwaukee Press Club 8 BEST MULTI-DAY SILVER BEST SHORT, HARD SILVER COVERAGE OF AN Lauren Linder FEATURE STORY Ted Perry ONGOING STORY Gideon Verdin-Williams GOLD Sara Smith GOLD Paul Marble Suzanne Spencer Dave Michuda WISN-TV Staff Nicole Buckley Eric Litsheim Andrew Konkle Today’s TMJ4 WISN-TV WITI FOX6 Jerry Imig Project: Drive Sober - Acid Attack Hate Crime? Cold Case: Nancy Radbil Susanne Barthel License Loophole WITI FOX6 SILVER SILVER BRONZE Perry’s People FOX6 News Staff Kent Wainscott Charles Benson WITI FOX6 WISN-TV Tamott Wolverton BRONZE MPD Officer Matthew Construction Crash Zone Today’s TMJ4 Taurean Small Rittner’s Death Journey of a Gun Taylor Popielarz BEST LONG, HARD Spectrum News 1 Staff BRONZE FEATURE STORY BRONZE Spectrum News 1 GOLD TMJ4 Staff Casey Geraldo Battleground 2020: The Today’s TMJ4 Carl Deffenbaugh Marty Hobe Andrew Konkle Midwest. What Does 2016 Project: Drive Sober Paul Marble LeeAnn Watson Tell Us About the Future? Gideon Verdin-Williams BEST INDIVIDUAL WITI FOX6 Tamott Wolverton REPORTING OF NEWS Feast of Crispian BEST SPORTS PROGRAM Today’s TMJ4 GOLD GOLD SILVER Freezing Families Kristin Byrne WISN-TV Staff Anthony DaBruzzi Today’s TMJ4 WISN-TV Kathryn Larson BEST SHORT, SOFT Consumer Investigator FEATURE STORY Big 12 Sports: Countdown Spectrum News 1 To Kickoff Kristin Byrne Confessional Crisis GOLD Suzanne Spencer SILVER SILVER BRONZE Kale Zimny Ashley Sears Steve Chamraz WITI FOX6 Dennis Krause WITI FOX6 Shaun Farrell Beer Barrel Bowlers Spectrum News 1 Ashley Sears Marty Hobe The Roundtable Paul Marble SILVER BRONZE Tamott Wolverton James Groh No Bronze awarded Kent Wainscott Today’s TMJ4 James Kust Drunk Driving Danger Zones BEST NEWSCAST WISN-TV WTMJ-TV GOLD Best Reporting: My Block: Downtown BEST LONG, SOFT WISN-TV Staff Kent Wainscott FEATURE STORY Waukesha’s most friendly WISN-TV GOLD neighbor Classroom Police Shooting BEST INDIVIDUAL Traci Neuman REPORTING OF SPORTS Brian Ewig BRONZE GOLD SILVER Chris Michalski Terry Sater Stephanie Sutton TMJ4 Staff WMVS/WMVT - TV Saman Wanniarachchi WISN-TV Today’s TMJ4 Outdoor Wisconsin - Surf WISN-TV Stephanie Sutton Live at 6:00 - DNC Comes Mailman Turkey Chase SILVER to MKE SILVER Ted Perry BEST NEWS PROGRAM Stephen Watson Andrew Konkle BRONZE GOLD WISN-TV Sara Smith FOX6 News Staff WITI FOX6 Maryann Lazarski Stephen Watson WITI FOX6 Long May They Run Scottie Lee Meyers FOX6 WakeUp News Erica Drehfal No Bronze awarded BRONZE Brian Ewig BEST WRITING IN Tiff Pua BEST INVESTIGATIVE Darin Malkowski A VIDEO STORY Sandy Maxx REPORT OR SERIES Chris Michalski GOLD Brian Ewig GOLD Jeff Mlagan Chris Michalski Carl Deffenbaugh Stephanie Schreiber Courtny Gerrish Jeff Moorbeck WITI FOX6 Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee PBS Karl Landwehr Feast of Crispian Psychiatric Bed Shortage Art 10thirtysix on Milwaukee PBS Collection - The Arts Page A 10thirtysix Special: A Hope for Tomorrow: Zetho’s Story

9 Once A Year 2020 SILVER BRONZE BEST USE OF MULTIMEDIA BRONZE Ted Perry Jeffrey Dahdah GOLD Tarik J. Moody WITI FOX6 Spectrum News 1 Rory Linnane FlipEleven, 88Nine Bedside Baritone Jeffrey Dahdah Compilation Erin Caughey Radio Milwaukee Bill Schulz BRONZE Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten BEST LOCAL NEWS OR Haley BeMiller FEATURE WEBSITE Jason Fechner Online Jim Fitzhenry GOLD Spectrum News 1 BEST ONLINE David Haynes COVERAGE OF NEWS Wisconsin Watch Staff Building the Robert Mentzer Wisconsin Watch Wisconsin Corn Dog GOLD Scottie Lee Meyers WisconsinWatch.org Will Cushman Darin Malkowski BEST DOCUMENTARY Frederica Freyberg Justin Migliano GOLD Marisa Wojcik USA Today Network-Wisconsin, SILVER Maryann Lazarski Rob Ferrett Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Don Ross Scottie Lee Meyers Kristian Knutsen Milwaukee PBS Volume One