My favorite story of 2023: As overdose deaths rise, drug-related arrests decline by 67% in Milwaukee | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
PrincessSafiya Byers
December 29, 2023
This story did a great job of breaking down an issue that concerns Milwaukee’s residents in a way that was fair and digestible.
Sometimes we can notice a pattern without understanding why that pattern exists.
I think Edgar Mendez did a great job of noticing a pattern, working to understand it and then explaining it in a way that people who may not see the pattern can understand.
It was good storytelling and a great use of data that affects our neighbors.
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Mendez wrote this story in July but highlighted an issue that remains relevant to Milwaukeeans today.
Read the story here.