Reporter's Notebook

On this week's episode, we recap the incredibly busy news day that was July 8th, 2026. On that day alone, Vice President JD Vance visited Milwaukee and exchanged barbs with city leaders over several topics, former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan received no prison time for her felony obstruction conviction, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley withdrew from the governor's race, Milwaukee M...

On this week’s episode, Adam talks with TMJ4 News reporter Rebecca Klopf, who recently received an unusual request for an interview from a man during his ongoing murder trial. Also, WTMJ's Neil Doyle provides an update on the status of legalized online sports betting in Wisconsin.

On this week's episode, WTMJ's Adam Roberts speaks with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jim Owczarski about his years-long work that went into a piece detailing what led to the Milwaukee Bucks trading Giannis Antetokounmpo. Also, a Milwaukee alderman's goal to replace We Energies takes its first step forward, and Wisconsin's governor wants federal dollars to revive a Milwaukee-to-Madison passenge...

On this week's episode, WTMJ's Adam Roberts, Elizabeth Lintonen, and Nazir Spencer break down the (recently completed) trial of Amandria Brunner. Also, Adam talks with Al Johnson's front-of-house manager Jaime Blossom-Bexell about a shortage of foreign workers in Door County as tourism season begins in earnest, and WTMJ Community Reporter Tory Lowe joins the show.

On this week's episode, WTMJ's Adam Roberts talks with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Tom Daykin about a dramatic week for the Wisconsin Center District and its recently fired President and CEO Marty Brooks. Also, WTMJ's Neil Doyle takes a trip around Milwaukee to find the best spot to watch the FIFA World Cup, and WTMJ's Nazir Spencer spends a day on the Lake Geneva Mailboat.

On this week’s episode, WTMJ's Elizabeth Lintonen provides an update on former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan as a judge postpones a decision on her sentencing. Also, the Milwaukee County Transit System shares good financial news while warning of a grimmer financial future, and tick activity is increasing in Wisconsin amid broader national concern about tick-borne illness.

On this week's episode, WTMJ's Adam Roberts and Greg Matzek discuss the arrest of Packers running back Josh Jacobs and how the team handled the aftermath. Also, the sagas of Wisconsin Center District President and CEO Marty Brooks and Ridglan Farms get new wrinkles, and CBS News Radio ends nearly a century of broadcasting.

On this week's episode: Neil Doyle sits in for Adam Roberts and dives into a major vote that happened in Madison. Governor Tony Evers and Republican leaders proposed a tax relief and education funding packaging using some of the state's budget surplus. But ultimately lawmakers in the state Senate rejected the proposal. WISN-TV political director Matt Smith joined Wisconsin's Morning News earlier i...

On this week’s episode, we recount the story of Alexis Patterson, a girl from Milwaukee who was last seen on her way to school in 2002. Also, WTMJ's Jessica Tighe reports from Marshall, Wisconsin on the latest involving controversial beagle breeder Ridglan Farms, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Caitlin Looby and Mary Spicuzza join Adam to discuss allegations of mismanagement levied against th...

Have you ever wondered how major newspapers are able to reference coverage of events that happened sometimes more than 100 years ago? It's often thanks to decades of meticulous record-keeping that ends up in the paper's archives. Kori Rumore is a visual journalist for the Chicago Tribune, and joins Reporter's notebook to explain how that information is archived, what's contained within, and why th...

On this week's episode: Judge Pedro Colón talks with Adam after announcing his candidacy for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. WTMJ's Steve Scaffidi talks with Ukrainian journalist Olena Stek, who describes handling day-to-day responsibilities in a war-torn nation. The Chicago Tribune's Kori Rumore takes us into the newspaper's historical archives, and explains how that history serves as a valuable too...

On this week's episode: WSAW-TV Meteorologist Chad Franzen describes the aftermath of an EF-3 tornado that destroyed more than 70 buildings in the north-central Wisconsin community of Ringle last week as part of a week-long severe weather event across the state. Wisconsin's Afternoon News's latest in-depth hour explores the latest utility rate hike request by WE Energies. We remember long-time Mil...

On this week's episode: WTMJ's Jessica Gatzow reports on how the sudden arrival of hyperscale data centers leaves Wisconsin’s manufacturers and contractors, utility companies and lawmakers in uncharted situations. Vice President of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council Christa Westerberg helps guide the process for building a solid open records request. We update our ongoing coverage on the...

On this week's episode: Marquette University professor and media law expert Dr. Erik Ugland analyzes video of an interaction between TMJ4 reporter Ben Jordan and an employee of Potawatomi Casino & Hotel during coverage of a fire on the casino roof April 6. WTMJ's Elizabeth Lintonen recounts her experience witnessing the Artemis II launch in Florida. A pair of bills related to PFAS cleanup funding...

On this week's episode, Adam talks with WTMJ's Jessica Tighe about her coverage on the effort to rescue dogs from Ridglan Farms in Dane County. Also, Kelly Meyerhofer, Bridget Fogarty, and Hannah Schroeder from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel explain what's causing a recent uptick in sauna usage, both personal and professional, across Southeast Wisconsin.

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week's episode: National Weather Service Meteorologist Rebecca Kruk shares how her office planned their forecast for the record-setting blizzard that dumped more t...

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week's episode: Three former students in Oconto Falls join a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the northern Wisconsin school board of allowing a culture of gro...

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week's episode: - A recap of our coverage of the ongoing conflict in Iran, including the perspective of WTMJ connections in the region. - Over a dozen foreign jour...

Throughout Black History Month, Reporter's Notebook is celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of African American journalists throughout U.S. history. This week, we tell the story of sportscaster Greg Gumbel, who's rise from the sports desk at WMAQ in Chicago to becoming the first African-American to call play-by-play in a Super Bowl all began with a push from his older brother.

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week’s episode: WTMJ's Julia Fello shares a behind-the-scenes look at the Wisconsin's Afternoon News In-Depth special on the future of the Wisconsin Center Distric...

On this week's episode: - Ahead of a marathon Wisconsin Assembly floor session, Speaker Robin Vos makes headlines of his own by announcing he won't seek re-election in the fall. - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Quinn Clark breaks down her investigative report on the turnover withing Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis's office. - WTMJ's Erik Bilstad shares his experience out on frozen...

Throughout Black History Month, Reporter's Notebook is celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of African American journalists throughout U.S. history. This week, we tell the story of Roi Ottley, the son of Grenadian immigrants who would write thought provoking pieces on the life of African Americans in the early 20th century inner city, before becoming the first Black journalist reporti...

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week's episode: WTMJ News Director Tiff Pua provides a look at the decision making made in the coverage of the sexual assault allegations levied against Wisconsin...

Throughout Black History Month, Reporter's Notebook is celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of African American journalists throughout U.S. history. This week, we tell the story of Ida B. Wells, an investigative reporter who shed light on the horrors of lynching during the 1800s through her work at the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight, as well as in two earth-shattering publications...

Every week on Reporter’s Notebook, WTMJ’s Adam Roberts talks with members of the WTMJ newsroom, as well as reporters from newsrooms from around the state, to get the full picture when it comes to the stories they choose to tell. On this week’s episode, WTMJ's Neil Doyle talks with Adam about the lapse of a Milwaukee County healthcare contract that led to subsequent political issues for County Exec...