‘Storm Lake’ newspaper documentary featured in free film series

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Indie Lens Pop-Up on Wednesday, Nov. 10, will offer a free online screening of “Storm Lake,” a documentary that offers an inside look at The Storm Lake Times, a family-owned weekly newspaper in northwestern Iowa.

The screening will begin at noon, with a panel discussion to follow via Zoom from approximately 1 to 1:30 p.m. Panelists include Eric Lohman, a journalism lecturer at UW-Milwaukee with a focus on the political economy of media, and Tara Jones, a digital reporter for the Sheboygan Sun whose background includes experience working for rural newspapers in her home state of Ohio.

Those interested in attending the screening and participating in the panel discussion may RSVP here.

Indie Lens Pop-Up is a free film series offered through a partnership between the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Milwaukee PBS.

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