2019 Local Content Report

2019 Local Content Report

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PBS Wisconsin PBS Wisconsin Shares, Serves, Informs, PBS Wisconsin was founded to connect the people of Educates, Entertains and Connects Wisconsin through the public service mission known 2019 stories of impact focus on: as The Wisconsin Idea. That philosophy states that • Serving Youth: Youth services through high- knowledge and education should be freely shared among quality early-learning programming, spotlighting all citizens, specifically by extending the learning, young performers, educator resources, school resources and expertise of the University of Wisconsin readiness, early literacy opportunities and a to the borders of the state (and beyond), so that everyone comprehensive K-12 education unit. may take full and equal advantage of civic and economic opportunity, make broad and deep social connections • Building Community: Online and in-person and strengthen our democracy. PBS Wisconsin is engagement that explores new ways to reach new proud to have been a rich part of this tradition since audiences and brings people together to share its inception. Now, as then, we continue to pursue stories, learning and fun! our mission of community service: on the air, in our • Sparking Conversation: Unbiased news and communities and online. public affairs programming that delves into the issues and topics affecting local communities most, Local Impact giving Wisconsin residents fact-based starting points for conversation. PBS Wisconsin tells the story of our state through the Bridging Wisconsin’s Past and Present: many voices of its residents. Through our programs and • educational and community initiatives, we share the Shining a spotlight on Wisconsin, sharing and history, culture, news and educational resources that preserving our rich history, and building bridges make Wisconsin unique. of understanding and compassion across the state’s diverse communities. As service providers, we use all available platforms to reach all of our communities, uniting Wisconsin’s diverse residents , including Wisconsin’s 60,000 K-12 teachers. PBS Wisconsin’s four broadcast channels, plus our digital content, classroom education services and community Angela Fitzgerald is host of Wisconsin Life. engagement programs serve more than 1.4 million people across Wisconsin each month.

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seeks to inspire students to pursue careers in science STORIES OF through original laboratory and field research, while IMPACT also aiming to address a worldwide health threat: the diminishing supply of effective antibiotics. • Meet the Labs is a series of mini-documentaries and supplemental classroom materials developed to activate student discovery by engaging with the research conducted by labs housed at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the Morgridge Institute for Research and beyond. • Future Self will be designed to support career- choice initiatives in classrooms across Wisconsin. The interactive project features short videos of Wisconsin professionals working in or pursuing careers in STEAM fields. Middle school students, using their own interests as a foundation, will explore videos and profiles of the featured individuals’ personal journeys and make Tim’s Lab: A Visionary Investment in PBS Wisconsin launched the Timothy William Trout connections based on shared interests, beliefs and Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Education Innovation Lab (Tim’s Lab) in 2019 in experiences. Future Self seeks to help students answer partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. and Mathematics (STEAM) Education the question: “How am I like a scientist?” Working with the university’s prestigious Wisconsin

Institutes for Discovery, PBS Wisconsin employs Future Self the resources of public media to connect world-class interview research to teachers and students. We are creating experiences and content to build science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) identity, illuminate STEAM career pathways; and support the teaching of STEAM concepts, practices and ways of thinking. • Tiny Earth is a global network of students and instructors dedicated to discovering new antibiotics through student-sourced field research. The Tiny Earth Lab, housed at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery,

