In "Disconnected," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Rick Barrett and his team of O鈥橞rien student interns investigated the economic and cultural future of rural Wisconsin.
Their main focus initially was the lack of access to high-speed internet rural areas and urban areas of Wisconsin.
Kelli Arseneau and Chris Miller, two Marquette students, helped Barrett with the series. Mark Hoffman, a photojournalist, and Andrew Mollica, a developer on the data and investigations team, contributed important elements.
Their June 2021 story outlined why rural Wisconsin still lags in getting high-speed internet service, and examined the economic and cultural consequences.
In September 2020, the reporting team published a story focused on the migration of city goers to rural or suburban areas due to the pandemic and rising protests. This permanent refuge could be a 鈥渓ifeline for small towns.鈥�
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