Team Rory Linnane WisContext You’re Not Alone: Volume One Justin Migliano CAFOs, Odor and the Law A documentary and Volumeone.org Brian Ewig suicide-prevention toolkit Darin Malkowski SILVER No Bronze awarded Chris Michalski SILVER WUWM Staff Malia Jones Gail Grzybowski WUWM 89.7 FM - BEST BLOG Bill Schulz Caitlin Bourbeau Milwaukee’s NPR GOLD James Fitzhenry Sarah Kemp WUWM.COM Leah Foltman Evan Rytlewski Raul Galvan Kristian Knutsen RadioMilwaukee.org Bohdan Zachary BRONZE WisContext “Milwaukee Music” on Milwaukee PBS (in partnership Andrea Anderson Applying Demographics to RadioMilwaukee.org with the Milwaukee Journal Visualize Wisconsin Issues Sentinel and USA TODAY Jenny Peek Rich Kremer SILVER NETWORK-Wisconsin) BRONZE Kyla Calvert Mason Hayley Sperling Kids in Crisis: You’re Not Alone Lee Matz Danielle Kaeding Will Cushman Lodi Broekhuizen Kristian Knutsen SILVER David Hyland Milwaukee Independent WisContext Andy Soth Staff (milwaukeeindependent.com) WisContext Newsletter Michael Eicher Wisconsin Public Radio 88Nine Radio helps 10 Inga Foley Jayme Closs Case Milwaukee bands produce BRONZE Jennifer Hadley Tiny Desk videos for NPR BEST ONLINE Michael Horne Christine Sloan-Miller music contest COVERAGE OF SPORTS Urban Milwaukee PBS Wisconsin GOLD BEST WEBSITE DESIGN What’s It Worth? Portraits from Rural Wisconsin John Hughes GOLD Jim Kelsh John Hughes BEST USE OF BRONZE Mike Davis Jim Kelsh MULTI-PLATFORM Mik Derks REPORTING Gary D’Amato Mike Davis PBS Wisconsin Gary D’Amato GOLD Rob Hernandez Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf Rob Hernandez PBS Wisconsin and Dennis McCann Sarah Starmer WisContext Staff Wisconsin.Golf BEST EDITING Wisconsin.Golf PBS Wisconsin and WisContext GOLD Trauma Informed Care SILVER SILVER Andrew Konkle in Wisconsin James Kust Anna Rueden WITI FOX6 Tess Klein Jane Jiumaleh Andrew Konkle Composite SILVER Marty Hobe Jenny Peek Alexandra Hall Marcus Riley Andrea Anderson SILVER Sarah Whites-Koditschek WTMJ-TV John K. Wilson Tiff Pua Emily Shullaw Milwaukee Bucks Grace Lorentz Brian Ewig John Nichols Coburn Dukehart Playoff Madness Sandy Maxx Allen Rieland Wisconsin Watch/ Wisconsin Public Radio Jeff Moorbeck David Hyland No Bronze awarded Fainting and freezing in the Milwaukee PBS Wisconsin Public Radio High Tolerance Special Series fields: Alleged labor trafficking Tibetan Monks Sand victim tells of mistreatment in Mandala - The Arts Page Wisconsin and Georgia

Milwaukee Press Club 10 BRONZE BEST SPORTS STORY SILVER SILVER Lee Matz GOLD Corrinne Hess Reggie Jackson Milwaukee Independent Rich Rovito Izabela Zaluska Milwaukee Independent (milwaukeeindependent.com) Milwaukee Magazine Coburn Dukehart (milwaukeeindependent.com) Crochet Away: Fiber A Year Out From Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Watch/ Reggie Jackson: Racism in artist Jonah Larson unites Ryder Cup, Captains Just Wisconsin Public Radio Milwaukee suburban schools communities with hope and Need Players Property owners near Foxconn and the constant struggle for healing in accidental hobby say they were misled. Now social equality SILVER their homes are gone BEST HARD Lucas Seidel BRONZE FEATURE STORY 88Nine Radio Milwaukee BRONZE Michael Horne GOLD Can Milwaukee win another Reggie Jackson Urban Milwaukee Parker Schorr world championship? Lee Matz Bar Exam Wisconsin Watch/ Milwaukee Independent The Cap Times BRONZE BEST EXPLANATORY (milwaukeeindependent.com) While millions are spent to Kenneth Cole STORY OR SERIES From Mississippi To fight the opioid epidemic, Lee Matz GOLD Milwaukee: My Journey a meth crisis quietly grows Milwaukee Independent Taurean Small To 53206 in Wisconsin (milwaukeeindependent.com) Taylor Popielarz Surfing Comes Home Hailey Kunz to Milwaukee: Forging BEST PUBLIC SERVICE SILVER STORY OR SERIES Spectrum