This year, three UW-Madison J-School students won scholarships for their exceptional work in broadcasting, alongside their commitment to bettering the future of the industry as a whole.
Awards
J-School Alums Honored with 2020 WNAF Awards
Among the WNAF Award winners were many SJMC alums, whose dedication to providing reliable local news coverage has earned them recognition in a variety of categories.
PhD Student Jianing Li Receives Social Data Dissertation Fellowship from SSRC
Li was recently awarded the Social Data Dissertation Fellowship from the SSRC in order to study how citizens can form healthy skepticism toward information they encounter on social media.
Professor Emeritus Stephen Vaughn Receives Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
Marquis Who’s Who presented UW-Madison SJMC Professor Emeritus Stephen L. Vaughn with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
New Fact-Checking Projects Focus on Combating COVID-19 Misinformation
With information about COVID-19 rapidly circulating online, it can be difficult to determine what’s true and what’s not. SJMC faculty and students are working on several projects to combat misinformation.
SJMC Graduate Students and Faculty to Participate in AEJMC Virtual Conference
Graduate students and faculty will be active throughout the AEJMC virtual conference, by presenting research, acting as panelists and moderators in group discussions, and more.
Three SJMC Graduate Students Win Holtz Center Fellowships
The Holtz Center offers fellowships for graduate students with research interests in the field of science and technology studies. The 2020-2022 cohort includes four fellows, three of whom are SJMC graduate students.
SJMC Director Hernando Rojas Named as an ICA Fellow
Hernando Rojas, Director of the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism has been selected as an ICA Fellow.
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Pete Marino ’94
By Colleen Muraca Peter Marino, president of emerging growth for Molson Coors Beverage Company, is a 1994 graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award winners. …
Q&A with Distinguished Service Award Winner Karen Walsh ’81
By Emily Knepple Karen Walsh is a 1981 graduate of the UW-Madison School of Journalism and one of our 2020 Distinguished Service Award recipients. Walsh spent 23 years working for the University in public information …