Twelve finalists for the prestigious MANDI awards were announced Tuesday night. Two new categories were added this year, recognizing economic development and collaboration.
Edgar Mendez
Raised in a South Side neighborhood where he still lives, Edgar Mendez is the managing editor of 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. He won a 2018 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award and 2014, 2017, and 2018 Milwaukee Press Club Awards for his reporting on taverns, marijuana law enforcement, and lead in water service lines. In 2008, he won a Society of Professional Journalists’ regional award for columns dealing with issues such as poverty, homelessness and racism. His writing has been published by the Associated Press, Reuters, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and other media. He has also co-authored three articles published in scholarly journals.
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Special Report: Opioid crisis hits city hard
Of the 309 drug deaths in Milwaukee County this year through Oct. 15, 84 percent were caused by opioids, and 70 percent of the victims lived in the City of Milwaukee.
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Housing bills aim to reduce evictions, housing discrimination
State Rep. David Crowley has proposed a series of bills that would provide housing credits tied to volunteer work for low-income residents, change rules on the rental screening process, hold landlords accountable for repairs and provide funding for counties hit hardest by homelessness.
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South Side residents, businesses step up to help victims in Puerto Rico, Mexico
A fundraiser and supply drive for victims of the natural disasters in Puerto Rico and Mexico will be held at this weekend’s Latino Family Expo.
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Fifty years after open housing marches, residential segregation still norm in Milwaukee
African-Americans living in segregated neighborhoods lack access to jobs and are more likely to live in poverty.
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Favorite of 2016: The victims of Greenfield Avenue
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporters covered a wide range of stories in 2016. NNS reporter Edgar Mendez explains why this story, originally published on Nov. 21, is his favorite among those he wrote this year.
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Pilot computer coding class helps prepare students for tomorrow’s careers
Teen participants in Layton Boulevard West’s Code Academy learn the building blocks of computer programming.
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Hero wanted: Milwaukee man seeks kidney donor to save his life
Time is ticking for Jonathon Morales, 30, as efforts continue to find a donor for a life-saving kidney transplant operation.
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Favorite of 2015: Owner seeks nonprofit to purchase Sherman Boulevard auction house
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2015. NNS reporter Edgar Mendez explains why the story republished here is his favorite of those he wrote this year.
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Favorite of 2014: Black men bear the brunt of unequal enforcement of marijuana laws
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2014. NNS reporter Edgar Mendez explains why the story republished here is the favorite of those he wrote this year.