by Jason Smith | Mar 3, 2021 | Magazine Article
When I first began working at the Academy, I mistook her for a spirit. I would catch just a glimpse of a small figure clad in a long fur coat gliding past the open doorway of the kitchen as I microwaved my leftovers. One day, with a mouthful of spaghetti, I...
by Paul Hayes | Aug 19, 2019 | Magazine Article
My career in newspapers ended the year I turned 61. I remember it well, because the oldest of my four grandchildren was days away from her first birthday when I retired from The Milwaukee Journal on March 31, 1995. The grandchildren don’t remember their grandfather...
by Jane Elder | Feb 7, 2017 | Magazine Article
It seems fitting that the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2016 is post-truth: an adjective defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.”...
by Jason Smith | Nov 3, 2016 | Magazine Article
In an era marked by hyperpartisan political discourse and obsessive coverage of the personalities of the moment, it’s good to know that Wisconsinites have an objective public media resource in WisconsinEye. For almost ten years, WisconsinEye has been providing...
by Emmett Mottl | Aug 1, 2016 | Magazine Article
Often times, the news reported by major media outlets focuses on a crisis or calamity years or even decades in the making. Take for instance the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. If citizens understood the history behind the decision to draw water from the...
