Our 2022 Alumni Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, April 29. Read more about this year’s award winners.
Graduate Alumni
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.
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.
Graduate Student Highlight: Professional M.A. Class of December 2021
This semester, Cameron Cieszki and Kate Morton successfully completed the professional track master’s degree program.
Three Questions for Nora Hertel ’13
Nora is a 2022-23 Initiator Fellow through the Initiative Foundation in central Minnesota and the founder of The Optimist.
Three Questions for Cara Lombardo ’16
Cara was part of a Journal team that recently won a Gerald Loeb award for a series highlighting how Amazon’s business practices box out competition.
Three Questions for Chris Lang ’01
Chris Lang’s career in the legal field has taken a unique path, and earned him a Wisconsin Legal Innovators award from the State Bar of Wisconsin.
Three Questions for Phil Haslanger ’73
J-School alum and CJE Advisory Board Chair Phil Haslanger has been inducted into the WNA Foundation’s Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame.
Alum Yini Zhang (PhD’20) wins Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award
Alum Yini Zhang (PhD’20) received the Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award from the Political Communication section.
What’s Next for Our 2021 PhD Graduates?
As summer winds to a close, many of our 2021 Ph.D. alums are heading out into the world and moving on to their next adventures. Here are the new roles some of our graduate alums are taking on.