Madeline Heim covers public health and environmental issues for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, telling stories about water quality, climate change, the Mississippi River and more. She began her career as a reporter at the Winona Daily News in Minnesota, where a lifelong love for the river was born. She also produced award-winning coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic for the USA TODAY Network in Wisconsin. She holds degrees in journalism and English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
