Joy Powers
Lake Effect Host / ProducerJoy Powers hosts and produces Lake Effect. She joined WUWM January 2016 as a producer for Lake Effect. Before joining Lake Effect, she was a director and producer for Afternoon Shift, on WBEZ-fm Chicago Public Radio.
Joy grew up in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, and attended Badger High School. Before starting her career in journalism, she was a professional actor and most notably performed the role of "Katie/Kirsten" in Circle of Friends: An American Girl Musical. Before coming to WUWM, Powers worked with several companies, including WBEZ, SiriusXm, Fujisankei Communications and the Department of City Planning for the City of New York.
She earned a bachelors degree in broadcast journalism from Emerson College, Boston, where she worked with several radio and television stations. She was the public affairs director at WERS-fm and produced the station’s AP-Award Winning program,You Are Here.
Powers lives in the Near South Side of Milwaukee and spends her free time making art and gardening.
» Twitter: @thejoypowers
» Email: powersj@uwm.edu
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We hear from the vintage gaming enthusiasts, pinball designers, D&D dungeon masters and "Star Wars" droid builders who make up the Midwest Gaming Classic. -
911 dispatch centers in Waukesha and La Crosse counties are using Ava, an AI chatbot from Seattle tech company Aurelian, for non-emergency calls. -
It's been a difficult year for Milwaukee restaurants, but Venice Williams is helping how she can — with soup pop-ups. -
We explore some of the latest restaurant openings, even as many beloved spots close their doors amid rising rent and food costs. -
Tooth & Nail Studio has been hosting grief or "mourning altar" workshops taught by a sculpture artist and a death doula. -
You can catch the film's Milwaukee premiere at the Oriental Theatre on April 18 during the Milwaukee Film Festival. -
In 1890, Carl Akeley designed the first diorama with animals interacting with their native habitat, and he made it in Milwaukee. We explore the impact of the Milwaukee-style diorama and the local celebration it inspired, the Diorama-Rama. -
Milwaukee's neighborhood posters are featured in homes, businesses, and streets throughout the city. We explore how they were created with historian John Gurda. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
"Companies typically don’t make announcements about building community trust unless those communities are already pushing back pretty hard," one environmental group says.
