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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The Midwest was a major hub for industry — middle wage jobs, strong unions, thriving neighborhoods. And then, over decades, they went away, and whole cities were devastated. -
After another comeback win Wednesday night by the Milwaukee Brewers, the team is just one game away from the World Series. And a lot of fans are discovering that they’re very superstitious. -
ICE has launched another huge hiring campaign. Our deep dive into ICE continues by looking into who the agency is hiring, the issues in its recruiting and vetting process and how agents are trained before hitting the streets. -
No risk, no reward. And the reward for UW-Madison physicist and professor Francis Halzen, after almost 40 years of studying the "ghost particle," is the Nobel Prize. -
It’s budget season in Milwaukee, and city residents came out to a public hearing Oct. 5 to make their voices heard. -
Over the past five years, at least nine full-service grocery stores have closed in Milwaukee. The majority of those are on the city's north side. Community members came together to talk about what can be done -
If you haven’t heard, the Milwaukee Brewers just dominated the regular season, finishing with a league-best 103 wins — their best record in franchise history. What were the most memorable moments of the season? And what comes next? -
Our deep dive into ICE begins with a brief history of the agency and a look at how it’s changed over time. As ICE ramps up its aggressive tactics under the second Trump administration, just how much of what we’re seeing is legal? -
Immigration stories often focus on what’s gained and the dreams fulfilled. But what gets left behind? Filmmakers Eddie Sánchez and Madeline McGuire look into the price of assimilation in their films. -
Recently-retired social studies teacher Mark Schill from Nicolet High School in Glendale reflects on teaching on 9/11 and how educating students on the event evolved over the years.
