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
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Wishbone was a beloved PBS series that introduced classic literature to an entire generation of kids through the eyes of a Jack Russel terrier. A new heartfelt documentary, What's the Story, Wishbone?, goes behind the scenes to show how a scrappy public-television production became a cultural phenomenon that still resonates 30 years later. -
Ridgelan Farms gained national attention when activists broke in to free beagles from animal testing. Now, there's a national effort to rehome 1,500 rescued beagles. -
Cocktail writer Robert Simonson shares some recommendations for the best drinks he’s tried in the Milwaukee area recently. -
During World War II, the Milwaukee Brewers hosted morning games so that people working overnight shifts could still enjoy America’s favorite pastime. When author Judy Campbell-Smith found out about this history, she turned it into a children's book called Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story. -
"Your Attention Please" is an urgent and hopeful documentary exploring how the modern attention economy and social media platforms are shaping relationships, mental health, childhood development and the future of human attention. -
Feeling overwhelmed by the options in the Milwaukee Film Festival? The themed shorts programs can be a good starting point. -
Directed by Judd Apatow & Neil Berkeley, "Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story" plays April 18 and 19 at the Oriental Theater during the Milwaukee Film Festival. -
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.
