The Recombobulation Area is a 19-time Milwaukee Press Club award-winning opinion column and online publication founded by longtime Milwaukee journalist Dan Shafer. The Recombobulation Area is now part of Civic Media.
Angela Lang is the co-executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC) and has been a longtime contributor at The Recombobulation Area, winning several Milwaukee Press Club awards for her work.
Recently, Angela and I recorded a podcast where we each brought three headlines to discuss, going back and forth to recombobulate on a number of different topics. We liked how that went, so we’re doing it again.
For this episode, topics included:
From Angela:
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Milwaukee radio host posts call to ‘take out’ the Minnesota governor: ‘We will be greeted as liberators’
Wisconsin Examiner: Legislative Black Caucus closes Black History Month by laying out policy goals
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: MPD officer accused of using Flock cameras to monitor dating partner resigns
From Dan:
Wisconsin Examiner: Republican lawmakers cut additional court support to Milwaukee
Urban Milwaukee: Did Milwaukee Just Make Itself A Sanctuary City?
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Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes The Recombobulation Area. The publication was launched in 2019 and became part of Civic Media in 2024. He’s written for The New York Times, The Daily Beast, Heartland Signal, Belt Magazine, WisPolitics, and Milwaukee Record. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, Seattle Business Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 23 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer.
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