Award-winning Writer
Patricia Mcknight is an award-winning multimedia journalist from Milwaukee, Wis. She's won Collegiate Journalist of the Year 2020 and Second Place-Feature Photography awarded by the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. She's also been awarded Best Soft Feature Story and Second Place-Best Still Photograph from the Milwaukee Press Club.
She's written for USA Today, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Magazine, Black Women 50+ Health and Lifestyle Magazine and Media Milwaukee. She's also written for broadcast at Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin.
While covering Wisconsin’s spring election for the Journal Sentinel in 2020, she captured what’s been referred to as an “era-defining image.” The photograph she took has been displayed on various national news outlets including CNN, ABC world news and the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC.
She is currently looking for multimedia journalist, editorial, digital content, and media specialist and communication specialist positions across the country.
'Era-defining' photo of Wisconsin's 2020 primary election during Covid-19 outbreak
Patricia McKnight/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Web Links of Published Writing and Multimedia Projects
Will Smith Critics: He's Resigning From the Academy to Avoid Consequences
April 2022
Carlson: Jackson Just Like White Liberals, but 'Tanner Than Biden'
March 2022
Ukraine's UN Ambassador Suggests Russians Get 'Mental Help' After Tweet
March 2022
White House Condemns Sen. Graham's Call to Assassinate President Putin
March 2022
New Dolphins Coach Scoffs at Race Questions: 'I Identify as a Human Being'
February 2022
National Rifle Association Blames COVID for Dwindling Membership
February 2022
Biden Calls Florida's Anti-LGBTQ Bill 'Hateful,' Vows 'I Have Your Back'
February 2022
Arizona Bill Would Make Teachers Reveal to Parents if Kids Came Out as LGBT
January 2022
Brian Laundrie, Gabby Petito's fiance, died from self-inflicted gunshot wound to head, attorney says
November 2021
'You’ve gotta question the appropriateness': True crime story of Gabby Petito draws attention-seeking frenzy
October 2021
Gabby Petito's cause of death was strangulation, Wyoming coroner confirms
October 2021
FBI now searching for Brian Laundrie, fiancé of missing Gabby Petito
September 2021
Gabby Petito's fiancé now a person of interest in her disappearance, Florida officials say
September 2021
Missing North Port woman Gabby Petito's vehicle recovered, woman still not found
September 2021
Capt. Planet brings artificial reefs to waterfront businesses in Sarasota County
August 2021
Can hemp be cultivated in Florida? Not without legal and environmental risks, UF study finds
July 2021
On one-year anniversary of Texas teen struck by lightning on Siesta Key, beachgoer works to raise awareness
July 2021
Elsa damages area turtle nests after pounding Sarasota coastline
June 2021
‘We couldn’t miss it for the world’: Trump supporters descend on Sarasota for rally
June 2021
Audubon stresses shorebird protection at beaches ahead of boat races
June 2021
VIDEO: Unfinished Legacy supports protests in a creative way
June 2020
Milwaukee's Unfinished Legacy finds a way to support the cause of protesters in a creative way
June 2020
Homes on Isle de Jean are Not for Sale
May 2020
Into the Bayou: A Media Milwaukee Special Project
May 2020
After April's election difficulties, would a vote-at-home system make more sense for Wisconsin?
May 2020
Milwaukee arts groups, hit hard by the coronavirus shutdown, lobby state government for help
May 2020
How a Journal Sentinel intern snapped 'the photo of the day' during Wisconsin's coronavirus pandemic election
April 2020
Coronavirus forces the closure of Eisenhower Center, a safe haven for people with disabilities in Milwaukee
April 2020
Resources for senior citizens remain a top priority during coronavirus
March 2020
Living with Chronic Diseases
December 2019
Hometown Hero helps men struggling with addiction
December 2019
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