by Maggie Ginsberg | Aug 26, 2016
2017 ASJA “Excellence in Reporting” winner, American Society of Journalists and Authors Finalist: 2017 National City and Regional Magazine Awards, Civic Journalism 2016 Milwaukee Press Club Awards, Bronze, Best Long Feature Story “Terrified but...
by Maggie Ginsberg | Oct 5, 2015
“Aissa Olivarez first absorbed the Tony Robinson news after she had settled her baby girl back down after her regular 4 a.m. feeding. In the dim, morning hours of March 6, 2015, as she was scrolling tiredly through the predawn news, there it was: another...
by Maggie Ginsberg | May 1, 2015
Milwaukee Press Club Awards This and another article I contributed for this issue were part of a package awarded 2015 Best Multi-Story Coverage of a Single Feature Topic or Event, Silver, by the Milwaukee Press Club. I’m honored to be recognized alongside Neil...
by Maggie Ginsberg | Mar 19, 2015
2020 update: More than five years ago, and several months before the shooting death of Tony Robinson, I started to notice protests led by a group called the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition. At the time, I was responsible for a monthly one-page Q&A in Madison...
by Maggie Ginsberg | Feb 1, 2014
The human brain has a remarkable capacity for self-preservation. It flexes and protects, softening the edges of memory to make hideous things bearable. Lilada Gee spent years hiding in the emotional closet of denial until her faith gave voice to her abuse. Today, her...
