Stories indexed under: Journalism

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• UW-Madison journalism school celebrates alumni achievements April 18, 2013 The winners of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Journalism and Mass Communication's annual alumni awards reflect the range of skills and expertise that are fostered among students in the school.
• Journalist, author McKenna to be Science Writer in Residence April 8, 2013 Independent journalist and author Maryn McKenna has been named the Spring 2013 UW-Madison Science Writer in Residence.
• Johnson honored with Anthony Shadid ethics award April 2, 2013 The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will honor Milwaukee Journal Sentinel health and science reporter Mark Johnson with the Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics, at the center’s annual conference April 5, 2013.
• Who shapes the news? Conference explores future of independent journalism March 19, 2013 Can journalists remain independent as the line between editorial and advertorial blurs, and as journalists write increasingly for corporations, academic centers and nonprofit agencies?
• Journalism student wins trip with Pulitzer-winning New York Times writer Feb. 14, 2013 UW-Madison journalism graduate student Erin Luhmann is the winner of this year's Win a Trip with Nick Kristof contest, The New York Times announced today.
• Journalism students learn ethics through online case study Feb. 8, 2013 You're a college student working for a news service, and your editor asks you to check out a breaking-news situation.
• America’s partisan divide: not as simple as it seems Feb. 7, 2013 Is the United States a bitterly divided country, split along harsh partisan political lines, or are we a nation composed mostly of moderates trapped between the extremists yelling from either end of the ideological spectrum?
• Curb magazine celebrates a decade of student journalism Nov. 27, 2012 Ten years ago, a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students wanted to show how Wisconsin extends beyond the stereotypes of cheese curds and green and gold.
• National political reporter to offer post-election analysis Nov. 19, 2012 Now that voters have written an ending to the grueling presidential campaign, the nation's political reporters will spend the next few weeks digesting the results and the lessons learned from the 2012 election.
• Lecture Will Discuss Social Media's Influence on Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Nov. 7, 2011 With Facebook and other social media, patient groups in Canada pressed their government to authorize clinical trials for a radical new treatment that addresses an unproven theory of multiple sclerosis (MS).
• Rennie to be science writer in residence Oct. 20, 2011 John Rennie, a veteran science journalist, blogger and editor, has been named the Fall 2011 University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Writer in Residence.
• Science writer in residence assesses science publishing Oct. 20, 2011 John Rennie is the fall, 2011 UW-Madison science writer in residence. He will be on campus the week of Oct. 23 and will give a public lecture on the "tumultuous state of science publishing" at 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Memorial Union.
• Investigative reporter, Chicago business writer to visit campus April 8, 2011 One of the nation's leading investigative reporters and a writer who has chronicled innovation in Chicago business will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus this month as writers in residence.
• ABC News global warming reporter to be science writer in residence April 6, 2011 Bill Blakemore, who leads coverage of global warming for ABC News, is the spring science writer in residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• New York Times columnist to deliver talk on Afghan war Oct. 6, 2010 New York Times columnist Bob Herbert will deliver the University of Wisconsin Law School's annual Robert W. Kastenmeier Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 21.
• New classroom offers multimedia opportunities Sept. 20, 2010 Students in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication now have a classroom that will keep pace with their multimedia training.
• UW-Madison students, faculty part of community news project Oct. 26, 2009 The debate over health care reform has dominated national headlines for most of the summer and fall.
• Environmental journalists migrate to Madison Oct. 5, 2009 Environmental journalists from around the country will flock to Madison and Wisconsin this week as the 19th annual Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) gets under way Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Concourse Hotel.
• Science and media disconnect? Maybe not, says a new study Sept. 9, 2009 The prevailing wisdom among many scientists and scientific organizations is that, as a rule, scientists are press shy, and those who aren't are mavericks.
• Conference examines ethical journalism at a time of change April 21, 2009 Leading journalists, scholars and media experts will gather at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, May 1, to assess the future of ethical journalism in the public interest.