Alum Ashley Voss had a special reason to tune into the Super Bowl this year. Her team was featured. Not her favorite football team but her colleagues at the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine.
Alumni
News about SJMC undergraduate and graduate alumni.
Pro-Track Alumni Career Placement
Graduates of our professional master’s degree program have a strong track record of landing jobs that use their skills and specializations.
Bringing J-School innovation into the newsroom
Natalie Yahr (MA’19) produces a series of podcasts that have changed how the paper delivers news. We caught up with her when she was interviewing a colleague about a cover story he’d written.
Students build a journalism foundation through professional master’s program
The program’s affordability and flexibility puts a master’s degree in reach for students pursuing careers in journalism.
Alumni Spotlight: Conor Caloia Found Passion for Sports Communication at SJMC
When the Madison Mallards, the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, the Kenosha Kingfish or the Green Bay Booyah take the field, it’s because Conor Caloia has been doing his job. A 2004 graduate of the University of …
SJMC Alumni Give Back in Big Way
April 9, 2019 was the first-ever Day of the Badger campaign, a campus-wide, multi-program fundraising event that raised $1,863,080 through 5,061 gifts from generous alumni and friends of the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The …
Alumni Spotlight: Ben Deutsch
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 …
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 …
Alumni Profile: Scott Farrell
Scott Farrell graduated from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1978 with a pocket of debt and a load of ambition. Today he is the President of Global Corporate Communications at Golin, an …
What is the Future of Journalism?: An Interview with Alums Mike Brophy and Scott Cohn
Q&A with SJMC Alumni Mike Brophy and Scott Cohn A recent article in Recode reported that in January 2019, about 2,000 journalists lost their jobs. Sounds dire, but only if we stick to a traditional …