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District, Westby Bekkum Library, Westby Lutheran Church, Cashton Area School District and the Cashton Public Library to facilitate enriching family engagement events. In 2019, partners hosted 28 events, with an emphasis on STEAM, literacy and play-based learning. Westby Elementary principal Bruce Peterson said that the successful implementation of Ready to Learn programming at his school helped “light the schoolhouse,” keeping the school open beyond school hours. This partnership allowed the school to introduce more afterschool family engagement opportunities Family fun time at Family that have had great success. For example, they recently and Community Learning hosted a Math Night and had more than 70 attendees. workshops in Cashton Additionally, the school is building a “STEAM Closet” and Westby. that has Ready to Learn activity-specific supplies in it for teachers to activate this learning in their own classrooms. Lasting Impact for Early Learners In an effort to promote STEAM play and learning, in Cashton and Westby PBS Wisconsin Education set up mini makerspaces for community use at both libraries and the Westby Lutheran Through a federal Ready to Learn grant, PBS Wisconsin is working in two rural communities Church. Librarians have used these makerspaces for northwest of Madison to support early learning through hands-on, engaging tools during storytime. They are also development of a Community Collaborative for Early utilized during their after-school programs. Learning and Media. PBS Wisconsin partnered with educational and community leaders in the village of Cashton in Monroe County and the neighboring city of Westby in Vernon County. These communities have little access to regulated childcare centers, private pre- schools or collaborative partners such as a YMCA or a Boys and Girls Club. The majority of early childcare providers are unregulated and may not be equipped to build school readiness. Members of the PBS Wisconsin Education team have been working closely with the Westby Area School

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Partnering with Eau Claire Educators “I cannot wait to share this with my to Create Needed Hmong students. This is another resource Cultural Resources that we can use in our Hmong culture The class! Truly, this is a great project, Wisconsin Hometown Stories series is a multimedia project and I especially love how the animation profiling key regions in Wisconsin turned out. I felt like cheering at the end!” through television documentaries —Pua Song, Hmong Culture Specialist at and local history resources tailored to the American Hmong Peace Academy meet community educational needs. In the development of the project PBS Wisconsin’s Kindness in the Classroom video series is Joe Bee Xiong in Eau Claire, educators emphasized designed to help pre-k and kindergarten students. a need for more digital learning resources – especially biographies and curriculum Planting the Seeds of Kindness materials about the area’s Hmong community. PBS Wisconsin teamed up with the Center for Healthy Together with these educators, PBS Wisconsin Minds at UW-Madison to activate the research-backed Education created as a Joe Bee Xiong: War to Peace Kindness Curriculum in the video series suite of culturally responsive digital resources available Kindness in . on pbswisconsineducation.org and pbslearningmedia.org the Classroom for all students to use in their classrooms or other Kindness in the Classroom is a multi-part video learning environments. series designed to empower educators who want to The design of Joe Bee Xiong: War to Peace was inspired by bring mindfulness into their classrooms. The series story cloths, a distinctive textile used in Hmong storytelling. starts with insight into the positive impacts of teaching mindfulness, and then demonstrates implementation of “Your team has done an amazing job the Kindness Curriculum: a free 24-lesson mindfulness with the Joe Bee Xiong project. The guide designed for early learning classrooms. website has a perfect combination “This curriculum teaches the most important skills of text, images and video so students children need to do well in school and in the world.” have many ways to access the story (and at many levels).” —Renae Henning, Community Care and Preschool in Beaver Dam —Joel Raney, Former Eau Claire Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association Culturally Responsive Coach

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PBS Wisconsin Education Introduces Bright by Text is a free educational text-based “I appreciated all of the workshops and Bright by Text Perhaps a short subscription service that provides parents and seminars around the video production caption to go along caregivers with quality information and trusted process. The team-building activities with this image? links to resources for child learning. The messages in the beginning of the workshop are comprised of age-specific, locally and nationally were KEY to the success and the curated, research-based content from Bright by Three camaraderie that was created. I have and other trusted providers, including PBS Wisconsin, never attended a PD [professional PBS Kids, PBS Parents, Vroom and Sesame Workshop. development] session that was so built Available in English and Spanish, these tips, games and free events are for children ages 0-8. around relationships as this one was! Parents can subscribe You did a phenomenal job modeling Video Production Immersion with their child’s age the strategies that you presented to us Summer Camp for Educators and zip code to receive I plan on taking those with me back The program supports educators relevant messages to my school. The mentoring by PBS Click Youth Media in teaching digital literacy and media production. delivered directly Wisconsin and PBS Student Reporting The program also develops the ability of students to to their phone. Labs staff was key in the success of understand and interpret media, engage with it through this! It was incredibly hands on and critical dialogue and produce their own media, building engaging. I LOVED that we created a a critical 21st Century skill set. piece about one another. It was a lot In August 2019, PBS Wisconsin Education hosted the first safer than having to go out and find a Click Teacher Summer Camp: A Video Production story on the streets and we got a great Immersion, a three-day professional development piece to treasure. THANK YOU!” conference for educators looking to implement digital –Andi Kornowski, Click Teacher programming, including video production, podcasting Summer Camp Attendee and digital storytelling skills in their classrooms.

