JAMS students brought home 11 awards from the 2021 regional Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence contest, including a first-place honor for the department’s news site, Media Milwaukee. UWM journalists compete against students from across the upper Midwest; winners … Continue Reading »

2022-23 Scholarships Now Open! College-Wide for any major in L&S. Multiple Scholarships ranging from $500-$3,500. DEADLINE IS MARCH 15. Students apply through the UWM Scholarship Portal at https://uwm.academicworks.com/ To apply: – Fill out the UWM general scholarship application. – Fill out … Continue Reading »

Fame has always been shaped by new technologies and changing conceptions of the self. Houdini was the last of the steam-age celebrities, whose fame grew from many of the same developments – transcontinental railroads, teeming cities, and an industrialized press … Continue Reading »

JAMS graduate students Naomi Wilson and Stephanie Menders will be honored at the 2019 Graduate Student Fellowship Celebration Wednesday evening. Naomi and Stephanie are both recipients of the AOP Fellowship, a highly competitive award bestowed at the university level by … Continue Reading »

Thanks to our generous donors, the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies program is proud to announce that we were able to award eighteen undergraduate scholarships and six graduate scholarships for the 2019-2020 academic year. Please join us in congratulating our … Continue Reading »

Rashaud Foster found his voice at UWM. A new graduate in Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies, Foster has his own podcast, “Raw Lingo,” focusing on entertainment and pop culture. He’s also had two radio internships – at 88.9 Radio Milwaukee … Continue Reading »

Thanks to our generous donors, the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies is proud to announce that we were able to award fourteen undergraduate scholarships for the 2018-2019 academic year. Please join us in congratulating our recipients and we … Continue Reading »

Media Studies graduate student Sierra Wolff is an avid TV-watcher, but it’s all part of her research into the changing ways autism is portrayed on television. Sierra discusses her research in the latest issue of L&S In Focus.… Continue Reading »

Thanks to our generous donors, the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies is proud to announce that we were able to award twelve undergraduate scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year. Please join us in congratulating our recipients and we … Continue Reading »

The Media Scholars Colloquium Series proudly presents “The Privacy of Others,” a lecture by Stacy Blasiola (Ph.D. Candidate, Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago; National Science Foundation IGERT Fellow – Electronic Security & Privacy; Lecturer, Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, UWM).… Continue Reading »