News 1 friendships in the frigid Will Cushman Battleground 2020: freshwater waves of GOLD (tie) WisContext Lake Michigan Miles Maguire The Midwest Elk and Chronic Oshkosh Examiner Wasting Disease BEST BUSINESS The Coroner Who SILVER STORY OR SERIES Conned a County Will Cushman BRONZE GOLD WisContext James Groh Will Cushman GOLD (tie) White-Nose Syndrome James Kust Kate Archer Kent Urban Milwaukee in Wisconsin WTMJ-TV WisContext Murphy’s Law — columns My Block: Rebuilding The Dairy Crisis, Milk Prices watchdogging government BRONZE Milwaukee’s north side with and a Growth Sector and business Erica Jones ‘full-time neighbors’ Coburn Dukehart SILVER SILVER Alisa Ivanitskaya BEST SOFT Arthur Thomas Andrea Anderson Bram Sable-Smith FEATURE STORY BizTimes Milwaukee Jenny Peek Francisco Velazquez GOLD Printing Cuban phone books, John K. Wilson Wisconsin Watch/ Mary Kate McCoy bribery in China, Peru will David Hyland Wisconsin Public Radio Wisconsin Public Radio cost Quad $10 million Staff As Wisconsin Catholic clergy Cannibal Sandwich Wisconsin Public Radio accused of sexual abuse grows, BRONZE High Tolerance the trauma lingers SILVER Arthur Thomas Bobby Tanzilo BizTimes Milwaukee No Bronze awarded OnMilwaukee Naming rights for Franklin Behind the 8 ball: ballpark at center of Routine The story of jazz organist lawsuit BEST COLUMN Baby Face Willette GOLD BEST INVESTIGATIVE Dominic Inouye BRONZE STORY OR SERIES Milwaukee Independent GOLD Lori Fredrich (milwaukeeindependent.com) Will Cushman OnMilwaukee Dominic Inouye: Exploring Zac Schultz New Chef Latinos Wisconsin Milwaukee on foot to Frederica Freyberg group aims to offer support, understand the social Rachael Vasquez incite change relationships between Rob Ferrett place and space Kristian Knutsen WisContext Washed Away: The Costs of a Changing Climate

11 Once A Year 2020 BEST SPORTS COLLEGIATE STORY Visual GOLD Journalism Sydney Widell WINNERS The Daily Cardinal BEST STILL PHOTOGRAPH(S) ‘We see it all:’ Wisconsin GOLD SILVER rowers on the front line of Lake Elizabeth Sloan Writing Krystin Kantenwein Mendota’s algae blooms Media Milwaukee BEST NEWS STORY Arches Paradise Lost GOLD Orthorexia Nervosa: It Might SILVER Be Time for a Digital Detox Sebastian van Bastelaer Natallie St. Onge SILVER The Daily Cardinal Marquette Wire Denisse Hernandez BRONZE Musical career brings College of Education Arches Jaya Larsen DJ Shawna home to faces potential merge, Living In Fear: Immigrants’ Curb Magazine “a special place” structural changes Mental Health Tested Unfinished Justice SILVER BRONZE BRONZE Jodie Filenius BEST SHORT, HARD Zoe Comerford FEATURE STORY Jordan Johnson Media Milwaukee Marquette Wire GOLD Marquette Wire Lead in the Water Faith plays crucial role in Benita Mathew Marquette men’s soccer Threatens Generations of shaping Howard’s life, starts The Daily Cardinal wins against Alabama Milwaukee Residents FCA at Marquette The Legacy of Environmental Injustice in Madison BEST INVESTIGATIVE BRONZE REPORTING Kylie Zazula SILVER GOLD Audio Media Milwaukee Jenny Whidden Kaitlyn Herzog BEST NEWS STORY, Majority of Students Feel Marquette Wire Media Milwaukee SINGLE OR ONGOING ‘Overwhelming Anxiety’ as George Lardner Jr., Pulitzer Professor Accused of GOLD UWM Struggles to Help Prize-winning Marquette Sexual Assault Joe Schulz WRST-FM BEST LONG, HARD alumnus, dies at 85 FEATURE STORY SILVER UWO Red Zone Initiative GOLD BRONZE Matthew Martinez SILVER Matthew Harte Jessica Lipaz Marquette Wire Marquette Wire The Daily Cardinal Left Behind Margaret Cahill A New Lease on Life Compounding trauma, Marquette Wire: MUR structural systems may explain BEST EDITORIAL OR Foot Wash COMMENTARY SILVER prevalence of school shootings GOLD BRONZE Michelle Navarro BEST SHORT, SOFT Tony Perkins Bridget Fogarty Curb Magazine Arches