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Spotlighting Wisconsin’s Talented Young Performers

“My daughter said more to Daniel PBS Wisconsin has a long tradition of showcasing the Tiger in the last ten minutes than creative achievements of Wisconsin’s young performers and the hard work that goes on behind the scenes. she’s said to me in the last ten years.” The annual broadcast and popular live stream of The —a mother who participated in PBS celebrates Wisconsin high school Wisconsin’s Sensory Friendly Time at Jerry Awards Get Up and Go! musical theater and serves to encourage, recognize, and honor excellence in our young performers in the state. The 2019 Jerry Awards was streamed by nearly 7,000 viewers from across Wisconsin and around the Twenty-one Years of Get Up and Go! world, including the UK, Canada, Brazil, Poland, France, Norway, and Germany. will be Two Years of Sensory-Friendly Time The Jerry Awards celebrating its 10th year of exhibiting student’s talent in PBS Wisconsin’s longstanding Get Up and Go! Day its upcoming 2019/2020 season. active-lifestyle event and live broadcast turned 21 this year. The event teaches pre-school kids and their “Programs such as these bring the opportunity to families about healthy choices and active lifestyles. enjoy the talents of young people and listen to music Bringing families together with PBS KIDS characters viewers may not have had a chance to hear, hopefully Daniel Tiger and Katerina Kittycat, music from fostering a desire to seek out live performances. SteveSongs, as well as local health partners and Awesome as always!” nutritionists, musicians and artists, fitness enthusiasts —Cynthia from Shawano and local activity-focused youth non-profits, the popular event was held in Madison, Appleton and La Crosse with total in-person attendance of more than 3,000 people.

PBS Wisconsin proudly expanded Get Up and Go! Day Sensory-Friendly Time in Madison in 2019 from one hour to two, bringing the event to 30 families with children who need social and sensory accommodations. Collaborating with the Autism Society of Southcentral Wisconsin, PBS Wisconsin strives to make all Wisconsin early learners feel seen and included in PBS Wisconsin’s Get Up and Go! Day.

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e-Achieve Academy senior from Lisbon; and Antonio Wu, a sophomore from James Madison Below: The 2019 finalists Memorial High School. in the Bolz Young Artist This now-annual broadcast aims to inspire artists, Competition (featured left young and old, to explore and share their passions, to right): violinist Monona Suzuki, cellist Grace Kim, bringing to life new talent and a refreshing perspective flutist Holly Venkitaswaran on the love of classical music. and pianist Antonio Wu. Music from Madeline Island

Music From Madeline Island captured talented The 2019 Bolz Young Artist Competition young artists and world-renowned musicians The 2019 Bolz Young Artist Competition was performing at Madeline Island Chamber Music, a broadcast from the Overture Center for the Arts in summer music festival located near the shores of March 2019. The four featured musicians included Lake Superior. The program shared the daily life of the Monona Suzuki, a sophomore from Madison West festival’s young musicians, ages 14-25, as they honed High School; Grace Kim, a junior from Waunakee their craft, received intensive training, performed in Community High School; Holly Venkitaswaren, an public concerts and explored the beauty of the island.

