Originally from Philadelphia, Jonah Kaplan loves the culture, character and pride of Milwaukee. Jonah began his career at ESPN, but realized working in hard news would better serve the community. His work has appeared on CNN, the CBS Evening News, and in 2013 he swept the top awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and Missouri Broadcasters Association.
Jonah also won a national award from the Religion Communicators Council for reporting and producing a five-part series called "Journey to Jerusalem."
Reporting for KSPR-TV in Springfield, MO, Jonah was one of the first reporters on the ground in Joplin, Missouri, after a blistering tornado killed 161 people in 2011. He still keeps in contact with the survivors he interviewed there.
Jonah’s professional journey includes positions with KAUZ-TV in Wichita Falls, TX, the NHL's Boston Bruins and MSNBC.Outside the newsroom, you can find Jonah playing ice hockey or playing Jewish music at area synagogues and nursing homes. Jonah also enjoys running with his puggle, listening to the Dave Matthews Band, and exchanging movie lines with his brother, Rafe, a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces.Jonah graduated with honors from Boston University’s College of Communication in 2008.
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Michael Fish
Michael Fish is a homegrown meteorologist tracing his roots back to Fond du Lac. Ever since he was a young boy, his dad would take him out storm-spotting. This is when Michael realized studying the weather needed to be what he did for the rest of his life. This changed for a while when Michael attended the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for his undergraduate degree, originally choosing the career path of being a cardiologist. On July 18th, 1996, during his summer vacation from Minnesota, Michael was out storm-spotting with his brother on the outskirts of Fond du Lac. That day turned out to be one of the most important days in Wisconsin’s weather history. Armed with a video camera and an amateur radio, Michael saw what was going to set his career path away from medicine, but back to weather. On that afternoon, one of the most destructive, F5 tornadoes in Wisconsin destroyed the town of Oakfield causing $40 million in damage. Calling in the twister to the proper officials with plenty of warning, the people of Oakfield were kept out of harm’s way with no casualties and only 17 injuries. Consequently, Michael Fish changed his degree choice at Minnesota from medicine, to weather and climate.After achieving his degree, Michael moved to Milwaukee where he attends UWM to get his Masters degree in Meteorology. Completing all of his classes and having taught weather at UWM, he is in the process of finishing his Master’s thesis about a revolutionary technique on how to predict the sudden changes in weather around the world (also known as a global climate shifting.)With his Milwaukee-based education, Michael Fish received plaques for winning the National Forecasting Contest which is an international weather-forecasting competition pitting him against thousands of other students as well as professors from the nation’s biggest universities.If you can tear Michael Fish away from analyzing the latest weather data, you can also find him playing outdoors. “Fish,” as many people know him, can be found playing outside on anything from boats, Wave Runners, ATVs, or snowmobiles in Green Lake, or Wautoma, Wisconsin. As a lover of machinery, you can also find him with his nose stuck to pages of the latest car magazines.
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Todd Hicks
Todd Hicks is thrilled to join TODAY'S TMJ4 as a general assignment reporter. Todd comes from WGBA in Green Bay, where he was an anchor and reporter for the NBC affiliate.Todd is originally from the Seattle area, but has lived in a half dozen cities, including Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, St. Louis, Miami and now Milwaukee. Prior to becoming a journalist, Todd worked in the airline industry, both flying and training airline employees in the United States and Central and South America.Todd holds a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Webster University. He's a self professed "Foodie" and is eager to check out Milwaukee's dining scene. If you have any story idea's please feel free to email Todd. You can follow him on both facebook and twitter.
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Amy Burke
Amy Burke joined TODAY'S TMJ4 as an Interactive Web Editor in December 2013. She was born and raised in Naperville, Illinois and majored in journalism at Indiana University. She most recently worked as a digital producer and reporter at a newspaper in East Texas and as a freelance reporter at Mashable. She has previously interned with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Nickelodeon.Amy is excited to finally call Milwaukee her home. In her free time she likes to try new things, hang out with family and friends, run along the lakefront and watch reality TV.
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Matt Trebby
Matt Trebby is a native of Waukesha. Growing up, he was a fan of all local teams and also found a passion for Arsenal FC in London, as well as professional wrestling.At Marquette University, Matt covered the men's basketball and soccer teams for ESPN Milwaukee and the Marquette Wire, serving as a beat reporter and play-by-play commentator for the latter.After graduating, Matt moved to the Pacific Northwest for a six-month position with The Seattle Times. There he played a part in the digital coverage of the Seahawks' run to Super Bowl XLVIII, among other events. He now plies his trade with the Journal Broadcast Group, creating content for WISports.com.
