Olivia Herken
Olivia Herken is a journalist and writer based in Madison. Born and raised in the heart of the Driftless in La Farge, she loves baking, telling stories about Wisconsin communities, and is a rom-com expert.
Jimmy Gutierrez
Jimmy Gutierrez is an audio editor and service journalist based in Milwaukee. You can find him lounging on his porch listening to a podcast or playing ball at Washington Park
Miriam Brabham
Miriam Brabham is a poet and author of “1,000 Apologies to Me: A Collection of Poetry, Short Stories, and Reflections.” Miriam is passionate about giving back to her community, storytelling, and pursuing her many artistic passions.
Robert D’Andrea
Robert D’Andrea is Wisconsin Public Radio’s Lee Ester News Fellow based in Madison from 2023-2024. The fellowship is in general assignment reporting, but he loves writing about politics and the circus.
Avery Lea Rogers
Avery Lea Rogers is a journalist, producer, sound artist and musician. Avery is part of a team of producers for WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” talk show. They previously worked on WPR’s “The Morning Show,” and got their start in journalism as a producer for “St.
Evan Casey
Evan Casey is a general assignment reporter for Wisconsin Public Radio, covering Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. He’s from Racine, Wisconsin but lives in Milwaukee now. Before working for WPR, he was a freelance journalist, and also worked as a “Shepherd Express” digital editor and with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Now News Group, covering Milwaukee’s suburban communities.
Midwest Mujeres
Midwest Mujeres Inc. is a mentorship collective for multicultural women’s entrepreneurial or career growth. They focus on storytelling, networking, mentoring, marketing, and helping Latinas build their platforms to close the wage gap for all women.
Justin Barney
Justin Barney is an audio journalist and radio host who has worked at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and Nashville Public Radio. He occasionally writes for NPR and his podcast work has been lauded by “The New York Times.”
Margaret Faust
Margaret Faust is a Second Century Fellow with Wisconsin Public Radio. A California native, she’s new to Milwaukee, winter, and cheese curds.
Angela Major
Angela Major is a photojournalist at Wisconsin Public Radio. She is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but loves the snow (perfect gumbo weather). She lives in Janesville and can be found anywhere along the Ice Age Trail.
Maria Brunetta
Maria Brunetta is the production assistant for Wisconsin Life. She is from Brazil but grew up in Wisconsin and has enjoyed falling in love with the state through the stories she’s encountered while working for the program.
Colin Crowley
Colin Crowley is a multimedia producer for the Cultural Affairs Unit of PBS Wisconsin. He spent over ten years living and working in East Africa before moving back home to Wisconsin because he missed the snow so much.
Vicki Way Kipp
Vicki Kipp, a closed caption manager and broadcast engineer, delights in describing “Wisconsin Life’s” background audio in the closed captions.
[din of happy conversation]
♪ [shimmery music] ♪
Alexandra Salmon
Alexandra Salmon is an independent audio producer who has a background in clinical social work and cancer education. She is drawn to stories about human complexity. When she doesn’t have her headphones on, you can find Alexandra hanging out with her family, forcing herself to run, or eating anything sour.
Home Is Here
The “Home Is Here” project looks at the growing number of Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic residents who call northeastern Wisconsin home. The project is part of the NEW (Northeast Wisconsin) News Lab – a local news collaboration in northeastern Wisconsin made up of six news organizations: the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Appleton Post-Crescent, FoxValley365, The Press Times, Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Watch.