8 2019 Local Content Report BUILDING COMMUNITY

New Name, Same Quilting Extravaganza Bill C. Malone, PBS Wisconsin’s Quilt Expo changed its name to The historian and host of the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in 2019. Although the name of the popular quilting event evolved, its Wisconsin commitment to serving quilt communities across Country Music Minutes series. Wisconsin, the Midwest and across the nation remains unchanged. More than 20,000 quilting enthusiasts joined us this year to enjoy 286 quilts on display in the Quilt Contest exhibit, 239 quilts in 11 special quilt Wisconsin Country Music Minutes exhibit areas, 41 quilts in the new Log Cabin Quilt Gather a Crowd Online and On Air Challenge exhibit and 16 quilts in the Modern Mini PBS Wisconsin brought the panoramic view of Country Quilt Challenge exhibit. The show also included 126 Music: A Film From Ken Burns closer to home, “Very well run with a great informational lectures, 26 stage presentations and 31 offering up opportunities for viewers to connect with the interactive Sit & Sew workshops. More than 30 bed-size assortment of vendors, classes, music’s local roots. This work included nine Wisconsin quilts and tops were collected and completed for the lectures and quilts on display. The Country Music Minutes, featuring historian Bill C. “Quilt to Give” community service project to benefit Malone, who introduced viewers to Wisconsin artists quilts on display were inspiring and Enchanted Makeovers and Domestic Abuse Intervention who made and continue to make an indelible imprint breathtaking in some instances. This Services (DAIS). And, more than 500 community on this shared songbook. Shared online and on air in was my first time attending and I plan volunteers contributed more than 3,400 hours in conjunction with the documentary’s primetime broadcast, to return in future years, even though support of the show. PBS Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Country Music Minutes it was a six-hour drive for me.” were viewed 27,786 times on Facebook and 1,453 times —Feedback from The Great Wisconsin on pbswisconsin.org. Quilt Show attendee Leading up to the documentary in May, PBS Wisconsin also hosted the The Story of Country Music, a book talk and lecture by Malone. Held as a public event in Madison and a University Place recording for broadcast on PBS Wisconsin, the talk was also live streamed to 4,000 viewers. In November, Malone was on-site to talk about his participation in the film, and experiences working with Burns, at a preview screening of Country Music at Madison’s Monona Terrace. This event was also live The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show entertains and educates a streamed to 1,600 viewers, with additional viewership group of attendees. coming from pbswisconsin.org. 9 2019 Local Content Report BUILDING COMMUNITY

Beloit Youth Discuss Trauma, Recovery Not Enough Apologies: Trauma Stories shows how and Redemption adverse childhood experiences can cause changes in the brain, and can result in cascading behavioral and Students from the Beloit Fresh Start Youth Build GED mental health problems. It takes viewers inside juvenile and job-training program led a frank and vulnerable courtrooms to understand the world of children in need conversation with Minding the Gap filmmaker Bing of protection and services. Liu and film subject Keire Johnson at a public screening of the Academy Award- and Emmy Award-nominated Wisconsin is regarded as a model for its response to documentary that aired statewide on PBS Wisconsin. trauma. The documentary explores novel approaches across the state where service providers are working Minding the Gap is the directorial debut of Rockford- to be responsive to trauma in efforts to change the raised filmmaker Bing Liu. Filmed over a span of 12 trajectory for affected children. PBS Wisconsin years in Rockford, it begins as a skateboarding film and additionally launched an online resource page evolves into an exploration of the long-term effects with statewide clinical partners to share additional of domestic violence, race, class and education in the information and provide comprehensive information Illinois-Wisconsin state line region. Keire Johnson (right), featured in Minding the Gap, talks with about available community services. youth participants of Community Action Inc.’s Fresh Start With funding from POV-American Documentary, and in PBS Wisconsin is working with several partners program in Beloit. cooperation with enthusiastic local partners that included and communities on an ongoing engagement campaign. Community Action, Inc. of Rock County and the Beloit The goal is to connect community stakeholders to International Film Festival, PBS Wisconsin brought proactively raise awareness about the impact of trauma, together a broad cross-section of about 130 Beloit-area to share best practices for trauma remediation and to residents for an evening of food, film and critical dialogue. provide information about accessing community support.