Voces de Wisconsin FEATURE STORY Marquette Wire: MUR GOLD Edited Out Spring Cleanup BRONZE Sydney Czyzon SILVER BEST FEATURE STORY Sonya Chechik Marquette Wire One of a Kind The Daily Cardinal GOLD The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board What’s in a name? Natalie Yahr SILVER The Daily Cardinal Max Witynski The power of labels in Beyond visible: UW must disability identity, perception Will Cioci Kathryn Wisniewski The Daily Cardinal design inclusive curricula, Curb Magazine course policies BEST LONG, SOFT ‘Recess for adults’: Death by a thousand FEATURE STORY Library Mall’s four-decade paper cuts BRONZE GOLD juggling tradition Jamie Hollins Paige Strigel SILVER Arches Curb Magazine BRONZE Claudia Delgadillo Hope in the Help We Seek Solo, Not Alone Melissa Grunwald Media Milwaukee Arches Drumming for the Missing and Health Heelers: Healing Murdered Indigenous People Our Students

Milwaukee Press Club 12 BRONZE BRONZE BRONZE BEST WEBSITE DESIGN Fabian Caballero Laura Bunn Margaret Cahill GOLD Media Milwaukee Chris Zhang Cal Gessner Quinn Clark Two Generations Share the Will Kenneally Isabel Tuisl Arches Distinctive Sounds The Badger Report Kaylee Staral of Their Work New School in Madison May Vanessa Rivera SILVER Reduce Inequities Jackson Gross Curb Magazine Staff BEST SPORTS STORY Kate Hyland BEST FEATURE STORY Curb Magazine GOLD Marquette Wire: MUTV GOLD Marquette Now - 11/6/19 Nick Knute BRONZE Tara Schumal Media Milwaukee Sydney Czyzon BEST PROGRAM, Sydney Czyzon Revamped Milwaukee Marquette Wire: MUTV DOCUMENTARY Marquette Wire Marathon Attracts OR SPECIAL Tiny Big Voice marquettewire.org Thousands of Runners GOLD Alex Rivera-Grant BEST LOCAL NEWS OR SILVER SILVER Chelsea Johanning FEATURE WEBSITE Caitlin Rowe Dan Avington Charlie Waitkus GOLD Will Kenneally Marquette Wire: MUR Natallie St. Onge Elizabeth Lang Oreamuno The Badger Report Cal Gessner Volleyball in her Blood UW Madison School of Madison Sees a ‘Jolt’ of Kennedy Coleman Journalism and Mass E-Bike Use Marquette Wire: MUTV Communication No Bronze awarded Finding Home Town Mad Street Art BRONZE Hall Forum Jodie Filenius SILVER BEST PODCAST SILVER Media Milwaukee GOLD Quinn Clark Deer Season Sees Numbers Nia Wilson Elizabeth Dinovella Arches Drop in Wisconsin Media Milwaukee UW Madison Juneau BRONZE Pretty Connected BEST SPORTS STORY GOLD BRONZE Curb Magazine Staff SILVER Alyssa Hui Chelsea Johanning Curb Magazine Avery Aurand Will Kenneally Margaret Cahill BEST BLOG UW Madison The Badger Report Sydney Czyzon GOLD Competing with UW Polo Team Keeps The Natallie St. Onge Mad Rollin’ Dolls Sport Alive Alex Langosch Nina Kesic Tara Schumal Arches SILVER BRONZE Marquette Wire: MUTV 11 Countries in a Year Aimee Galaszewski Max Fredrick MUSG Debate Gideon Patrick Marquette Wire: MUTV SILVER WRST-FM God Before Media Milwaukee staff Script to Screen Media Milwaukee BRONZE Online Pipeline of Tears Montana Leggett BEST USE OF MULTIMEDIA Video Meggie Armstrong GOLD No Bronze awarded The Badger Report BEST NEWS STORY, Media Milwaukee staff SINGLE OR ONGOING Forward Madison FC BEST NEWS STORY Media Milwaukee GOLD GOLD BEST NEWSCAST We Are Still Here Sierra Trojan Emma Tomsich GOLD Marquette Wire Media Milwaukee SILVER Ellie Spadaccini Government shutdown affects Fractured: Missing and Isaac Alter Murdered Indigenous Women Tahleel Mohieldin Les Aspin internship program The Badger Report Curb Magazine Stalemate State SILVER SILVER No Silver awarded Jodie Filenius Margaret Cahill BRONZE Aitza Cabrera UWM Post BRONZE Media Milwaukee staff Man charged with hate crime, Marquette Wire: MUTV Media Milwaukee Foot Baths Ellie Spadaccini reckless injury, in Milwaukee Montana Leggett Nearly One-Third of acid attack The Badger Report, UW-Milwaukee Students Vape. UW Madison Are They in Danger?

