Local Media

Simpson Street Free Press Awarded Two Year Grant

by Lauren Thill | 08/14/2017 - 12:24pm

Even in the middle of the summer, the Simpson Street Free Press South Towne newsroom is busy with students learning and writing. The newsroom is filled with resources for students—from a library full of sources , to the volunteers who help students revise their articles.

The newsroom exemplifies SSFP’s mission to actively help students learn in out-of-school time in a high-impact, effective fashion.

Tags: Education, Local Media, People, Services, Voices, Youth

Media Digest 7/31

by Gretchen Christensen | 08/04/2017 - 10:00am

If you only read one local news story this week, it should be this one about a Madison bakery that will be affected by Kwik Trip’s buy-outs of PDQs.

Education

Tags: City Life, City, Development, Housing, Local Business, Local Media

Media Digest July 25th 2017

by Gretchen Christensen | 07/25/2017 - 9:07am

Development

Tags: City Life, Local Media, Safety, Services

Media Digest, July 10th 2017

by Gretchen Christensen | 07/10/2017 - 3:44pm

If you only read one local news story this week, it should be this piece about crime trends in Madison.

Local Government

Tags: Local Media, People

Madison Media Digest: Police, Government, Community, Education

by Michael Mirer | 07/11/2016 - 8:59am

The week that was in Madison's media

Tags: Gretchen Christensen, City Life, Education, Local Media, People, Services

For Madison traffic reporter, many ways of getting the word out

by Na Chen | 08/13/2014 - 8:35am

Katie Austin narrates the city's commute through many channels

Tags: East, Madison Faces, Transportation, City Life, Far West, Local Media, Isthmus, Near East, North, South Central, Southwest, West

Madison Public Library considers digital press for local authors and a new e-book model

by Mary Sussman | 10/30/2012 - 5:04am

The library hopes to e-publish local authors, seeks a new model for e-books to reduce costs

Tags: Capitol Neighborhood Inc, Education, Development, Local Media, Voices

Oral history project examines Madison’s activist past

by Emily Genco | 07/24/2012 - 5:31pm

The project hopes to collect personal stories of political activism that would otherwise go undocumented

Tags: Education, Diversity, Local Media, People, Voices, Isthmus