Jimmy Gutierrez
News ReporterJimmy Gutierrez became a WUWM news reporter in December 2024. Previously, he supported WUWM as a Lake Effect producer during 2024's election cycle.
Before joining WUWM, Jimmy was a senior editor for TED’s Audio Collective and managing editor for LWC Studios. He’s also a service journalist who directed the relaunch of the Detroit Documenters program for Outlier Media. His community-based work in Milwaukee was recognized with a John S. Knight Impact Fellowship from Stanford University.
Jimmy grew up on the south side and was raised in MPS schools. He’s a graduate of MATC and UW-Milwaukee, and first interned at WUWM in the summer of 2012. He was also a Milwaukee Firefighter.
Outside of work, you can find him lounging on his porch, listening to a podcast with his cat, Michelle Yeoh, or playing ball at Washington Park.
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Milwaukee Film Festival staple Cine Sin Fronteras is back to being programmed by a local filmmaker and artist. Here's what it means for Milwaukee and what its programmer thinks we should see this year. -
David Tomblin, founder of Highgrove Holdings, owns over 200 homes in Milwaukee. His tenants organized to document code violations, leading to lawsuits that threaten to "evict" Tomblin from his properties. -
On April 14, all seven major Democratic gubernatorial candidates participated in an online forum hosted by Citizen Action Wisconsin. Here are some takeaways. -
Last week, journalist Shelly Kittleson, who grew up in Wisconsin, was kidnapped while reporting in Iraq. -
Less than two months ago, both the Milwaukee Police and Milwaukee County Sheriff were either using or exploring facial recognition technology to help with investigations. WUWM traces how community pushback led to both departments halting use of FRT. -
Over the past generation, Black women have been at the vanguard of defining Milwaukee’s art scene — even if they haven’t always been recognized for the work. This week, we’re meeting the women and hearing their stories. -
Western Wisconsin is filled with small, slow-paced towns where neighbors know each other. But as continued ICE operations in the Twin Cities spill over across the border, they’ve also become a target. -
ProPublica reporters have been looking into the living conditions inside the Dilley detention center, where immigrant families and children are held. -
There’s perhaps no place in the state hit harder by gun violence than Milwaukee. This Saturday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is hosting a forum for people to talk about gun safety, gun ownership and gun violence. -
This Sunday is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, we passed the mic to two organizers from Milwaukee’s International Women’s Day Coalition.
