Milwaukee PBS Takes Home Multiple Gold Awards at Milwaukee Press Club Awards

Milwaukee PBS’ local productions took home eight awards at the Milwaukee Press Club’s awards gala for “Excellence in Journalism,” including three Gold Awards. Winners were selected from hundreds of entries received from throughout the state, and were announced at the Milwaukee Press Club’s Annual Gridiron Awards Ceremony.

Milwaukee Press Club

• Best Long, Hard Feature Story - Undocumented and Afraid - Gold
• Best Soft, Feature Story Online - Gold
• Best Public Service Story or Series Online - Gold
• Best Editing Video - Gold
• Best Photo Essay or Series for Visual Journalism, - Silver
• Best Long, Soft Feature Story Video - Silver
• Best Long, Soft Feature Story Video - Silver
• Best Hard, Feature Story Online - Silver
• Best News Program Video - Silver
• Best Long, Soft Feature Story Video (tie) - Bronze
• Best Use of Multimedia Online - Bronze
• Producer Everett Marshburn Inducted into the 2019 Media Hall of Fame

National Association for Black Journalist (NABJ)

• 2018 Journalist of Distinction Award
• Salute to Excellence - Public Affairs - Interview/Discussion
• Salute to Excellence - Public Affairs-Segment
• Salute to Excellence - Specialty
• Salute to Excellence - General Assignment News - Long Form

Chicago/Midwest Chapter National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

• Regional Emmy - Outstanding Achievement for Public Affairs/Current Affairs/Current Affairs Programming

American Public Television

• Advocacy Award - Plan to Scan campaign

Consumer Advisory Committee - FCC

• Bohdan Zachary is the first representative from public television in the Consumer Advisory Committee’s20-year history.

National Educational Telecommunications Association Finalist

• Promotion: Single Video for "The Arts Page: Margaret Muza"
• Community Engagement / Community Impact "Beyond Sherman Park: A 10thirtysix special"
• Best practices - "Plan to Scan" Campaign.
   

Milwaukee Press Club

• Best News of Sports Program - Gold
• Best Writing in a Video Story - Silver
• Best Documentary - Silver
• Best Long Form Feature Story - Bronze

National Association for Black Journalists (NABJ)

• Salute to Excellence Award - Public Affairs-Segment
• Salute to Excellence Award - Public Affairs-Interview

Chicago/Midwest Chapter National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

• Regional Emmy - Outstanding Achievement for News Specialty Reporting/Series - Environment
• Regional Emmy - Outstanding Achievement for Public Affairs/Current Affairs Programming - Segment
• Reginal Emmy - Outstanding Achievement for Magazine Programming - Program/Special/Series/Segment

As part of its mission to enhance the quality of life in southeastern Wisconsin by encouraging people to consider issues and explore ideas, Milwaukee PBS provides community education programs, directed toward both children and older adults alike.

Next Avenue

For over seven years, Milwaukee PBS has provided southeastern Wisconsin with PBS’ national initiative, Next Avenue, designed to help adults over 50 lead more fulfilling lives. Each year, Milwaukee PBS holds five Community Conversations throughout its viewing area, each based on the five tenets of Next Avenue - Health & Well Being, Money & Security, Work & Purpose, Living & Learning, and Caregiving. Hosted by John McGivern, these Community Conversations are also broadcast on WMVS and WMVT.

Milwaukee PBS’ Next Avenue initiative is generously supported by Milwaukee’s Helen Bader Foundation.

Children’s Activities

Milwaukee PBS hosts multiple events for children in order to promote literacy and learning. These include reading events and promotions, and entertainment events featuring characters from PBS KIDS programs.

Storytelling 101

In conjunction with the Milwaukee PBS KIDS Writers Contest, Milwaukee PBS offers free writing workshops to children throughout the winter months. At Storytelling 101, children learn the basics of storytelling and learn how art and illustrations make stories come alive.

As an active community partner whose over-arching goal is to improve the quality of life, Milwaukee PBS employs methods to complement its broadcast offerings, in order to educate, inform, entertain and stimulate the imagination.

Every week, Milwaukee PBS is watched by over 627,770 viewers throughout southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. It is with the support of its loyal viewers that Milwaukee PBS can continue to offer its local and national programming to educate, inform, entertain and inspire.