13 Once A Year 2020 BRONZE BEST SOFT SILVER BEST EDITORIAL Brianna Schubert FEATURE STORY Zoe Comerford OR COMMENTARY UWM Post GOLD Marquette Wire GOLD Students Concerned About Matthew Cade Gwyn Jones comes to Zoe Smith Munson Safety After Three Assaults Media Milwaukee Marquette after upbringing Media Milwaukee Fly Fishing is Poetry in as goat farmer Another Earth Day Provides BEST HARD Motion for Veterans Another Reminder That FEATURE STORY BRONZE Society Is Ignoring the Real GOLD SILVER Eddie Morales Cause of Climate Change Eddie Morales Jena Kleindl Media Milwaukee Media Milwaukee UWM Post Milwaukee MMA gym plans SILVER Homeless Encampment Leads UWM Farmers Market move for growth Marquette Wire editorial to Housing Relocation Effort Serves Students board BEST INVESTIGATIVE Marquette Wire REPORTING SILVER BRONZE Ombuds office elimination GOLD Quinn Clark Brianna Schubert detrimental to faculty, staff Media Milwaukee staff Arches UWM Post Media Milwaukee A Fresh Start For Sex The Nerd returns to the BRONZE Disappeared: 10,000 Trafficking Victims Milwaukee Repertory Theater Luis Mauro Queiroz Filho and Counting Media Milwaukee BRONZE BEST SPORTS STORY SILVER Amilinda Megan Zemple GOLD Lelah Byron Media Milwaukee Zoe Comerford Marquette Wire Service Dog Helps Marine Marquette Wire ‘Study drugs’ circulate on Combat Veteran Find a New Blockton’s collegiate success Marquette campus Leash on Life starts with upbringing, coaching at Dominican No Bronze awarded

Whitney Gould, EX-OFFICIO BOARD Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MEMBERS Milwaukee December 2019 Past President LaToya Dennis Gene Horn, Catholic Herald, Press Club Board WUWM Milwaukee December 30, 2019 Public Radio Howard Fibich, of Governors MPC Endowment, Ltd. The Milwaukee Journal, Joel Dresang February 26, 2020 OFFICERS Fraser Engerman Landaas & Company President Johnson Controls James Conley, Gene Mueller Past Presidents Council Conley Publishing Group, 620 WTMJ Radio Katharine Foley Chairman March 20, 2020 Kane Communications Group Kathy Mykleby President-Elect Retired, WISN-TV Henry de Fiebre, James B. Nelson Steve Jagler Reiman Publications, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Kane Communication Group Executive Director March 29, 2020 Joette Richards Secretary Corri Hess Jim McLoone, Lori Richards Wisconsin Public Radio IN MEMORIAM Lake Country Publications, Mueller Communications, LLC Steve Lyles, Journal April 9, 2010 Mark Kass Community Publishing Group, Eugene Kane, Treasurer Milwaukee Business Journal May 28, 2019 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, H. Carl Mueller April 16, 2020 Mueller Communications, LLC Marilyn Krause Beverly Teeter, one of the Krause Communications first female members of the Daniel Manoyan, DIRECTORS Milwaukee Press Club, Maryann Lazarski Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Charles Benson August 12, 2019 Milwaukee PBS April 20, 2020 WTMJ-TV Milwaukee Thomas Flaherty, Mike Anderson, Katrina Cravy Kathy Mykleby Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WISN-TV, April 21, 2020 Katrina Cravy, Inc. Retired, WISN-TV September 4, 2019 Milwaukee Press Club 14 Mary Knudsen Gene Mueller Captain James Lovell Jim Nelson 2020 Press Stephen Marcus Andrew Olson Shirley Marine JR Radcliffe Club Members H. Carl Mueller Joseph Radske Sharon Murphy Chris Raymond ASSOCIATE COLLEGE Kathy Mykleby Rich Rovito Earl Arms Amy Ammen Jim Peck Jonathon Sadowski Tammy Belton-Davis Anthony Perkins Julie Pedretti Thomas Saler Jeff Bentoff Gary Porter Steve Scaffidi Art Blair CORPORATE Sue Riordan Tiffany Schank Mary Bolich Kane Communications Raquel Rutledge Lindsey Slater Holly Botsford Group Louis Saldivar Ronald Smith Paula Brookmire Justyce Blankenship Alison Sherwood George Stanley Sharon Cook Katharine Foley Randy Sprecher Peter Sullivan Katrina Cravy Sydney Hofer Crocker Stephenson Colleen Valkoun Sarah Deering Steve Jagler Dave Umhoefer