Ryan and Obama visit Wisconsin…again

Wisconsin is making it rain politicians right now. They are everywhere. In just the past couple weeks Green Bay has seen the current president, former president, vice presidential candidates and candidates’ wives or sons all campaign through town to fire up their supporters one last time before Election Day. Although after covering all these campaign […]

The Squirrel Lady

Squirrels make terrible pets. At least, that’s what Terri Gay says. Terri is a volunteer with the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, where her main duties are helping rehab young orphaned squirrels. She also works with possums, raccoons, coyotes and, once, a cougar. I photographed Terri in her home in Suamico, a town just north of Green Bay. It […]

Rural Population Loss in Wisconsin

Back in July a reporter, Mario Koran, and myself wandered around northern and central Wisconsin working on a story about why young people are leaving small towns in Wisconsin. Today, after months of fine-tuning all elements of the story, I’m proud to say it is published. The concept of rural population loss is something that […]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Forget Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year is fall. And I’ve decided there is nowhere better for fall than Wisconsin. Driving to assignments I can barely keep my eyes on the road with the beautiful scenery surrounding me. Covering a cross country meet yesterday evening felt like the photo-planets had aligned just for […]

Week One Wrap-Up

It all began with a house fire. I thought my first day at the Green Bay Press Gazette would be full of paperwork and note-taking, but instead, on my way home for lunch, I photographed a house fire. I more or less stumbled across the fire after I saw a firetruck speeding down […]

Ryan’s Homecoming

The political attention of the nation is once again upon Wisconsin. Even though Paul Ryan has been at the center of various national debates over the years, his vice presidential nomination is on a much bigger scale. Covering his speech today—or as the Romney campaign titled it, “Paul Ryan’s Convention Send-Off Rally”—in Janesville was a […]

Behind the Scenes: “Service Stigma”

This week’s Cap Times features my photo on their front cover for a story about employment challenges facing returning veterans. I must say, this was one of the harder portraits I’ve been commissioned to do. The assignment was to photograph a veteran, “Margaret,” who wished to remain anonymous, but was ok with being photographed from […]

Gubernatorial Recall Debate

As part of my ongoing coverage of the recall primary for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, I covered the debate between Scott Walker and Tom Barrett in Milwaukee last night. I’ve been to a number of debates over the past four years, but this one was by far the most contentious and intense I’ve […]

Occupy Movement Within Wisconsin

Today is the release of my first major project for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Since late January I’ve been tracking the Occupy movement’s activity within Wisconsin, specifically looking at Madison’s camp, which is believed to be the last encampment left in the state (see the full story and photos here). When I got […]

State of the State Address

To the surprise of no one, Scott Walker’s State of the State address tonight was contentious and high strung. Through “Recall Walker” and “Shame” chants echoing outside the chamber doors, Walker delivered his speech to a starkly divided legislature. A handful of protestors also made their way into the public viewing gallery and briefly interrupted […]