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Teran Powell
Race & Ethnicity ReporterTeran Powell joined WUWM in the fall of 2017 as the station’s very first Eric Von Broadcast Fellow. She became WUWM's race and ethnicity reporter in 2018.
In 2022, Teran became the WUWM Von fellow mentor, a role where she helps guide journalists in daily newsroom operations, story planning and production process and through other areas of support fellows need to be successful journalists. All of this is with the primary goal of getting fellows prepared for a career in journalism.
Teran began her journalism career during her years as a student at Marquette University. She worked as a reporter for Marquette student media and the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covering local events and community activists. She has also freelanced for the Shepherd Express and worked as a show editor for Fox 6 News.
A Chicago native, Teran’s passion for journalism lies within being up close and personal with people in the community and the happenings that affect them directly. With a genuine passion for storytelling, Teran’s goal is to tell the stories that need to be told.
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The shop at the world’s largest collection of bobbleheads in Milwaukee added some new inventory in honor of the Republican National Convention.
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Temperatures reached nearly 90 degrees Monday, but that didn’t stop people from turning out by the thousands for a demonstration downtown. The Coalition to March on the RNC hosted a rally in Red Arrow Park in protest of the Republican National Convention.
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Local and national interfaith leaders gathered for a rally to promote the We All Belong campaign in Milwaukee Sunday. The campaign aims to protect democracy and reject white Christian nationalism.
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The Republican National Convention is finally set to kick off in Milwaukee next week. Some folks are highly anticipating it, while some others wish it wasn’t happening here.
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The Republican National Convention fast approaches and it’s sure to turn Milwaukee’s downtown area into a hotbed of tourism and political activity. But it will also disrupt the lives of residents for a week, such as the unhoused. So, local organizations are putting support plans in place.
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Northwestern Mutual recently awarded its second cohort of nine Milwaukee area high school graduates with scholarships to attend Historically Black Colleges & Universities, or HBCUs.
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The month of June commemorates Black music's impact in this country and around the world, from musical genres to instruments and lyrics.
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Hundreds of people are expected to attend the 12th Annual Heal the Hood Block Party & Resource Fair for food, fun, fellowship and access to local resources.
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Milwaukee recently hosted the inaugural Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit. It’s aimed at promoting careers in the medical field for Black youth.
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Fourteen-year-old Acie Holland III saved the lives of 20 students and their bus driver from what could’ve been a terrible accident. The driver was in medical distress, so the 8th grader took the wheel and was able to park the bus safely.