“We need so much help in this area to Not Enough Apologies: Trauma Stories understand the direction our country Explores New Approaches to Trauma is going. The numbers are staggering PBS Wisconsin selected May, Trauma-Informed Care - incarceration, suicide, bullying, gun Awareness Month, to share the new documentary, violence, mental health issues. We Not Enough Apologies: Trauma Stories. The need help. We need resources and program explores the effects of traumatic experiences programs like this bring us together on children and adults and new responses to it. It with shared experiences.” tracks survivors of trauma and their lived experiences, —Mary from Madison including repeated foster care, treatment center and juvenile prison placements.

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News, Politics and Public Affairs plan to make robust use of this technology to interview people throughout the state, as well as for PBS Wisconsin is deeply committed to live nightly reporting from the Democratic National providing trustworthy, unbiased and well- Convention in Milwaukee and the Republican reported news and public affairs programs for National Convention in Charlotte in 2020. Wisconsin residents, along with thoughtful analysis by local and national experts. Noon Wednesday Here & Now, our Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award-winning weekly series, provides in- Noon Wednesday, one of PBS Wisconsin’s newest depth coverage of politics, current events, News & Public Affairs series, is a weekly digital news newsmakers and diverse issues from across interview program livestreamed on Facebook every the state. Viewers can also hear directly from Wednesday at noon. PBS Wisconsin digital news public servants with PBS Wisconsin’s live producer Marisa Wojcik hosts the show and invites coverage of the State of the State and biennial guests who speak on diverse issues and topics relevant state budget addresses, as well as the annual to Wisconsin. In 2019, Noon Wednesday has covered State of the Tribes Address and many other issues of domestic violence, Wisconsin’s right-to- Here & Now anchor Frederica Freyberg. civic events. farm law, climate change, access to the internet, flood damage, vaccination, and much more. Beyond television, PBS Wisconsin also Here & Now provides a number of online news and information services and resources, including Here & Now is PBS Wisconsin’s weekly news and WisContext and Noon Wednesday, as well public affairs series, airing each Friday evening as a comprehensive voter resource site, statewide on PBS Wisconsin. Below are a few WisconsinVote.org. highlights from 2019. On Nov. 22, Here & Now anchor Frederica Freyberg interviewed Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, in the heat of the House of Representatives impeachment hearings in Washington, where he was frequently mentioned by witnesses because of his role on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and his work on Ukraine issues. This year, PBS Wisconsin invested in new LiveU technology to facilitate live, on-location broadcast and web streaming features. PBS Wisconsin journalists

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WisContext: A Multimedia News and New “News” Web Page Information Service

This year, the PBS Wisconsin News Unit WisContext is a digital news and information launched a new web page to provide audiences publication, a broadcast partnership and syndication a more integrated and accessible means of service developed in collaboration between PBS interacting with our journalism resources. Wisconsin and Wisconsin Public Radio. Found by visiting pbswisconsin.org and WisContext.org explores long-term issues and clicking on the News tab, the page will emerging trends affecting life in Wisconsin, with continue to be populated with additional assets, focuses in 2019 on trauma-informed care, the state’s including original web articles, long-form dairy industry, demographic change and climate original content, partner resources and more. science. This content is curated into multi-story series that offer an in-depth and extended look at how (CREDIT: Sharon Mollerus/CC BY 2.0)

themes developed in Wisconsin’s history, and the ways they are shaping Wisconsin’s future. WisContext also presents original content and important studies and data from academic experts such as the University of Wisconsin’s Applied Population Lab, drawing on their specialized expertise and research.

In 2019, the WisContext team worked on two particularly compelling series aimed at informing the conversation about climate change in the Midwest, “Climate Science and Wisconsin” and “Extreme Participation and Wisconsin’s Climate.” From the environment to human health to the economy, gauging the impacts of a changing climate is an urgent scientific endeavor with implications for every Wisconsinite. WisContext provides deep exploration of these critical issues and complex systems.

