John Schmid

John Schmid reports on globalization and economic disruption for the Journal Sentinel's Ideas Lab. Over the past three years, John has documented an epidemic of civilian psychological trauma and mental health afflictions, which drive downward economic spirals in rural and urban Wisconsin. Such invisible psychological wounds also lie at the root of many of the nation’s social and educational distress, his reports show. 

In a 2004 special report, he reported on the global forces that devastated Milwaukee's urban workforce. John also traveled to China multiple times for the Journal Sentinel, tracing the economic interconnectivities of China and the Midwest. Previously, John was based in Germany, working for the “International Herald Tribune,” following the fall of the Berlin Wall. He began his reporting career in Chicago.