Shepherd Express
During a time when most of the country’s prominent alternative weekly newspapers have been consolidated and streamlined by corporations, the Shepherd Express has beat the odds, remaining locally owned. The paper has emerged from its unlikely beginning as a satirical...
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- Market Served: Metropolitan Area
- Address: 207 E. Buffalo Street, Suite 410, Milwaukee, WI 53202
- Phone: (414) 276-2222
More by Joel McNally
The Death of a Local Newspapernew
The 1995 merger of the liberal afternoon Milwaukee Journal with the morning Milwaukee Sentinel was painful for journalism, but the latest drastic turn by Journal Communications could be worse.
Shepherd Express |
Joel McNally |
08-08-2014 |
Media
Not Such a Bright Lightnew
Only in the narrow, dimly lighted minds of those in control of today's Republican Party would Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan be considered some kind of shining intellectual.
Shepherd Express |
Joel McNally |
08-14-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Paul Ryan
Swooning for the Richnew
The cruelest irony would be for Sen. Russ Feingold, a progressive populist in the mold of Wisconsin icon Robert La Follette, to be defeated by a millionaire businessman.
Shepherd Express |
Joel McNally |
10-26-2010 |
Elections
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Latino Arts Inc. Shines Light on 'Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints'new
The Ediciones Vigia, a small, independent press operating in Cuba, supports artists to produce handmade books despite limited resources and harsh conditions. It has became a symbol for the light that could illuminate Cuban culture during political and economic upheaval.
Shepherd Express |
Peggy Sue Dunigan |
12-11-2009 |
Art
Custard’s Last Stands: Milwaukee and Frozen Dairy Treatsnew
Milwaukee has many unique commodities that unite the city under a banner of civic pride. One of the most beloved is soft, rich, creamy custard. Here's a short history of how it got to the Midwest and where it's still king.
Shepherd Express |
Sarah Blondich |
08-07-2009 |
Food+Drink
What's the Count? Anything and Everythingnew
Numbers, numbers, numbers. Major-league baseball swims in them, and 21st-century technology makes it all too easy to raise the numerical sea level. The latest milestone got us wondering which stats are really worth the obsession.
Shepherd Express |
Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek |
06-12-2009 |
Sports
Baseball '09: Bright Forecast for the Brewers?new
Questions abound as the first pitch of 2009 nears. The Fairly Detached Observers bring about 100 years of baseball fanaticism (and about 20 years of mediocrity in youth leagues) to the job of finding the answers.
Shepherd Express |
Frank Clines and Art Kumbalek |
04-03-2009 |
Sports
Tags: Milwaukee Brewers, baseball
Leaving the Fast Lane: The Slow Food Phenomenonnew
Central to Slow Food USA is the promotion of good, clean, fair food for everybody, whether you’re in a hut or kitchen or around a campfire. The goal is quite simple: to build community and celebrate cultural diversity through the enjoyment of delicious food prepared from healthy plants and animals.
Shepherd Express |
Sarah Biondich |
02-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Slow Food Movement
