On the Block: A ‘good’ stench

January 10, 2017 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

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Fernando “Fernie” Orozco, 31, recently moved back to Milwaukee and remembers the way his stepdad and grandfather smelled after coming home from jobs in the tannery and on the farm. Unfortunately, he said, these types of family- sustaining jobs don’t exist in Milwaukee anymore.

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Edgar is a senior staff reporter for the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Mendez is a proud graduate of UW-Milwaukee, where he double majored in Journalism and Sociology, and of Marquette University, where he earned a master’s degree in Communication. As an accomplished journalist, Edgar’s awards include a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow award, several press club awards and a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism.

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