Stories indexed under: School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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• Students make pitch for real-life advertising experience May 18, 2012 Marie Renckens stood before her client, walking through a proposed advertising campaign for a first-of-its-kind pediatric health care tool the client, Marshfield Clinic, is developing.
• National science reporter to visit UW-Madison campus April 19, 2012 Juliet Eilperin, national environmental reporter for The Washington Post, will participate in “Science Writing in the Age of Denial,” a symposium of science writers, and speak to journalism classes during the week of April 23 as the Public Affairs Writer in Residence.
• Journalism ethics conference to explore media, money and elections March 28, 2012 In an age of partisan journalism and "combat" politics, is the idea of media helping citizens make informed electoral choices a quaint but outdated notion?
• Veteran journalist Lovejoy wins first Anthony Shadid Ethics Award March 26, 2012 The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor veteran newsman Steve Lovejoy, editor of the Journal Times in Racine with the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, on Friday, April 13.
• Selig to give Taylor lecture March 26, 2012 Major League Baseball Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig will be on campus next month, giving a lecture called, "Talking Baseball: The Challenges of Communicating in Turbulent Times."
• Memorial fund established in honor of Anthony Shadid Feb. 17, 2012 Alumni and friends of foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid have established a memorial fund in his honor to ensure that his life and legacy lives on at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Anthony Shadid: A journalist's life remembered, a legacy that lives on Feb. 17, 2012 The world knew Anthony Shadid as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who covered the Middle East. The University of Wisconsin-Madison knew Shadid when he was just a young journalism student on deadline for the Daily Cardinal.
• Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to speak at UW-Madison about post-9/11 security Feb. 13, 2012 Dana Priest, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes about intelligence and counterterrorism, will speak at UW-Madison on Tuesday, Feb. 28, about the rise of the post-9/11 security state in the U.S.
• Curb magazine examines the unexpected side of Wisconsin Jan. 6, 2012 Sheboygan as a surfing mecca. Green brewing in Amherst. A cross-country skiing event that draws thousands from all over the world to the arctic climes of northern Wisconsin.
• Classroom iPad use encourages innovation, reading with ease Nov. 15, 2011 The iPad, with it's ease of use and touch-screen technology, is catching on as a classroom tool at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Top investigative reporter, national business editor to visit campus Oct. 26, 2011 A Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and a national business editor who has guided coverage of the financial crisis will visit campus this fall as writers in residence.
• Book by UW–Madison professor explores new media ethics Oct. 18, 2011 A new book on media ethics by University of Wisconsin–Madison professor Stephen J. A. Ward explores the leading issues in global, online media.
• Roundtable to address integrity of public media in digital age Oct. 13, 2011 The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will co-host a roundtable of leading journalists and scholars to discuss editorial integrity for public media in a digital age.
• Eleven professors appointed to named professorships Oct. 6, 2011 Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty.
• Two UW–Madison academic staff educators receive teaching awards Aug. 29, 2011 Two University of Wisconsin–Madison educators are among the recipients of the UW System's 2011 Alliant Energy Underkofler Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
• Television insiders and Badger alumni look at today’s media April 22, 2011 It's the job of those working in broadcast journalism to report on the news, not make news. When five high-profile journalists are invited to discuss the changing nature of television news at their alma mater, however, that's a different story.
• UW-Madison journalism school to honor alumni April 22, 2011 The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication's professional and scholarly mission will be on display at its annual awards dinner, as the school honors a diverse group of alumni for their accomplishments in a range of media.
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editor to talk about covering budget protests April 21, 2011 When the fight over Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair proposal on collective bargaining erupted, the state's Capitol reporters found themselves in the middle of a national firestorm.
• UW-Madison graduate wins Pulitzer Prize April 20, 2011 A University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna this week was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, the most prestigious award in journalism, for an explanatory report on an effort by doctors to diagnose a boy's mystery illness.
• Veteran journalist Dan Flannery wins UW-Madison’s Journalism Ethics Award April 11, 2011 The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor newsman Dan Flannery, executive editor of the Post Crescent in Appleton, Wis., with the Wisconsin Commitment to Journalism Ethics Award on Friday, April 15.