Milwaukee PBS Honored with Milwaukee Press Club Awards

Milwaukee PBS took home six awards at the Milwaukee Press Club’s awards gala for “Excellence in Journalism,” including a Gold. Winners were selected from over 800 entries received from throughout the state.

Gold Winners
Best Long Soft Feature Story (Video Category)
10thirtysix™ - "My Friend Linkin"
Producer: Maryann Lazarski, Videographer: Justin Migliano, Field Audio Engineer: Chris Michalski

Silver Winners
Best Writing in a Video Story (Video Category)
10thirtysix™ - "Troubadour Refugees"
Writer/Producer: Maryann Lazarski

Best Long Soft Feature Story (Video Category)
¡Adelante! – “Sonia Manzano is Maria on Sesame Street”
Producer and Host: Patricia Gomez, Producers: Salvador Gomez and Johnny Munoz, Production Manager: Dorothy McGrath, Editor/Engineer: Jeff Moorbeck,
Executive Producer: Bohdan Zachary

Bronze Winners
Best Documentary (Video Category)
Cook. Plate. Dine. ™ – “Mastering Technique”
Director/Producer: Tiff Pua, Associate Producer/Videographer: Brian Ewig, Audio Engineer: Stephanie Schreiber, Post-Production Audio/Audio Engineer: Gail Grzybowski, Associate Producer/Editor: Darin Malkowski, Series Creator: Bohdan Zachary

Best Hard Feature Story (Online Category)
MilwaukeePBS.org - "An American Dream on a Ginseng Farm"
Producer: Scottie Lee Meyers, Co-Producers: Maryann Lazarski and Thay Yang, Co-Producer/Videographer: Brian Ewig, Field Audio Engineer: Chris Michalski

Best Investigative Story or Series (Writing Category)
10thirtysix™ - “#MeToo, Milwaukee”
Produced in partnership with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee PBS Team
Producer: Maryann Lazarski, Co-Producer: Scottie Lee Meyers, Reporter: Joanne Williams, Executive Producers: Raul Galvan and Bohdan Zachary
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Co-Producer: Elizabeth Baker, Editor: Sharon McGowan

“Milwaukee PBS is honored by the Milwaukee Press Club, with awards in so many categories and with such strong competitors,” said Bohdan Zachary, General Manager of Milwaukee PBS. “We are committed to providing southeastern Wisconsin a platform and a voice. We’re thrilled that our team has been recognized for their commitment to telling the stories that matter to our community.”

The Milwaukee Press Club Awards honor work produced by media outlets throughout Wisconsin during 2018, and were presented at its annual Gridiron and Awards Dinner on May 10.

Tune in for Milwaukee PBS Presents on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. on Milwaukee PBS Channel 10, which offers a rotation of its four local programs- 10thirtysix™, ¡Adelante!, Black Nouveau and The Arts Page. These programs strive to be responsive to the needs and interests of the communities and viewers the station serves, and to truly be a voice and a platform for southeastern Wisconsin.

Follow Milwaukee PBS on social media and visit milwaukeepbs.org to watch our award-winning stories on demand.