Rose Schmidt, Reporter
Rose loves to tell stories and highlight the issues that matter most to the community, and she couldn't be more thrilled to being doing that in the Milwaukee area. She joined the CBS 58 team in December 2019 after covering politics in Madison at News 3 Now/Channel 3000 for the last two years. She's happy to be living in the Badger State, which she's come to call home.
During her time in the capital city, Rose covered the 2018 election cycle when Wisconsin voters elected a new administration and the contentious year at the state Capitol following the transition. Some of her most emotional stories included historic flooding in southern Wisconsin, a deadly explosion in Sun Prairie and a workplace shooting in Middleton.
Rose is a proud graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia (M-I-Z!) and briefly lived in Atlanta while she was interning for the Social Discovery team at CNN. She grew up in the Chicago suburbs, so she's happy to be within a few hours of her immediate family. When she's not working, Rose can usually be found singing at her piano or enjoying the great bars and restaurants Milwaukee has to offer.
Some of Rose's favorite things: Taylor Swift, grammar, cats, Pepsi, coffee and One Tree Hill.
Fun facts: She was once briefed by a U.S. Cabinet member, she's been skydiving and she had a story published on the front page of the print edition of USA Today.
Rose is always looking for stories to tell. Please feel free to send her story ideas at rschmidt@cbs58.com or via Twitter @RoseSchmidtTV!
Articles by Rose Schmidt
- Family mourns loss of Lake Mills fire captain after battle with leukemia
- Nurse battling cancer fights to get back to work during time of great need
- Waukesha's 'reverse parade' draws hundreds of cars to see floats, bands, stilt walkers
- Several cities not disclosing fireworks launch sites, parade routes on July Fourth
- Sister of crash victim at Sherman and Nash speaks out: 'She was just celebrating her birthday'
- 'He's a fighter': Wauwatosa teen hit by train fights for his life as community rallies in support
- Walworth County Fair able to sell beer for the first time in 171 years
- 'Huge wake-up call': Protests spark discussion about how Black history is taught in Wisconsin schools
- Team Dad: Local fathers find support from other area dads
- Milwaukee Co. ME says homicides projected to increase 38 percent in 2020 from last year
- Good Samaritans rewarded for bringing missing 5-year-old girl home safely
- Bird Watch: Family of geese draw attention on Wells Street Bridge
- 'Stir crazy' families celebrate reopening of Milwaukee County Zoo
- 'Tired of what?': Milwaukee protesters march for justice for 15 days straight
- Movie theaters, big and small, in Milwaukee area announce plans to reopen
- 'We're making something great happen': Milwaukee Bucks hold public protest march
- 'This is our form of protest': Milwaukee residents paint murals, clean up neighborhoods
- Archbishop addresses unrest, George Floyd's death during first in-person Sunday Mass in months
- 'They took everything': 16 Milwaukee businesses damaged, looted, vandalized during unrest
- Ozaukee County Fair still scheduled for end of July; fair officials to re-evaluate in June
- Shortages on meat, other foods in Wisconsin grocery stores means customers will pay higher prices
- Hartland's Hometown Celebration will go on as scheduled in June
- 'For the fallen': Motorcyclists ride through Milwaukee after Memorial Day parade canceled
- As fans eagerly await new soap opera episodes, experts explore Wisconsin's ties to classic soaps
- Archdiocese of Milwaukee makes 'difficult decision' to delay public mass at south side parishes
- Notice the family of geese on Wells Street? Locals draw parallels to Gertie the Duck
- Racine bowling alley makes passionate plea to reopen; other businesses choosing to stay closed
- Masks required, no walk-ins: Prepare for changes at Milwaukee salons, barber shops
- Kenosha County, Cudahy withdraw local safer-at-home orders. Are these orders legal?
- 'We're not just going to open willy-nilly:' Restaurants keep dining rooms closed to protect customers, staff
- What's taking Wisconsin Supreme Court so long to rule on Safer at Home lawsuit?
