Audrey Nowakowski
Lake Effect Host / ProducerAudrey is a host, producer and reporter for Lake Effect. She is involved with every aspect of the show — from conducting interviews, editing audio, posting web stories and mixing the show together. Audrey is also co-executive producer of Live at Lake Effect, a filmed music series from WUWM's Lake Effect.
Before becoming a full-time producer, Audrey interned for Lake Effect starting in 2014 and joined the team full-time in the spring of 2015.
Audrey is a graduate of Cardinal Stritch University where she majored in Communication Arts and minored in History and English.
Contact Audrey at: nowakows@uwm.edu
-
The new "UECK" documentary explores the life and legacy of Milwaukee, Wis. baseball legend, Bob Uecker. It will make its premiere at the Milwaukee Film Festival on April 16.
-
Milwaukee's Community Development Alliance is helping to fill Milwaukee's vacant lots with affordable homes for early childhood educators.
-
Milwaukeean Petey Balestrieri created a new free monthly film series called “Petey’s Popcorn,” where he finds local a host and partners with a charity of their choice. This month, “Petey’s Popcorn” is hosted by Woodland Pattern to benefit their Milwaukee Youth Poet Laureate program.
-
We explore findings from the Women's Fund of Greater Milwaukee's Women's Well-Being Index. It compiled data to show how women are faring in areas such as education, economic security, health & safety and housing.
-
You can catch "Arabian Nights" at Manfred Olson Planetarium — Fridays this April.
-
Deedra Irwin discusses her experience competing in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy.
-
Susan Fete co-founded Renaissance Theaterworks in 1993. She will retire this spring after directing a production of "Barefoot in the Park," which runs through April 12.
-
"Funding the First Years and Beyond" from the Wisconsin Policy Forum explores possibilities for raising additional state or local revenue for child care.
-
Samer Ghani's "Memories of a Street Cat” comes out March 25, with a free release party at Cactus Club and music from five local acts.
-
Freelance writer Barbara Miner spotlights the stories of DACA recipients, undocumented parents, asylum seekers and others in her piece, "On Shaky Ground."