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.
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.
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
Graduate Student Appreciation Week Q&A with SJMC Graduate Students
Meet some of the passionate graduate students who help make the SJMC a vibrant and collaborative community.
April 7, 2026
WSUM Named Best College Station in the Nation
WSUM was named Best College Station in the Nation by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS), the program's highest honor.
March 30, 2026
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- See More
Faculty & Staff
Distinguished Teaching Faculty Debra Pierce retires from the SJMC
Debra Pierce retires from UW–Madison’s SJMC after nearly two decades, leaving a legacy of innovation in digital media, AI, and strategic communication.
May 4, 2026
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 train newsrooms across the country
PTML has partnered with Factchequeado to train newsrooms across the country on tools and techniques for conducting their own digital investigations with Open Source Intelligence.
March 17, 2026- See More
Alumni
Celebrating the 2026 Alumni Award Winners
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has announced its winners of the 2026 Alumni Awards. A ceremony will be held on Friday, April 24.
April 13, 2026
Q&A with 2026 Ralph O. Nafziger Award Winner Kynala Phillips
A Q&A With Kynala Phillips on her career journey as a Black journalist and work with community-based media.
April 13, 2026
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Janell Wise
A Q&A with Janell Wise on media law at CBS News, navigating defamation and newsgathering, and her journey from UW–Madison to top legal roles.
April 5, 2026- 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, 2026Public Tech Media Lab partners with Factchequeado to train newsrooms across the country
PTML has partnered with Factchequeado to train newsrooms across the country on tools and techniques for conducting their own digital investigations with Open Source Intelligence.
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- See More
Events
Celebrating the 2026 Alumni Award Winners
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has announced its winners of the 2026 Alumni Awards. A ceremony will be held on Friday, April 24.
April 13, 2026
Zack Zaban, SVP and Global Media Business Director at Starcom, to Deliver Keynote Speech to Spring 2026 SJMC Graduates
Zack Zaban (BA’11), data and digital media strategy expert, will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 SJMC Graduation Celebration on May 8.
April 2, 2026
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- 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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