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TaTiana Cash
TaTiana Cash is excited to be closer to home. Native to Toledo, Ohio, she loves the city and can't wait to explore Milwaukee. Having declared at age 6 to be the future spokesperson for Gatorade, the dream of being in front of the camera never died.Throughout elementary and high school she always managed to put herself in the limelight. She anchored the school's morning announcements, participated in speech team, musicals, talent competitions, and scholarship pageants. She even landed a spot on Buckeye Cable System Network TV's Spirit Squad, appearing in commercials, making public appearances, and other promotional duties.TaTiana majored in Public Relations and Electronic Media; minored in Gender & Diversity Studies at Xavier University, in Cincinnati, OH. Upon graduation, she began working as production assistant for NBC's WLWT News 5. After a year, TaTiana traveled to Bismarck, North Dakota to work as the Education Reporter for NBC's KFYR-TV. Having worked for 16 months in one of the coldest states in the nation, TaTiana says she's no stranger to cold, windy, freezing temperatures. Looking to shorten her normal 19 hour drive home, TaTiana found a place here in TODAY'S WTMJ newsroom.In her spare time TaTiana enjoys hanging out with family and friends, writing poetry, working out, reading, traveling and being an active member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.
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Colleen Brenton
Colleen Brenton is a happily transplanted Wisconsin resident, hailing originally from the great state of Idaho (not Iowa).She decided to make Wisconsin her home due to, among other things, her love of the Packers (handed down from her dad, a Jerry Kramer fan) and the Brewers (Instilled by exposure from dear friends).Colleen resides in the Fox Cities, dreams of being the Journal Sentinel's Lori Nickel, and refuses to visit Canton until Jerry Kramer's induction ceremony. She is also the co-host of the Packers-themed podcast 'Out of the Pocket' and a former contributor to PocketDoppler.com.
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Kris Burke
Born and raised in the Fox Valley, Kris Burke grew up with two things: journalism and Green Bay Packers football.The son of a former Fox Valley television reporter, Kris attended Oshkosh North High School and went on to study both Radio/TV/Film and journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.He started writing for Bleacher Report as a featured columnist covering the Green Bay Packers in 2009 before joining what is now AllGreenBayPackers.com as a staff writer in 2010. The Packers' run to the Super Bowl XLV crown remains Kris' favorite moment covering the Packers.Kris also is a co-host of "No Huddle Radio" on the Packers Talk Radio Network.When he's not waist deep in football, Kris is an avid fan of aviation (he's from Oshkosh after all) and is a self-admitted Batman nerd. He also enjoys following most sports including his newest endeavor, soccer.Kris currently resides in Minnesota but is hoping to come home to Wisconsin soon.Hey, it's not fun living amongst Vikings fans, ok?
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Jay Hodgson
Jay Hodgson is a lifelong Packers fan after growing up in the shadow of Lambeau Field and later working as a teenager on the training camp staff at St. Norbert College.Jay is currently a biology professor living in Georgia and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm with students.As a former football player and coach, he enjoys writing about all aspects of the game, including technical Xs and Os and sharing fan experiences.He also writes for AllGreenBayPackers.com.
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Kelly Hodgson
Kelly Hodgson grew up across the river from Lambeau Field and now calls the Driftless Region of Wisconsin her home. She is a keeper of bees, herder of monkeys and writer of things. She is also a columnist and co-host of the podcast Out of the Pocket. Both can be found at PackersTalk.com.
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Nick Michalski
Writer Nick Michalski is a Milwaukee native who has been a big fan of the Brewers since childhood. He majored in English at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, with a minor in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature.Nick writes for The Brewers Bar and other publications.
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Chris Lempesis
WIsports.com writer Chris Lempesis is a native of Marquette, Michigan who now resides in suburban Milwaukee. He has been an intense Packers fan since childhood. He majored in journalism at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, with a minor in sociology.
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James Kust
James Kust is the Senior Web Editor for TODAY'S TMJ4. He joined Journal Broadcast Group as a part-time radio producer in 2012, and later moved to a full-time web position in the summer of 2013.James is a lifelong Wisconsinite who graduated with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. In his spare time, he enjoys cheering on a plethora of local sports teams (Go Packers, Brewers, Bucks, and Badgers!), taking in a movie at the Oriental, or checking out any number of the exciting things southeast Wisconsin has to offer.