- Hidden History: Inside Milwaukee's Calvary Cemetery chapel
- Waukesha Co. leaders hope free COVID-19 testing will slow virus spread, help economy reopen
- New testing sites to open in Waukesha, Milwaukee and Burlington over the next week
- Restaurants offer 'brunch in bed,' take-home meals for Mother's Day
- 'It means a lot to us': Wisconsin motorcyclists donate to bars where they're regular customers
- Non-profit distributes hundreds of masks, soap products in neighborhood hit hard by coronavirus
- Protesters rally in Brookfield days before Wisconsin Supreme Court set to consider GOP lawsuit
- Food pantries say recently unemployed Wisconsinites visiting pantries for the first time in their lives
- Man charged with killing 5 family members to undergo competency assessment
- Privately-owned Franksville zoo asks for donations: 'All of our income is gone'
- Milwaukee church maintains connections with members with bedtime stories
- 'This is something that's bigger than basketball': Fiserv Forum opens to help distribute 2.5 million masks
- WMC says 'one-size-fits-all' plan isn't best for businesses, unveils county-based approach
- Less than half of Milwaukee households have responded to 2020 census
- CrossFit gym owners petition to become essential businesses in Wisconsin
- A post-pandemic literature boom? Local publisher, authors say now is a great time to write a book
- Golf courses open after encouragement from Washington Co. officials: 'We need to get people back to work'
- Play golf, pick up library books curbside: Evers' order rolls back restrictions on some businesses
- WRA: 30% of restaurants likely won't survive pandemic; businesses ask Evers for plan to reopen
- 'I'm still the state senator:' Lena Taylor says she'll continue fight against voter disenfranchisement
- Milwaukee Election Commission: 390 absentee ballots that arrived without postmarks will be counted
- Easter, Passover, Vaisakhi, Ramadan: Milwaukee celebrates major religious holidays during a pandemic
- Stimulus payments could be deposited in bank accounts as early as next week, Baldwin says
- Election officials not 'getting any answers' from USPS; USPS to investigate absentee ballot issues
- 'We still haven't seen a ballot:' Voters say they're disenfranchised after absentee ballots never came
- 'Come as you are in the family car': Pewaukee church offers drive-in worship services
- Many Milwaukee voters 'afraid' to vote Tuesday, but here's what you should know if you are voting
- Don't want to go to the grocery store? Here are alternative ways to buy fresh food
- Do your children have computers, internet access needed for online learning? MPS wants to know
- Counting down the days until Election Day in Wisconsin: What is the best way to proceed?
- To prank or not to prank? April Fools in the time of COVID-19
- Casting your ballot from your car: Drive-up early voting launches in Milwaukee
- Milwaukee trucking companies in desperate need of drivers: 'Without the trucks, nothing happens'
- Wisconsin Congressional leaders react to passage of stimulus package
- Looking for a job? Here are Milwaukee-area employers hiring and resources
- Local sewers asked to hand-sew face masks for hospitals to combat supply shortage
- Calling on tattoo shops, salons for help: Bell Ambulance needs masks, other protective supplies
- Health officials confirm COVID-19 outbreak at Grafton care facility; one man dead, four others test positive
- Many Milwaukee-area churches stay open to provide comfort during uncertain times, others move services online
- The church realtor: Milwaukee agent helps churches find new homes or sell old houses of worship
- 27 cases, including 1 recovered, of coronavirus now confirmed in Wisconsin
- Office building in downtown Milwaukee confirms employee has positive coronavirus case
- Political experts say contested DNC no longer likely following Biden, Sanders' performance
- First responders, dispatchers take precautions amid coronavirus concerns
- Task force on reckless driving proposes potential solutions: 'What is occurring right now is unacceptable'
- Wisconsin's primary is a month away: How Super Tuesday results could affect the race
- More than 1,000 people expected to attend vigil following Molson Coors mass shooting
- Neighbors of Molson Coors gunman in disbelief after shooting: 'He'd give you the shirt off his back'
- Police presence near Courtland and Potomac related to Molson Coors shooting