Tim Vetscher Kimberly Kane Laurie Van Dyke Michelle Vetterkind Joel Dresang Fraser Engerman Robert Wills Ken Wangler Laughlin Constable David Zach Kelly Welke Daniel Fettig Julie Embling Kenneth Fisher Nick Williams Holly Haseley, APR JOURNALIST Mary Gielow David Wise Kathryn Whitlock, APR Daniel Acker Gary Goyke Joe Yovino Brian Knox Kurt Adams State Rep. Evan Goyke Kris Naidl, APR Beth Alcazar MEDIA ACADEMIC Barbara Haig Lindsey Anderson Andi Sciacca Thomas Heinen UW-Milwaukee James Angeli Judith Steininger Megan Holbrook Genaro Armas Charles Benson Bohdan Zachary Ron Irwin Michelle Johnson Jared Blohm Keith Zukas Christine Jackson Tom Luljak Todd Bragstad Jeff Jones Howie Magner Jason Braun RETIRED Justin Juley John Schumacher Catherine Breitenbucher Douglas Armstrong Justin Kern We Energies Carole Burns Richard Bauer David Kircher Trisha Bournelis Ed Combs Marta Bender Pamela Kobielus Brendan Conway Thomas Daykin Mary Fran Cahill Marilyn Krause Amy Jahns LaToya Dennis Denise Callaway James LaBelle Brian Manthey Carla Dickmann Robert Dye Jim Locatelli Alison Trouy Marc Eisen David Foran Jody Lowe Joyce Garbaciak Paul Hayes Matt McCoy HONORARY William Glauber Kent Lowry Lindsey McKee Frank Aukofer Erik Gunn Mary Jo McDonald Patrick McSweeney Jennifer Bartolotta Allen Halas Mary Nohl James Mueller John Cary Tom Haudricourt Gary Reistad Katie Newcomb Gary D’Amato Corri Hess Laura Ricci David Niles John Fauber Diane Irving Kenneth Roesslein Mary Reinke Peter Feigin Dan Jones James Rowen Lori Richards Peter Fox Mark Kass Anne Schwartz Rosalind Rouse Lawrence Frazin James Kust Patrick Small Adam Schemm Kathleen Gallagher Kira Lafond Jeff Smoller Dan Smyczek Tess Gallun Roger Stafford John Steinmiller Jill Geisler Maryann Lazarski David Vogel Emily Tau Craig Gilbert Cliff Leppke William Ward Zach Warren Mike Gousha Ashley Luthern Andrea Waxman Jon Anne Willow John Gurda Lee Matz Wayne Youngquist Tara Wurtz Martin Hintz Jeff Mayers Chris Zills SPOUSE/PARTNER Margo Huston Scott Meyers Mark Johnson Kevin Michalowski Herbert Hentzen Vyto Kapocius Raven Moerchen Michael Waxman Meg Kissinger

15 Once A Year 2020 George Koshollek Bill Sanders Wade H. Mosby Joseph Savage Press Hank Stoddard Melodie Wilson 1995 Posthumous class Club Honors Marta Bender Alan Gass Don Froehlich Don Richards HALL OF FAME Richard H. Leonard Paul Hayes Ray Grody 1980 Ross A. Lewis Alex Thien Rod Van Every Louise Cattoi Robert Witas Walter J. Damm 1987 2001 Richard S. Davis Art Olszyk 1996 Frank Aukofer Arville Schaleben Aileen Ryan Tom Barber Ethel Gintoft Harvey W. Schwandner Harry Sonneborn Jay Joslyn Loren Osman John Thompson Robert O’Meara Ken Roesslein 1981 Robert Wells Walter Morrison Bill Taylor Jack E. Krueger Bunny Raasch Posthumous class Lucius W. Nieman 1988 Cal Holm General Rufus King Marvin H. Creager 1997 Russ Lynch Walter G. Wegner Cyrus F. Rice Richard Bauer Ralph Schauer Ruth A. Wilson John Patrick Hunter Webster Woodmansee 1982 Henry A. Youmans, Jr. Charles (Chuck) Johnson Woods O. Dreyfus Carl Zimmermann Don Parcher 2002 Charles A. LaForce Joe Shoquist Warren Bovee Roger W. LeGrand 1989 Colleen (Koky) Dishon Jeremiah L. O’Sullivan Trueman E. Farris, Jr. Posthumous class Ed Hinshaw Billy Sixty J. Donald Ferguson Harriet Cramer D. Raymond Kenny Herman Ewald Jo Sandin 1983 Otto F. Schlaak Edna Ferber Avery Wittenberger William Carlsen Ellen G. M. Wilson Patt Barnes Posthumous class Harry J. Grant James J. Colby Mel Kishner, 1990 Lloyd G. Larson Raymond E. McBride Alicia Ann Armstrong 1998 Irwin Maier Marian “Toni” McBride Laurence C. Eklund David Behrendt Paul Ringler Howard “Buck” Herzog Frank J. Marasco Richard Bradee Fred Remick 1984 John McCullough Gene Cunningham Donald B. Abert Jim Schlosser John Drilling 2003 Humphrey E. Desmond Lil Kleiman Stephen Maersch 1991 Leo Kissel Elliott Maraniss John W. Ahlhauser Posthumous class William A. Norris Mary Beth Murphy Larry Clark J. Anthony Josey