In the spring of 2018, senior Berklee Klauck sat in the Digital Media Strategies class for her first go-round with the Fox Sports franchise. She took the Milwaukee Bucks by their horns and Brewers by …
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News about SJMC undergraduate and graduate students.
School of Journalism and Mass Communication alum reveals matching incentive for Graduate Student Support Fund
Two-time J-School alum Karen Walsh and her husband, Jim Berbee, made a generous matching gift to inspire donors to consider giving to our top fundraising priority: The Graduate Student Support Fund. Walsh (BA ’81, MA ’89) …
SJMC undergraduate curriculum grows with the addition of J203
The 2018 fall semester brought the start of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s newest course, Journalism 203: Information for Communication. This two-credit course is the latest addition to the journalism undergraduate degree requirements. …
Multiple SJMC Faculty and Students Recognized for Outstanding Research at AEJMC Conference
SJMC faculty and graduate students came away with multiple recognitions for outstanding research and teaching at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Washington D.C., August 5-9. Lindsay …
SJMC Students Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser Awarded Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowships
Ph.D. candidates Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jeff Tischauser were each awarded the Mellon-Wisconsin Summer Fellowship for summer 2018. The Mellon-Wisconsin competition is administered by the Graduate School and supports dissertators in the College of Letters and Science …
SJMC Students Eunji Cho, Ornella Hills, Jinha Kim Receive Global Health Institute Graduate Student Research Awards
Three SJMC Ph.D. students were selected to receive funding through the UW-Madison Global Health Institute (GIH). Eunji Cho’s Student Research Award proposal, “Protecting Children from Junk Food Online Game: Introducing Stop-and-Take-a-Break Intervention Strategy,” was selected …
SJMC Student Ornella Hills Selected as 2018 NCHD Student Research Forum Participant
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has been selected as a 2018 Eleventh Annual National Conference on Health Disparities (NCHD) Student Research Forum participant. The NCHD will take place …
SJMC Students Recognized by the Milwaukee Press Club for Outstanding Work
On Monday, March 19, the Milwaukee Press Club announced the finalists for their 88th Annual Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Contest, honoring an abundance of SJMC students. Each year, hundreds of collegiate and …
2018 Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Grant Awarded to SJMC’s Ornella Hills, Robyn Baragwanath, Dhavan Shah
Two graduate students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ornella Hills and Robyn Baragwanath, and professor Dhavan Shah have been awarded a seed project grant through the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment for their …
SJMC Research Team Releases Study on the Influence of Russian Tweets in U.S. News Media
A research team led by SJMC Ph.D. student, Josephine Lukito, and associate professor in the SJMC, Chris Wells, released their study Thursday, on how popular mainstream and partisan news outlets used Russian-backed tweets in their …