Mackenzie Krumme loves to ask people questions. Her curiosity led friends to nickname her “The Investigator.”
Growing up in Stoughton, turning on public radio was a daily ritual for her family. For Mackenzie, that meant a chance to learn something new every day.
“WPR was this source of knowledge and wisdom and wonder and awe,” she says.
Before becoming a reporter, Mackenzie lived in Mexico, Spain and Nicaragua. She started to rely more on the news to keep up with events in Wisconsin and the United States. At the same time, she saw room for news outlets covering the areas she was living in to better reflect the reality she saw in person.
After returning to the U.S., Mackenzie dove into journalism, first working as a print reporter for newspapers covering southern Wisconsin communities like Stoughton and Verona.
Mackenzie joined WPR in 2021 as part of “The Morning Show” and now works as a producer on “Wisconsin Today,” bringing topics to the air with a seemingly boundless energy.
“When I have a story that I love … that excitement drives me. I could work on that and not even know it for hours,” she said.
In her free time, you may find Mackenzie working with her family at the Dane County Farmers’ Market, hitting the gym or planning which part of the world she’s setting off to explore next.
– Dean Knetter, Executive Producer of “Wisconsin Today”
