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Welcome to Ink and Airwaves, where the timeless craft of journalism meets the dynamic energy of podcasting. Each season, we explore the world of storytelling, news creation, and the evolving media landscape through the lens of news literacy.
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What Local News Means to Us: Spectrum News 1 (opens the original)
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In this reflection episode, the team steps back from reporting and compares notes on what changed in their own news habits after analyzing Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee. They talk through where local news fits into their day-to-day lives, what pulls them toward national headlines or social feeds instead, and how emotions like stress, avoidance, and "doomscrolling" shape what they choose to watch or ignore. The group also names where Spectrum's approach to circulation and access met them or missed th
How Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee finds (or loses) its audience (opens the original)
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This episode traces how Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee moves audiences from platform to platform, and what that design implies for access to local information. Using only what is publicly visible, we follow one story's "audience journey" from social discovery to a click-through on the site, then zoom out to the site's structure: a dominant top module, recirculation widgets that steer readers to additional stories, and navigation that organizes news by content type. A key finding is that Spectrum appe
FoodShare uncertainty in Milwaukee and how USA Today framed it nationally (opens the original)
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In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , the team compares how the same national policy pressure becomes two different stories depending on scale and audience. We break down Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee's reporting on FoodShare funding concerns and Gov. Tony Evers' letter urging the USDA to act, then compare it with USA Today's national coverage focused on whether SNAP benefits will be sent in November. Using a close read of each article's lead, nut graf, evidence, sourcing, and tone, we show how local
Inside the work of Aly Prouty, Multimedia Journalist of Spectrum News (opens the original)
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In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Zoey Calvin takes listeners inside the day-to-day work of Aly Prouty, a Digital Media Producer at Spectrum News 1 serving Milwaukee and the wider Wisconsin audience. Through a process-focused interview, the episode traces how digital news gets made, from deciding what to cover to verifying information, choosing sources, and shaping a story for publication. Using Prouty's reporting on a high-stakes local healthcare contract update as a concrete example, th
Producing News in Brew City: Spectrum News and the Local Contexts of Their Practice (opens the original)
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This episode of Ink & Airwaves maps the conditions shaping how Spectrum News operates in Milwaukee and what those conditions make possible, difficult, or unlikely. We introduce Spectrum News as a local outlet serving Milwaukee-area audiences, then break down the forces that shape its day-to-day journalism: who it serves, how the organization is structured, and how its business model influences priorities and resources. We also look at the legal and policy realities that affect reporting in Wisco
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