Experience

American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Impact Storyteller

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Madison, Wisconsin Area I am dedicated to telling stories for American Family Insurance's Institute on Corporate and Social Impact. We are finding sustainable companies making a measurable social impact in K-12 education, reducing recidivism and helping create resilient communities. Email: aschrage@amfam.com



University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communications

• Teaching Faculty

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Madison, Wisconsin, United States I am teaching J-425, Video Journalism this 2023 Fall semester to undergraduate and graduate students and J-335, Policies and Practices of Reporting, to our Pro-Track Master's students.



Fulcrum Publishing

• Author, "The Sixteenth Rail: The Evidence, The Scientist, and The Lindbergh Kidnapping"

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Biography of Arthur Koehler, "Sherlock Holmes of the Witness Box," who helped solve the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. "Library Journal" called the book, "dynamic and compelling."

• Co-Author, "The Blueprint: How the Democrats Won Colorado"

  • May 2010 - Present

  Greater Denver Area This is the inside story of one of the most stunning reversals of political fortune in American history. It's been lauded by both sides of the political spectrum and reviewed in "The Washington Post" and "The Wall Street Journal."

• Author, "The Principled Politician"

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  "The Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr Story" is about a former Colorado governor whose stand against ignorance and bigotry would cost him his political career. Ralph Carr was being talked about as a possible presidential candidate until he stood up for the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. "If you don't protect the constitutional rights of every man than its protections won't be there for any man," Carr said. This biography highlights a man barely remembered… Show more "The Principled Politician: The Ralph Carr Story" is about a former Colorado governor whose stand against ignorance and bigotry would cost him his political career. Ralph Carr was being talked about as a possible presidential candidate until he stood up for the constitutional rights of Japanese Americans after Pearl Harbor. "If you don't protect the constitutional rights of every man than its protections won't be there for any man," Carr said. This biography highlights a man barely remembered in Colorado and unfortunately, never known by a country.



WISC-TV

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Investigative Reporter/Producer

  • Mar 2013 - Aug 2018

  We are creating a unit that engages our community by featuring the stories it wants us to investigate.



Wisconsin Public Television

• Reporter/Producer

  • Feb 2011 - Mar 2013



KUSA-TV, 9NEWS

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Reporter

  • Aug 1999 - Feb 2011

  I covered politics for the No. 1 station in the Rocky Mountain region.



University of Denver

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty-Journalism

  • Jan 2003 - May 2009



WITI-TV, Milwaukee WI

• Reporter

  • 1996 - 1999



WITI-TV

• Reporter

  • 1996 - 1999



WMTV NBC 15

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter

  • Aug 1994 - Aug 1996



WKBT News 8 Now

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Reporter/Anchor

  • Apr 1992 - Aug 1994