MKE Magazine: Various stories

MKE was a free weekly entertainment tabloid published by Journal Sentinel Inc., the parent company of Milwaukee’s major daily newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. I worked on the editorial staff at MKE from February 2007 until JSI decided to pull the plug July 10, 2008. 

My week-to-week duties at MKE included writing the nightlife, arts and festival calendar highlights, writing the movies page, writing timely preview items, producing multi-media slide shows, formulating story angles for reporters, managing the events database, and basically performing as a jack-of-all-trades content producer.

Here are some samples of regular weekly features I wrote for MKE:

• Sample MKE Shortlist page from March 29, 2007. View as PDF
• Sample MKE Shortlist page from June 14, 2007. View as PDF
• Sample MKE Movies page from May 29, 2008. View as a PDF 
• Sample MKE Movies page from Nov. 8, 2007. View as PDF; page 2
• Sample MKE Nightlife page from April 3, 2008. View as PDF
• Sample MKE Arts page from November 22, 2007. View as PDF 
• Sample MKE Arts page from April 24, 2008. View as PDF
• Sample MKE Festivals page from July 12, 2008. View as PDF

Again, these are just a few samples of the week-to-week writing I did while on staff at MKE.  I have 80+ pages just like the ones above. 

Here are some other timely MKE clips, including a couple cover stories. 

• “If you’re broke, we’ll fix ya.”  A comprehensive guide of all the free and almost-free things to do in Milwaukee in 2008. COVER STORY! Published April 24, 2008.  View as PDF; page 2 ; page 3
• “Get out of spending.” A comprehensive guide of all the free and almost-free things to do in Milwaukee in 2007.  COVER STORY! Published April 19, 2007. View as PDF; page 2
• “Are Bogut’s remarks bogus?” Feature dissecting some questionable remarks made by Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut about Milwaukee.  Published Aug. 2, 2007.  View as PDF
• “Bradford Beach cleans up its act.”  A quick feature about new amenities on Milwaukee’s waterfront, with a timeline of its dubious past. Published May 23, 2008.  View as PDF
• “James Benning film series.” A preview of a UW-Milwaukee art film event.  Published March 27, 2008. View as PDF
• “St. Pat’s Day: Five parties.” A preview of selected St. Patrick’s Day events in Milwaukee.  Published March 6, 2008. View as PDF
• “Black History Month: Five events.” A preview of events connected with Black History month in Milwaukee. Published Feb. 7. 2008. View as PDF
• “Need a plan for New Years Eve?” A comprehensive round-up of Milwaukee area New Year’s Eve happenings. Published Dec. 29, 2007. View as PDF

… and so forth.  You get the picture.