A WisContext report on climate change featured this bridge in Bayfield County overcome by flooding at the end of summer. (CREDIT: Wisconsin Emergency Management)

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Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf the reintroduction and protection of the animals across The Ojibwe share a deep connection with Ma’iingan, reservation lands. their name for wolf. Their creation story explains Friends of PBS Wisconsin also commissioned an oil that Ma’iingan was created to be a brother to Original painting titled “Iskwaaj Nibi [The Last Waterhole: Man. Because their fates are entwined, what happens Creating a New World]” by Strickland, an Ojibwe artist. to one will also happen to the other. Produced with The creation of Strickland’s painting not only serves support from elders in several Ojibwe communities, as a major plot point of the documentary but also as PBS Wisconsin shared the documentary Ma’iingan: an artifact for educational outreach. In collaboration Brother Wolf in 2019. with the Chazen Museum of Art at UW-Madison, PBS With insight from Ojibwe elders, biologists and Wisconsin hosted an educational outreach event centered visionary artist Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, this on Ma’iingan: Brother Wolf and Strickland’s painting. film captured enduring spiritual connections with This project builds on PBS Wisconsin’s extensive Brother Wolf, the lasting bonds and responsibilities prior work collaborating with native communities shared between native people and the wolf species in Wisconsin to provide authentic and accurate and the opportunities and challenges presented by information about Wisconsin’s First Nations. “No one else would or could do it.

This program added a whole layer of Jon Miskowski, PBS Wisconsin complexity to the controversy over Director of Television, wolves. The Ojibwe have a stake in the unveiling Rabbett Before Horses Strickland’s painting, debate that very few are aware of.” which was featured in the —David from Marshfield documentary, at the premiere screening held at the Chazen “There is no other source of Museum of Art in Madison. programming of this quality. The assistance of the elders to tell the story, the art, and the use of the indigenous language was well used to create a thoughtful and educational program that was beautiful to look at as well.” Rabbett Before —Nancy from Wautoma Horses Strickland

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Sharing Wisconsin’s Rural Perspectives In 2019, PBS Wisconsin built on its long history of providing interesting, innovative and entertaining programs spotlighting rural perspectives.

Portraits from Rural Wisconsin premiered in April, sharing a series of interwoven personal stories that show why some western Wisconsin residents still say that “rural life is the best life”—even in the face of hardship and change. PBS Wisconsin producer and reporter Andy Soth visited rural America to connect knowledge In both of the 2019 films, Perry shared heartwarming, “We are more and more isolated and understanding between Wisconsin residents. poignant yet humorous stories about his childhood these days, living in our own worlds. Michael Perry Documentaries home, his family, grade school, high school, farm work, Programming like Portraits from sports and his life as a writer. These were all woven Rural Wisconsin offers an opportunity Michael Perry: How Ya Doin’? and Michael Perry: together by the life lessons that teach us who we are. to remember we are all one, and the Where I Come From are two new PBS Wisconsin Four free screenings, including an audience question burden of one is mine, too.” documentaries from 2019 featuring Michael Perry, and answer session with Perry, were held in Wausau, both a rural Wisconsin pig farmer and New York Times —Pam from Portage Madison, Green Bay and Eau Claire. bestselling author. In much of Perry’s work, you’ll often find the phrase, “Where I come from.” PBS Wisconsin discovered that’s a place of values and hard work and simple joys. Medicine on Main Street

Medicine on Main Street explored the challenges of living in a rural community. Access to quality health care can be one of these challenges depending on where you live. In rural communities, it is becoming harder to recruit and retain talented health care professionals, specialists and mental health experts. This documentary shows how pharmacists are working together to provide local residents with high-quality health care.

