UW-Milwaukee student, Emily Adkins, took home Best of Show in the student category at the 2016 United Adworkers 99 Show on Thursday, Oct. 13 at the Harley-Davidson Museum. Adkins had some steep competition, going up against student work from UWM, … Continue Reading »
Will Gates Speaks with Documentary Class
Will Gates—star of the iconic documentary Hoop Dreams—stopped by Jessie Garcia’s Documentary, Analysis, and Production class via FaceTime this afternoon. What an amazing opportunity for these future documentary-makers.… Continue Reading »
JAMS Alum Quits Job to Photograph the Brewing Industry
JAMS alum Matthew Janzen photographs the brewing industry for his project “State of Craft Beer.” Check out the Journal Sentinel article.… Continue Reading »
JAMS instructor Jessie Garcia profiles state Olympians in new book
JAMS instructor Jessie Garcia profiles state Olympians in her new book Going for Wisconsin Gold: Stories of Our State Olympians. See the full Journal Sentinel article here.… Continue Reading »
Media Studies M.A. alum publishes book
In Bike Lanes Are White Lanes, scholar Melody L. Hoffmann argues that the bicycle has varied cultural meaning as a “rolling signifier.” That is, the bicycle’s meaning changes in different spaces, with different people, and in different cultures. The rolling … Continue Reading »
JAMS student featured on ABC News
JAMS student Sequoia Baker is making national news for her White House internship in the office of First Lady Michelle Obama. See the full story here.… Continue Reading »
In This College Student, a Beloved Journalist’s Memory Lives On
UWM JAMS student Jakayla Phillips was the first recipient of the Don Walker Memorial Scholarship honoring a veteran local journalist. JAMS student Dwayne Lee reported on how Jakayla is a living legacy of the kind of journalism Walker championed and … Continue Reading »
Rick Popp on Airline Advertising, Fear of Flight, and Shaping of Popular Emotion
When the airlines were growing into a major industry in the mid-twentieth century, how did they deal with the fact that many Americans were afraid to fly? Rick Popp’s new article in the Journal of Consumer Culture examines this question, studying how advertising campaigns subtly – and sometimes, not so subtly – tried to allay those anxieties.… Continue Reading »
UWM Students Gear Up for National Debate
The Democratic presidential candidates debate is making politics up close and personal for students at UW-Milwaukee. It’s also an opportunity for students to put their work in the classroom to the test. The debate will be broadcast on PBS and … Continue Reading »
Mark Zoromski Inducted into Press Club Hall of Fame
In case you missed it, here is Mark Zoromski’s speech from his induction to the Milwaukee Press Club’s Hall of Fame, with an introduction from PantherVision alum and current JAMS Graduate Teaching Assistant, Danielle Stobb. The Department of Journalism, Advertising, … Continue Reading »