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Julia Fello
Julia Fello joined TODAY'S TMJ4 as a reporter in October 2014.She is a graduate of Elmhurst College in Illinois with a B.A. degree in Communication Studies. She also attended DePaul University's Journalism Master's program in Chicago.She comes to TMJ4 after reporting for more than two years for WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There she worked as the Battle Creek Bureau reporter.Julia is not new to the Badger State! She reported in Wisconsin for more than four years. She began in 2008 at WSAW-TV in Wausau. There she was a reporter and anchored the Sunday morning show. Two years later, she moved down to the state capital in Madison to work for WKOW-TV. She was a reporter and weekend morning anchor. During that time, she covered the controversial Budget Repair Bill. She reported on the union protests at the Capitol, and multiple recall elections, including state senators and Governor Scott Walker.Her first break into news was working for CNN as a runner at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. The experience inspired her to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.Julia kept busy throughout college, interning in Chicago for NBC 5, WMAQ-TV, and Fox Chicago News, WFLD-TV. She worked for both stations after the internships. First, she worked for WMAQ as a production assistant. Julia then worked for WFLD as a production assistant, field producer and live web talent for the Fox-owned website LiveNewsCameras.com.She is proud to now call Southeastern Wisconsin her home, and works hard to report stories affecting our community.If you have a story you would like to share, drop Julia a line at jfello@tmj4.comIn addition, you can follow Julia on Twitter & Facebook
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Julia Fello
Julia Fello joined TODAY'S TMJ4 as a reporter in October 2014.She is a graduate of Elmhurst College in Illinois with a B.A. degree in Communication Studies. She also attended DePaul University's Journalism Master's program in Chicago.She comes to TMJ4 after reporting for more than two years for WWMT-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan. There she worked as the Battle Creek Bureau reporter.Julia is not new to the Badger State! She reported in Wisconsin for more than four years. She began in 2008 at WSAW-TV in Wausau. There she was a reporter and anchored the Sunday morning show. Two years later, she moved down to the state capital in Madison to work for WKOW-TV. She was a reporter and weekend morning anchor. During that time, she covered the controversial Budget Repair Bill. She reported on the union protests at the Capitol, and multiple recall elections, including state senators and Governor Scott Walker.Her first break into news was working for CNN as a runner at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. The experience inspired her to pursue a career in broadcast journalism.Julia kept busy throughout college, interning in Chicago for NBC 5, WMAQ-TV, and Fox Chicago News, WFLD-TV. She worked for both stations after the internships. First, she worked for WMAQ as a production assistant. Julia then worked for WFLD as a production assistant, field producer and live web talent for the Fox-owned website LiveNewsCameras.com.She is proud to now call Southeastern Wisconsin her home, and works hard to report stories affecting our community.If you have a story you would like to share, drop Julia a line at jfello@tmj4.comIn addition, you can follow Julia on Twitter & Facebook
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Colleen Brenton
Colleen Brenton is a happily transplanted Wisconsin resident, hailing originally from the great state of Idaho (not Iowa).She decided to make Wisconsin her home due to, among other things, her love of the Packers (handed down from her dad, a Jerry Kramer fan) and the Brewers (Instilled by exposure from dear friends).Colleen resides in the Fox Cities, dreams of being the Journal Sentinel's Lori Nickel, and refuses to visit Canton until Jerry Kramer's induction ceremony. She is also the co-host of the Packers-themed podcast 'Out of the Pocket' and a former contributor to PocketDoppler.com.
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Kris Burke
Born and raised in the Fox Valley, Kris Burke grew up with two things: journalism and Green Bay Packers football.The son of a former Fox Valley television reporter, Kris attended Oshkosh North High School and went on to study both Radio/TV/Film and journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.He started writing for Bleacher Report as a featured columnist covering the Green Bay Packers in 2009 before joining what is now AllGreenBayPackers.com as a staff writer in 2010. The Packers' run to the Super Bowl XLV crown remains Kris' favorite moment covering the Packers.Kris also is a co-host of "No Huddle Radio" on the Packers Talk Radio Network.When he's not waist deep in football, Kris is an avid fan of aviation (he's from Oshkosh after all) and is a self-admitted Batman nerd. He also enjoys following most sports including his newest endeavor, soccer.Kris currently resides in Minnesota but is hoping to come home to Wisconsin soon.Hey, it's not fun living amongst Vikings fans, ok?
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Jay Hodgson
Jay Hodgson is a lifelong Packers fan after growing up in the shadow of Lambeau Field and later working as a teenager on the training camp staff at St. Norbert College.Jay is currently a biology professor living in Georgia and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm with students.As a former football player and coach, he enjoys writing about all aspects of the game, including technical Xs and Os and sharing fan experiences.He also writes for AllGreenBayPackers.com.
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