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Mike Leckrone: Wisconsin’s Showman

Premiering in November as a pledge special, Mike Leckrone: Wisconsin’s Showman reflected on the life and work of this legendary and talented composer, educator, mentor and entertainer. For 50 years, Professor Michael Leckrone led the University of Wisconsin- Madison bands and became the face of Badger school spirit, energy, and pride for fans across the state and country. He cultivated lasting traditions of the annual Varsity Band Concerts and Fifth Quarter after home Badger football games. Both reflective and celebratory, the documentary revealed aspects of Leckrone’s life and PBS Wisconsin producers met with many local residents, career that remained surprisingly unknown for someone in community centers, libraries and homes, to recall in the spotlight for so long. Two free screenings were and recapture Sauk City and Prairie du Sac’s past. PBS held in Madison, one for the general public and one at a Wisconsin also worked with local historical societies, the senior residential living community. school district and community leaders to identify stories, people to interview, and to secure the visual material necessary to produce the program, revealing a rich and compelling history that informs the present.

“The life lessons and Badger spirit “I could not wait to arrive to my desk to send the that Mike Leckrone has imparted staff a HUGE thank you for an incredible job done on me and countless others is on Wisconsin Hometown Stories. I was amazed for immeasurable, but this tribute to the entire 60 minutes and learned so much. Because him, his life, his family and his legacy of this show, I will never look at places, people or the truly does justice to it all. Thank you impact of history the same way. Truly, it changed so much for producing this incredible Wisconsin Hometown Stories: me for the better last night as the chamber director program! I loved it! I will be watching Sauk Prairie here. Thank you so much for seeing the potential it many times!” in Sauk Prairie, and sharing its history.” The Wisconsin Hometown Stories series has been —Bridgett from Middleton a PBS Wisconsin tradition for more than a decade, —Tywana German from the Sauk Prairie Chamber telling the history of the state one community at a time. of Commerce PBS Wisconsin was excited to share Sauk Prairie’s rich history in 2019.

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Around the Farm Table

Inga Witscher hosted the seventh season of Around the Farm Table, which premiered this fall. In the show, Witscher’s story becomes the vehicle for telling the stories of other interesting small-scale farmers the crew encounters along the way. PBS Wisconsin crews visited a beekeeper in Eau Claire, a dairy goat farm in Cross Plains, a beef cattle farm and rodeo in Hillsboro, a native onion forager in a maple forest outside of Viroqua and many more farmers and agricultural professionals.

Produced by PBS Wisconsin, Around the Farm Table is available for nationwide distribution on other public television stations through the National Educational “I would just like to say thank you so much for Wisconsin Life Telecommunications Association. It currently airs on 39 Wisconsin Life! Angela Fitzgerald is SO good at her channels throughout the system. The show’s Facebook Angela Fitzgerald explored Wisconsin in the seventh page has received viewer messages from all over the job. I just love her! She has so much enthusiasm season of that premiered this fall. Wisconsin Life country, from Alaska to Puerto Rico. when she goes around talks about all the Fitzgerald took viewers along with her as she visited interesting subjects of different people. Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, tried I cannot tell you how much I enjoy this program. water skiing with the Plum Ski-ters Water Ski Show, Please keep it on. I love Angela, she’s does such met the Black Arts MKE Performing Arts summer a great job. Thank you so much!” campers as they created a show in Milwaukee and journeyed to Wyalusing State Park to explore hiking —Caller to PBS Wisconsin Audience Services Department trails and appreciate the view. Wisconsin Life is one of PBS Wisconsin’s most inclusive and collaborative projects. The series celebrates what makes Wisconsin unique through diverse stories of its people and history.

Wisconsin Life’s Go With the Flow episode from season six received a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award “Inga does a lot to support and showcase small, this fall for the program’s Outstanding Achievement sustainable farming in Wisconsin, and as far as this for Magazine Programming. The series’ Coffin Artist family is concerned, Around the Farm Table is the story, which showcased a Ghanaian carpenter living in most important show you have.” Madison and crafting a rich African art tradition, also received an Emmy Award. —Family farmer 16

2019 Local Content Report 2019 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards Eric Sevareid Awards

Programming—Documentary—Cultural Talk/Public Affairs—1st Place Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars Here and Now: “Teen Homelessness Special”

