Press Contact Information
Please contact our Communications and Public Relations Senior Manager, Heidi Johnson, to be directed to the staff member who will be most helpful.
Phone: (414) 909-1231
Email: hj@waveedfund.org
WAVE in the Media
2025 Media Coverage
- Daily Cardinal: League of Women Voters gun law webinar highlights policy, data to propose changes in gun laws
- WORT 89.9 FM: A Hopeful Conversation to End Gun Violence
- The Daily Cardinal: League of Women Voters gun law webinar highlights policy, data to propose changes in gun laws
- 15 WMTV: Supreme Court ruling strengthens efforts to curb ghost guns in Wisconsin
2024 Highlights
- Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service: Will Wisconsin enact a red flag gun control law? The results of the recent election may not help.
- Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin students call for change days after deadly Madison school shooting
- Civic Media: A generation after Sandy Hook, we are still failing our children
- Yahoo News: Madison Christian school shooting; community leaders react
- Voice of America: Gun violence victims, gun owners assess Harris, Trump election promises
- Voice of America: Victims of Gun Violence, Gun Owners Criticize Harris and Trump’s Campaign Promise (in Lao)
- CBS 58: ‘Enough thoughts and prayers, it’s action that we need:’ Victims ask lawmakers for action at gun violence summit
- WisPolitics: New Study – Gun Death in Wisconsin – Released by Educational Fund and Violence Policy Center
- Urban Milwaukee: WAVE Educational Fund is at the White House to Celebrate Historic Gun Violence Reductions in Wisconsin and New Life-Saving Executive Orders
- TMJ4: ‘This is my purpose’: Wisconsin mom wants to change state law after son’s murder
- The Journal Times: US Secret Service maintains security plans, allows firearms around the RNC
- The Joyce Foundation: Wisconsin Law Enforcement Agencies Can Solve More Gun Crimes Using Federal Intelligence Tools
- Shepherd Express: The Killer Court: How the Supreme Court Favors Guns Over People
- Badger Herald: Firearm violence declared a public health emergency in the U.S.
- CBS 58: ‘Wear Orange Weekend’ to raise awareness about gun violence in Milwaukee
2023 Highlights
- Yahoo News: Accidental child shootings are rare, but appear to be on the rise in Milwaukee since the pandemic
- Milwaukee Independent: Wisconsinites Demand Common Sense Laws to Protect Children on Gun Violence Prevention Day of Action
- CBS 58: Milwaukee groups weigh in on Nashville school shooting
- Associated Press: Wisconsin Republicans float bill to designate state rifle
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gov. Evers wants to expand background checks on guns through budget proposal; Here’s what data shows for rejected gun purchases in Wisconsin
- CBS 58: Milwaukee gun safety advocates hope for crackdown on gun marketing aimed at children
- Milwaukee Independent: A day at Biden’s White House: the invite, representation, and ongoing progress of building a better Wisconsin
- ONG Africondo: Carta para los tres amigos, Amlo, Biden, y Trudeau
2022 Highlights
- Filter: Efforts to Expand Community Violence Intervention in Wisconsin
- Fox6: Amid violent Milwaukee weekend, group targets prevention.
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Germantown School Board asks state to allow concealed carry in schools and to train staff to use firearms
- Postindustrial: Life and death in America: Many say gun violence is a public health epidemic. These are the people working to help.
- Shepherd Express: Warning: Disturbing Content Describing Violence
2021 Highlights
- National Public Radio: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is a microcosm of the gun control debate in the U.S.
- NBC News: In the wake of Rittenhouse acquittal and Arbery killing, will more people turn to ‘vigilante justice’?
- The New York Times: Rittenhouse Case Highlights the Nation’s Deep Division Over Gun Rights
