Kate Prengaman, a reporter-intern for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and a graduate student at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was tapped to speak … More →

The SJMC’s video journalism project, The Badger Report, will have up to the minute coverage of the 2012 Presidential Election. Students will provide national and state election updates and results, as well … More →

After a brutal financial crises and subsequent “great recession,” our contentious politics are saturated with economic debates—witness Wisconsin protests over workers’ rights, Occupy Wall Street and lifestyles of the “haves and have-nots,” … More →

“Deciding What’s True: Fact-Checking as Objective Practice” Wednesday, November 7, 2012 1:30-2:30 pm SLIS Commons, 4207 Helen C. White Hall 2012 has been called the “year of the fact-checker.” This talk draws … More →

The Center for Journalism Ethics School of Journalism & Mass Communication and the  Center for European Studies invite you to a special open lecture featuring: Professor François Heinderyckx Université libre de Bruxelles … More →

Stacy Forster joins our School as a full-time instructor this fall, with special responsibility for teaching our keystone course for majors, J202: Mass Communication Practices. After earning her MS in Journalism from … More →

At last month’s annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Assistant professor Chris Wells and his coauthors Lance Bennett and Deen Freelon received the Distinguished Top Political Communication … More →

Katy Culver joined the School of Journalism & Mass Communication in 1999 to teach the foundation skills course, J202: Mass Communication Practices. Culver, who earned a PhD in Mass Communication from the … More →

School of Journalism and Mass Communication faculty members secured two grants to support research on political and health communication. The first grant, a $20,000 award from the Spencer Foundation, will support the … More →

Lisa Aarli joins the School as our new Graduate Adviser, coming from her former position as Director of Staff and Programs for the Associated Students of Madison. With responsibilities for collaboration and … More →