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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Kim Sajet resigned from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after President Trump called for her removal. She's now the Milwaukee Art Museum new director. -
Groundwork Collaborative's Lindsay Owens says the impact of the cancelled health care subsidies may be even worse in Wisconsin than in other parts of the country. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
A new report from the Alliance for the Great Lakes finds agricultural runoff is driving nitrate contamination in Wisconsin’s drinking water. -
Over 800 people have removed themselves from the Wisconsin organ donor registry this year. A transplant surgeon and the president of organ donation at Versiti Wisconsin weigh in. -
It’s the height of the growing season with many plants in full abundance, including leafy greens. We head to Alice's Garden Urban Farm to learn how to make the most of autumn greens. -
The Morris Pratt Institute was a hub for Wisconsin's spiritualist movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. -
The High Road Strategy Center's "State of Working: Wisconsin" report explores what the economy is like for workers across our state and what the future could hold. -
Matt Wild from Milwaukee Record recaps his favorite new songs from local musicians this month. -
Historian Dr. Sergio Gonzalez joins Lake Effect's Joy Powers to talk about Hispanic Heritage month and the moment we’re living in.
