Q&A With Documentary Filmmaker and UW Alum Rachel Bozich
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rachel Bozich returns to UW–Madison for an interactive talk on true crime, ethics and storytelling after tragedy.
Research shows social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities
A new study from SJMC professor Young Mie Kim is the first to quantify the effect of this kind of microtargeting on voter turnout.
Students
SJMC Students Take Home Multiple 2025 Collegiate Student Awards
The Wisconsin Newspaper Assocation Foundation awarded multiple SJMC students first place awards, along with Annika Bereny as Collegiate Journalist of the Year
March 10, 2026
SJMC Students Win 2025 WBA Student Awards for Excellence and 2025 Howard Gernetzke Scholarship
The 2025 Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) Student Awards for Excellence winners were announced, with SJMC students winning multiple titles.
March 9, 2026
Graduate Student Highlight: Professional M.A. Class of December 2025
Last week, three of our Professional M.A. students presented portfolios of their journalistic work and completed their masters degrees. Check out some highlights from their portfolios.
December 18, 2025- See More
Faculty & Staff
From Classroom to Collaboration: A Research Partnership Examining Digital Politics
Professor Young Mie Kim and former student Ross Dahlke explore how digital campaigns impact voter turnout and political behavior.
March 17, 2026
Public Tech Media Lab partners with Factchequeado to help Latino newsrooms
PTML and Factchequeado have partnered to equip Spanish-language newsrooms with AI tools and fact-checking resources to combat misinformation nationwide.
March 17, 2026
Letter from the Director: March 2026
Director Katy Culver reflects on the lasting impact of the SJMC on its students and faculty and through its ground-breaking research.
March 16, 2026- See More
Alumni
A Season of Milestones for SJMC Alum Mengyu Li (PhD’25)
In a matter of weeks, SJMC alumna Mengyu Li earned her Ph.D., got married and stepped into her next academic chapter.
February 10, 2026
Q&A With Documentary Filmmaker and UW Alum Rachel Bozich
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rachel Bozich returns to UW–Madison for an interactive talk on true crime, ethics and storytelling after tragedy.
January 21, 2026
Pogorzelski Family Establishes Professorship in Honor of SJMC Director Kathleen Bartzen Culver
SJMC alumni Steve (BA'83) and Brenda Pogorzelski have donated $1 million to establish a professorship honoring longtime educator and mentor Kathleen Bartzen Culver.
December 15, 2025- See More
Research and Insights
From Classroom to Collaboration: A Research Partnership Examining Digital Politics
Professor Young Mie Kim and former student Ross Dahlke explore how digital campaigns impact voter turnout and political behavior.
March 17, 2026
Research shows social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities
A new study from SJMC professor Young Mie Kim is the first to quantify the effect of this kind of microtargeting on voter turnout.
February 24, 2026
Inside UW-Madison’s AI Terrarium: Recreating Human Belief in a Digital World
What happens when AI is built to think like people? Dive into the AI Terrarium, a bold experiment in modeling human belief and persuasion.
February 9, 2026Shaping the Future of Journalism: SJMC’s Tomás Dodds Founds the Public Tech Media Lab
Tomás Dodds, Director of the Public Tech Media Lab, discusses the importance of equipping journalists with the right artificial intelligence tools in an ever-evolving world.
October 1, 2025
CCCR Survey Assesses Public Views of Trump’s First 100 Days
Four months into the Trump presidency, a new UW-Madison survey report finds surprising insights on how Americans think about Trump’s first 100 days.
June 17, 2025- See More
Events
Save the Date! Day of the Badger Returns April 14–15
Day of the Badger is back on April 14 and 15. Join the party to pay it forward to current and future generations of communicators.
March 12, 2026
Highlights from Democracy in the Balance with Andy Lack
At “Democracy in the Balance,” media leader Andy Lack and SJMC Director Katy Culver discussed journalism’s role in democracy, polarization and rebuilding trust.
March 6, 2026Q&A With Documentary Filmmaker and UW Alum Rachel Bozich
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Rachel Bozich returns to UW–Madison for an interactive talk on true crime, ethics and storytelling after tragedy.
January 21, 2026- See More
Vilas Insider
Vilas Insider, SJMC’s quarterly alumni newsletter, is shared digitally three times per year and in print in the spring.
Read our latest issue.
SJMC Insider: Fall 2025
This fall's edition of SJMC Insider welcomes new faculty and staff as well as a new Board of Visitors member to our community. In addition, read about one of our PhD students' new podcast and see the latest installment of our Three Questions series.
Weekly Department Updates and Announcements
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