Programming—Human Interest Team Multimedia Storytelling—1st Place Program/Special/Series/Feature/Segment Wisconsin Life: “Food Traditions website” Wisconsin Life: “Coffin Artist” Soft Feature—1st Place Programming—Magazine Program Wisconsin Life: “Seeds of Hope” Program/Special/Series Documentary Special—Award of Merit Wisconsin Life: “Go with the Flow” Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars

Crafts Achievement—Off-Air Achievement Individual Multimedia Storytelling—Award of Merit Editor —Program (Non-News) WisContext.org: “Wisconsin’s Special Elections Battle (9 URLs)” Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars Photo Journalism—Award of Merit International Serious Play Awards Wisconsin Life: “Coffin Artist” for Digital Games Talk/Public Affairs—Award of Merit Wisconsin Life: “Go with the Flow” Digital Games for K-12—Silver Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case Team Multimedia Storytelling—Award of Merit Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars website Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards Milwaukee Press Club Awards Best News Writing—1st Place Here and Now: “Emerge” Best Online Coverage of News—Gold WisContext.org: “Foxconn and Great Lakes Water (9 URLs)” Best Series or Documentary—1st Place Wisconsin Water From the Air Best Use of Multimedia—Gold WisContext.org: “The Geography of Partisan Gerrymandering” Sports Reporting—2nd Place Wisconsin Life: “Talia’s Team” Best Business Story or Series—Silver WisContext.org: “The Direct Primary Care Business Model” Best Series or Documentary—2nd Place Jerry Apps “One-Room School” Best Investigative Story or Series—Gold WisContext.org: “Special Elections and Legislative Vacancies” Best Website—1st Place WisContext.org Best Explanatory Story or Series—Bronze WisContext.org: “Why and When Flags Fly at Half-Staff” Best Website—2nd Place Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars

Best Topical Promotion—1st Place Wisconsin Water From the Air 17 We are honored to thank and acknowledge the 68,000 members and thousands of donors and Producers Circle ($2,500-$9,999) Barb Stanek The VanKerkhoven sponsors that supported PBS Wisconsin during the 2019 fiscal year (July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019). The Mary L. Staudenmaier Family Fund following pages highlight leadership donors and businesses who made gifts to support our daily Walter Alexander Gary Hetzer and Stuart and Elizabeth Sykes Bill and Patricia Wilde Foundation Marcia Tepp work, designated gifts to fund special projects or donated funds to help grow our endowment. The Stanley Talarek Diane Wilson Rajai and Dorothy Atalla Margaret Hickman extraordinary generosity of our supporters ensures that PBS Wisconsin can be an indispensable Thomas Terry Helen L. Wineke Aylward Family Foundation James L. Hoehn, M.D. and resource for our audiences and an essential public service for our communities. 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Paul Jones Charitable The George Kress Joyce and Clifford Abbott Niles and Linda Berman Foundation Wisconsin Farmers Union Christine Bremer Foundation, Inc. Ron and Patty Anderson Trust Foundation Vicki and Shaun Abshere Christopher Bermant Theda and Tamblin Clark Malcolm and Penny Brett Jun and Sandy Lee APQS J.H. Findorff & Son, Inc Smith Family Foundation Wisconsin Historical Sharat and Aruna Ahluwalia Judith Jensen Bero John and Gisela Brogan Vic and Sue Levy Francis A. and Georgia Johnson Financial Group Society Louise Ahn John Berry Thomas Terry Lynn S. and Charles M. Brown F. Ariens Fund within the Shelia Lohmiller Juki America Tools of Marketing, Inc. Wisconsin Nursery & Andrew J. and Rebecca M. Mary Bethke Brillion Area Family of Bonnie Bruce Kikkoman Foods Landscape Association Stewart Macaulay Aldag Linda K. Betsinger Funds Monroe E. and David and Vonnie Callsen Foundation, Inc. Sandra L. Trout Wollersheim Winery & Norma and Doug Madsen Lois Allen Anna M. 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