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Patty Loew

Patty Loew is a producer for Wisconsin Public Television and host of In Wisconsin, WPT's weekly news and public affairs newsmagazine program that spotlights intriguing stories about people, places and issues distinctly Wisconsin. Loew previously co-hosted WPT's award-winning WeekEnd program that aired statewide for 10 years. Before coming to WPT, she worked as a news anchor and reporter for Madison's WKOW-TV where she did environmental reporting, documentary production, public speaking and special projects. Loew also was a feature reporter at KATU-TV in Portland, Ore. She co-hosted PM Magazine in Spokane, Wash., and was a news anchor and reporter for WXOW-TV and WKTY-AM and WSPL-FM radio in La Crosse.

Loew also is an associate professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Life Sciences. She is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe and award-winning author of "Indian Nations of Wisconsin: Histories of Endurance and Renewal." The book won the Wisconsin Library Association's 2002 Outstanding Book Award. Her second book, "Native People of Wisconsin," won the 2003 Best Juvenile Non-fiction Award from the Wisconsin Writers Council. Her documentary, Way of the Warrior, which received the 2008 Unity Award from the Radio and Television News Directors Association, aired on PBS stations across the country in the fall of 2007. Her freelance feature articles and guest columns have appeared in The Capital Times, Madison Magazine and the Wisconsin State Journal. She has authored numerous scholarly and general interest articles on Native American topics and produced several award-winning documentaries, which have appeared on commercial and public television stations throughout the country. Among the many awards Loew has received for her work, is a Media Excellence Award, several Best of Madison awards, an Orchid Award, the Writer's Cup Award and the Portland Mayor's Award.