Students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication took home 22 MPC awards, including eight top prizes.
Alumni
News about SJMC undergraduate and graduate alumni.
Honoring our 2022 Award Winners
Our 2022 Alumni Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 29. Read more about this year’s award winners.
Three Questions for 2022 Nafziger Award Winner Jeremy Vuernick ’11
Jeremy Vuernick is a 2011 J-School graduate and was recently named President of A&R at Capitol Music Group. He is the 2022 recipient of the Ralph O. Nafziger Award.
Alum Arvind Gopalratnam Shares Experience with Sports Communication Students
Arvind Gopalratnam (BA’04), VP of Corporate Social Responsibility and Executive Director of Milwaukee Bucks Foundation is teaching J150 this semester.
Three Questions for Bassey Etim ’08
Bassey Etim is an Editorial Director at CNN and the 2017 Ralph O. Nafziger Award. We caught up with him to hear about his career.
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Cindy Mori ’89
Cindy Mori is a 1989 J-School graduate and currently, the Vice President of Global Talent Management & Corporate Talent Development for Discovery & OWN Networks.
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Phil Haslanger ’73
Phil Haslanger is a 1973 J-School graduate and currently chair of the Center for Journalism Ethics advisory board.
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Tom Bernthal ’95
Tom Bernthal is a 1992 J-School graduate and founder and ex-CEO of Kelton, a marketing, research and strategy consulting agency.
Alum Ben Deutsch Returns to Teach Summer Course on Corporate Communication
Alum and former Board of Visitors chair Ben Deutsch (BA’85) will return to SJMC this summer to teach Journalism 475: Corporate Communication.
In Memoriam: Dave Black, 1955-2022
Dave Black, who inspired generations of students as general manager of UW–Madison’s student radio station WSUM 91.7, has died at age 66.