NNS joins 150 nonprofit newsrooms for NewsMatch 2018
More than 150 nonprofit newsrooms across the country, including Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, will participate in this year’s NewsMatch, the largest grassroots fundraising campaign to support...
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Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is participating in NewsMatch, a program in which individual donations up to $1,000 will be matched through Dec. 31. Please help us get off to a great start by...
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At NNS, we’re committed to producing high quality, independent journalism in the public interest. We’re also a nonprofit.That’s why we’re thrilled to be a part of NewsMatch, a national initiative to...
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Ron Smith to take NNS helm on Feb. 1
Ron Smith will be the new editor of Milwaukee NNS. Ron Smith, managing editor for news at USA Today and former deputy managing editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will become the new editor of...
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Farewell and carry on!
When the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service launched nearly eight years ago, I couldn’t have guessed that this project would quickly become a labor of love for me and our amazing staff of part-time...
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New editor vows to ‘proceed until apprehended’
After leaving the city for two years to work at USA TODAY, Ron Smith has returned to help lead the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. “We want to tell stories about communities that have long been...
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Black homeownership is at a historic low. Find out why this matters and hear...
(Photo by Adam Carr) The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is co-sponsoring “Locked Out: Solutions to the Black Homeownership Decline” from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26 at the Wisconsin Black...
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What the closing of Lincoln Hills youth prison means to you and Milwaukee
Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls have undergone criminal investigations and been subject to numerous lawsuits for allegations of abuse, neglect and excessive use of force....
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Meet the best mothers in Milwaukee
(From left) Tsuchi, May Yer and CyaSha Thao celebrate at home in summer 2018. (Photo courtesy of May Yer Thao) Do NOT forget your mother on Mother’s Day! It’s coming up on Sunday, May 12. To help get...
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‘Some of these tribes are gone’: Class makes sure Native American youths...
Brian Frejo, the center’s cultural coordinator, helps a student place his tribes’ names on the map. “Some of these tribes are gone,” Frejo tells the group. “The names that are on here are still alive....
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NNS Spotlight: The ‘quiet warrior’: How a 95-year-old female veteran made...
Anna Mae Robertson, 95, has been called a “quiet warrior” for her service in the Women’s Army Corps 6888th Central Directory Postal Battalion. Last week she greeted well-wishers who attended a...
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Single black fathers fight ‘deadbeat Dad’ stereotype
Jay Hinson Sr. has had sole custody of his son since he was 6. “I don’t do that for anyone to pat me on the back,” he says of being a father. “People feel like they have to champion you. Like no! I am...
View ArticleNNS Summer Survival Guide
Welcome to NNS Summer Survival Guide, which will give you the resources you need to have a successful summer. Did we miss anything? Email us at info@milwaukeenns.org and put “NNS Survival Guide” in the...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Sherman Park: Three Years Later
Three years ago, unrest in Sherman Park put the neighborhood-and our city-in the national spotlight. But what’s happened to the community since then? That’s the question we seek to answer with a...
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Starting now — through December 31 — NewsMatch will match your new monthly donation 12x or double your one-time gift, all up to $1,000. We can earn up to $20,000 in matching dollars, which means...
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‘A big win’: Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service selected to host Report For...
The NNS newsroom will get even bigger next year. We will host a reporter from Report For America. Our reporter, the first full-time journalist in our history, will cover health and faith. (Photo by Sue...
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View ArticleLearn about News414 and what it means for Milwaukee
News414 is a service journalism collaboration of three nonprofit newsrooms: Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), Wisconsin Watch and Outlier Media. We identify, report and deliver reliable...
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