Sue Robinson is the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her work, she questions: How do our stories - in journalism, social media, etc. - flow through our society? Who gets heard and who […]
Looking backwards from our own era of struggling American newspapers, the first half of the twentieth century may appear to have been an era of thriving local journalism. But during those decades, much of the local papers’ content was actually […]
Meet other journalism students and discuss upcoming events and opportunities! We gather at the table to the right of the bowling alley in the Union Rec Center.
NPR correspondent Shahani talks about her memoir, a heartfelt rendering of the immigrant experience, written as a love letter from an outspoken modern daughter to her soft-spoken Old World father. She’ll be in conversation with Joy Powers, Producer of WUWM’s Lake […]
It is a great time to be a Milwaukee-area sports fan, with the Milwaukee Bucks advancing to the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals this past season, the Milwaukee Brewers making another run towards the playoffs after last year’s thrilling National League […]
A retrospective program of community-based documentary featuring shorts made with teens in Milwaukee. To include: It’s Time out for the Sell Out! (1993); Drive-by Shoot (Portia Cobb & students of the Community Media Project, 1994); Unfinished Legacy (Sangsun Choi & […]
Research shows, PR practitioners outnumber journalists six to one. Given shrinking newsroom staff, the constant influx of emails and tight digital deadlines, PR practitioners must know how to craft the right pitch and understand how to best reach our local […]
Stop by the Journalism Club table in the Union for homemade treats or just to say hello!
FREE and open only to UWM students with ID (Sign up starts at 10am in the Union Concourse; bus leaves at 10:30am) Join us as we explore our city and learn what creative people are doing to address food insecurity […]
Join the JAMS 502 Long form Multimedia Reporting class for a conversation with Rory Linnane, who covers public health for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and worked on the Kids in Crisis series on youth mental health. Everyone welcome!