Alumni of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication enjoy careers as world-renowned reporters, strategic communications executives, sports communicators and academic researchers, to name just a few. These career paths demonstrate the wide array of …
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SJMC Launches New Certificate in Sports Communication
In fall 2019, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication began offering a new certificate in sports communication. Open to both journalism and non-journalism majors, the certificate program combines high-quality journalism and marketing communications instruction …
Q&A with Sijia Yang
Q&A with Sijia Yang, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication Hometown: Tongxiang, China Educational background: Ph.D. in communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania How did you get into your …
Professor Sue Robinson Wins Award for 2018 Book
This summer, Professor Sue Robinson, the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism, received the 2019 Tankard Book Award for outstanding research in journalism. Her book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Public …
SJMC alum Rob Heimbruch makes a slam dunk one year after graduation
Rob Heimbruch graduated from the SJMC in 2018, packed his bags and moved to Seattle. A few months later, he came back. A Milwaukee native, sports fanatic and video guru, Heimbruch knew that when the …
James P. Danky Wins AJHA’s Distinguished Service Award
The AJHA Awards Committee has announced that James P. Danky has won the rare honor of the organization’s Distinguished Service to Journalism History Award. This award is reserved for those generally outside the field of …
Ph.D. Student Meredith Metzler Awarded Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship for Fall 2019
Ph.D. candidate Meredith Metzler was awarded the highly competitive Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship for fall 2019. The Mellon-Wisconsin competition is administered by the Graduate School and supports dissertators in the College of Letters and Science conducting research in …
Dhavan Shah Wins Grant to Fight Opioid Addiction
New app in development aims to stop opioid relapses before they happen Researchers at the University of Wisconsin—Madison have received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a mobile …
SJMC Graduate Student Josephine Lukito Discusses Research Project on CNN
Lukito’s article “Most Major News Outlets Have Used Russian Tweets as Sources for Partisan Opinion: Study” in Columbia Journalism Review was cited in the Mueller Report.
Professor Sue Robinson Wins the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Professor Sue Robinson will receive the 2019 Tankard Book Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at its August meeting in Toronto. The award is given to work that breaks new …