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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Milwaukee gardening expert Venice Williams explores some new plants to grow in the garden this spring. -
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley details the current and potential future fiscal state of Milwaukee.
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Madison East High School senior, Kadjata Bah, reflects on being named journalist of the year by the Wisconsin Journalism Education Association.
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Carroll University professor Dr. Lilly Goren is an author and editor of the book The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She discusses the cultural impact and, of course, the politics espoused in these films.
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In front of the Domes in Milwaukee, there's a set of numbers curving around a center plaque that lists each month of the year. Bubbler Talk explores what it is and how to use it.
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A program through Education Trust is trying to change the legal landscape to open new opportunities for these people. It’s called the Justice Fellows Policy Program, and Milwaukeean Shannon Ross was a part of their inaugural group of fellows.
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If you’ve ever been to a corner bar in Wisconsin, chances are you’ve seen a pull-tab machine. Milwaukee Magazine writer Tea Krulos explains the history and legality of pull-tabs in Wisconsin.
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When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story.
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Every month, we're joined by Sam Woods with the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service to check out some of the many events happening in the city. Woods shares five things to do this March in Milwaukee.
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Ari Brown, a senior research associate at the Wisconsin Policy Forum, discusses a report on how Wisconsinites are being affected by the evolving landscape of legalized marijuana in border states.