Chase Salmon Osborn Bruce Nason Don L. Johnson Wallace Lomoe Harold Schwartz 1985 (Centennial Year) Jessica Knowles Carl Sandburg Journalist of the Century George Reedy Russ Winnie Posthumous class Richard S. Davis Edwin Bayley 1999 1992 Lindsay Hoben The Story of the Century Lois Blinkhorn Victor Berger Eldon Knoche Era Lou Chapman Gene Harrington George Pitrof Sherman Gessert Semi-Sacred Cat Award Ruane Hill Howard Pollock Tom Hopper Jack DuBlon Jean Otto Jay Reed Jim Irwin Dorothy Witte Austin Neil Shively Posthumous class 2004 Mel Ellis 1993 Beulah Donohue Ione Quinby Griggs H. Russell Austin Bernice Buresh Robert H. Dumke Dion Henderson Ray Doherty Bud Lea Harry Hill Robert J. Riordan Bob Heiss George Lockwood Perry C. Hill Mike McCormick 1986 Laurie Van Dyke Edward K. Thompson Jim Spaulding Edna Dunlop Bob Wills 2000 Posthumous class Earl Gillespie 1994 Margo Huston Walter L. Jones James M. Johnston Sandy Cota Bill Janz Stan Kalish Howard Fibich

Milwaukee Press Club 16 Walter Monfried 2009 2014 Everett L. Marshburn Harry Pease Barbara Dembski Kathleen Dunn Sharon McGowan Bob Wolf William Meyer Eugene Kane Larry Meiller Andy Potos Vince O’Hern Kathy Mykleby 2005 Greg Stanford Jim Paschke Dan Shelley Erwin Gebhard Jerry Taff Neil D. Rosenberg Posthumous class Dale Hofmann Rod Synnes Beth Slocum Posthumous class Tim Cuprisin Keith Spore Constance Daniell Posthumous class KNIGHTS OF BOHEMIA Sprague Vonier David Doege Bill Behling Mildred Freese Dickey Chapelle Dave Baldwin 2005 Al Kalmbach Ben Barkin 2015 Joe & Jennifer Bartolotta Posthumous class Mary Fran Cahill Donald Baumgartner Jim Auer 2010 Martin Kaiser Rosemary Bischoff Elisabeth “Ello” Brink Mike Drew Gerald Kloss Harry W. Bolens George Comte Gordon Hinkley Patricia O’Flynn Pattillo Alonzo Burt Thomas Smith Jack Orton Mark Zoromski John Cary Mattiebelle Woods Jim Peck Posthumous class Willie G. Davidson Jerry Resler 2006 Jim Cullen Fr. Frank Drabinowicz Sue Ryon James Clifford Scott Feldmeyer Bruce Estlund Quincy Dadisman Posthumous class Jackie Loohauis-Bennett Peter Feigin Jack Kole Don Dooley Sheldon S. Glass 2016 Ray Lapine Richard Kienitz George Gravin Bob Bach James Slocum Marie Jacque Schanen John Gurda Michael Juley Roger Stafford William F. Schanen Jr. Herbert J. Hansen Ted Knap Charles Hanson Posthumous class 2011 Jim Miklaszewski Gerry W. Hazelton Gerry Hinkley Willie Davis Roseann St. Aubin Alex J. Horlick Don Olesen Lance J. Herdegen John B. Torinus Jr. Wm. Horlick Jr. John Wells Mike Miller Posthumous class Vyto Kapocius 2007 Epluribus C. Reynolds James W. Foley Fran Bauer Joanne Williams Don Walker Joseph J. Krueger Major Wm. Mitchell Lewis Rosemary Gernette Posthumous class 2017 Capt. James A. Lovell T. Lee Hughes Vernon J. Biever Mike Anderson Steve Marcus Steve Olszyk Roger Jaynes Dan Patrinos Mike Gousha Shirley Marine 2012 Mikel Holt H. Carl Mueller Cary Edwards Garry D. Howard Fred Pabst Posthumous class Jill Geisler Damien Jaques Gustav Pabst Howard Gernette Dean Jensen Myra Sanchick Julie Pedretti Dennis Getto Betty Quadracci Vel Phillips Dale Guldan Posthumous class Keta Steebs Hyman Popuch Gordon MacQuarrie Bob Riepenhoff Helen Ratzsch Leonard Sykes Posthumous class Eric Von Robert Riordan Harry T. Kemp 2018 William Schuchardt 2008 Richard Wheeler Vern Arendt Elizabeth Brenner Albert A. Silverman Clayborn Benson 2013 John Fennell Randal Sprecher Whitney Gould Tom Brochhausen Mike Jacobs John Stollenwerk Paul Joseph Daniel P. Hanley Jr. Marilyn Krause Stephen Swedish Jim McLoone Jayne Jeffery Carole Meekins Ralph Tillema Paul Salsini Gene Mueller Stuart Wilk Edwin C. Uihlein Robert A. Uihlein Jr. Bob Reitman Posthumous class Posthumous class Debra Usinger David Zweifel Nathan Conyers Duane Gay Fritz Usinger Russ Haase Bruce Gill Posthumous class Sylvester B. Way James Pluta Louvenia Johnson 2019 James E. Webb Ray Taylor Wilmott Ragsdale Alan J. Borsuk Michael S. Wolke Lynise Weeks Meg Kissinger Frank P. Zeidler

17 Once A Year 2020 KNIGHTS OF THE Kay Magowan 2000 David Protess 1985 Ben Marcus and GOLDEN QUILL Kathy Mykleby and his Northwestern Stephen H. Marcus Frank Aukofer James B. Nelson investigative 1986 Charles McNeer Charles O. Benson David Niles reporting students 1987 Archbishop Gary D’Amato Ken Roesslein 2001 David Maraniss Rembert Weakland August Derleth Roseann St. Aubin 2002 Paul Gigot John Fauber Beth Slocum 2003 Brooke Gladstone 1988 T. Michael Brophy Kathleen Gallagher Roger Stafford 2004 Jim Miklaszewski 1989 Mitchell Fromstein Jill Geisler Mary Van de Kamp Nohl 2005 William L. Allen 1990 Lindy Infante Craig Gilbert Laurie Van Dyke 2006 Aaron Brown 1991 Les Aspin Ed Hinshaw Joanne Williams 2007 Milton Coleman 1992 Howard Fuller Margo Huston Jon Anne Willow 2008 Kimberly Dozier 1993 Jane and Lloyd Pettit Mark Johnson Wayne Youngquist 2009 Frank Deford 1994 Pat Richter, Bonnie Irwin Maier Mark Zoromski 2010 Leonard Pitts Jr. Blair and Dan Jansen John F. Kennedy 2011 Bill Kurtis 1995 Allen H. Selig Meg Kissinger DISTINGUISHED 2012 Juan Williams 1996 Mike Holmgren SERVICE AWARD William F. Knowland 2013 Cokie Roberts 1997 Jacquelyn Mitchard Richard H. Leonard Steve Jagler 2014 Jonathan Alter 1998 Janine Geske Frank J. Marasco Sr. Vyto Kapocius 2015 Ann Compton 1999 Roger Fitzsimonds John McCullough David Niles 2016 Marty Baron 2000 Andreas Delfs Bob McGinn Lori Richards 2017 David Fahrenthold 2001 Russell Bowman, Sharon M. Murphy Kenneth Roesslein 2018 Jodi Kantor Christopher Kathy Mykleby Roger Stafford and Megan Twohey Goldsmith, Jean H. Otto Tom Traband 2019 Chuck Todd Jack Pelisek GaryPorter 2002 Tom Crean, SACRED CAT Jay Reed HEADLINER AWARDS Bruce Pearl 1973 Peter Arnett George E. Reedy 1957 Harold S. Vincent 2004 Dr. Zorba Paster, 1974 Helen Thomas Susan J. Riordan 1958 George F. Kasten Tom Clark 1975 Walter Cronkite Raquel Rutledge 1959 Edmund Fitzgerald 2005 Michael Cudahy 1976 Nicholas von Lou Saldivar 1960 S. Lloyd Niemeyer 2006 Bob Reitman, Hoffman Harrison Salisbury 1961 Eliot Fitch Sister Joel Read 1977 Irv Kupcinet Arville Schaleben 1962 Albert S. Puelicher 2007 Sheldon Lubar 1978 Louis Rukeyser Harvey Schwandner 1963 Irwin Maier 2008 Bob Harlan, 1979 Reuven Frank James Schlosser 1964 Leo Tiefenthaler Joseph Zilber 1980 Tom Snyder Alison Sherwood 1965 Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. 2009 Michael Grebe, 1981 Malcolm Forbes Bill Sixty Sr. 1966 Walter H. Bender Gwen Jackson 1982 Max Robinson Crocker Stephenson 1967 Howard J. Tobin 2010 Will Allen, 1983 Linda Ellerbee Laurie Van Dyke 1968 George A. Parkinson Kitty Brennan 1984 60 Minutes Walter “Chick” Wegner 1969 James A. Lovell 2011 Sue Dragisic, 1985 Gene Siskel Bob Wills 1970 Hazel Maxwell Martin Kaiser and Roger Ebert Melodie J. Wilson and Harold Morgan 2012 Sue Black, John Cary 1986 Tom Wicker Mike Gousha 1971 Mrs. Harry Lynde 2013 Barry Alvarez 1987 Jim Lehrer Jim Peck Bradley and Donald 2014 Michael Pink, and Robert MacNeil Dave Umhoefer C. Slichter Stephen Roell 1988 Ted Turner 1972 Norman N. Gill 2015 Ricardo Diaz, PAST PRESIDENTS 1989 George N. Gillett 1973 Francis E. Ferguson Linda Mellowes COUNCIL 1990 Maria Jimena Duzan 1974 Rev. John P. 2016 Ted Kellner, LaToya Dennis 1991 Art Buchwald Raynor, S.J. Hannah Rosenthal Bob Dye 1992 Lynn Sherr 1975 Arnold D. K. Mason 2017 Howard Fuller PhD, Trueman Farris 1993 Judy Woodruff 1976 Robert V. Krikorian Carmen Pitre Kevin Fischer 1994 Mark Russell 1977 Warren P. Knowles 2018 Gary Grunau, Tom Heinen 1995 Fred Graham 1978 Harry C. Bockel Juli Kaufmann Ed Hinshaw 1996 Bob Vito 1979 Allen H Selig 2019 Martin J. Schreiber, Ron Irwin 1997 Michael Bloomberg 1980 Catherine B. Cleary Mary Lou Young Steve Jagler 1998 Matt Lauer 1981 Albert A. Silverman Jayne Jeffrey 1999 Michael Isikoff 1982 Max Karl Mark Kass 1983 Ben Barkin Marilyn Krause 1984 Paul E. Hassett Richard Leonard

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