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Pat Hasting's 335 class wins Milwaukee Press Club award

Patricia Hasting's J335 Intermediate Reporting class won 2nd place for the category of Online Media: Best Innovative Feature from the Milwaukee Press Club. This award was for their Election 2008 Web site, which can be found at www.journalism.wisc.edu/j335/hastings/election08

 

The following students were involved in this project:

 

 Jackie Askins

 Jena Davison

 Ashley Eggenberger

 Elissa Goffman

 Carl Jaeger

 Elizabeth Mueller

 Alex Pope

 Adam Riback

 Bridget Roby

 Amber Storms

 Joe Travato

 Rebecca Vevea

 Amelia Vorpahi

Former SJMC Professor Michael Pfau Obit


Michael W. Pfau

March 14, 1945 - March 12, 2009

Michael W. Pfau

Michael W. Pfau, Age 63. Died in Norman, OK after a brief illness. Michael's life and career expressed his passion for research, argumentation and teaching. After graduating from Bloomington HS, he served in the US Air Force, earned his BA and MA from the University of New Hampshire, and later obtained his PhD from the University of Arizona. Dr. Pfau impacted the lives of countless students - especially those he worked with at Alexander Ramsey HS in Roseville, MN (71-75); Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD (75-93); the University of Wisconsin in Madison (93-01); the University of Oklahoma (01-09); and a multitude of debate institutes and tournaments. Wherever he taught, he channeled his unflagging energy to motivate and inspire students to reach their goals. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Ginger Nelson Pfau; son, Michael (Amanda) and grandchildren, Anika and Callan; daughter, Julie Pfau; sisters, Shirlene Merrill and Kelly Kuehn, as well as a multitude of beloved family members, friends, academic colleagues, and former students. He was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and Vivian Pfau.

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Interns sought for investigative reporting center

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, a new independent nonprofit organization based at the UW-Madison School of Journalism &; Mass Communication, will hire two reporting interns for 10-week paid summer internships. Students will earn $400 a week.

The Center is seeking highly motivated undergraduate and graduate journalism students to help us launch WCIJ, one of the first nonprofit investigative journalism centers focusing upon a state and its communities. Interns will report to Dee J. Hall, interns director; and Andy Hall, executive director.

Eligibility is limited to students enrolled in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication during the spring 2009 semester.

Starting and ending dates of the internships are flexible. Work weeks will be a minimum of 40 hours.

In-depth, investigative and computer-assisted reporting skills are preferred. Web, audio and video skills are desirable. 

Interns will receive intensive training and experience in interviewing, researching and writing. They will work with Center staff and our partners at Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television to produce high-impact investigative journalism on government integrity and quality-of-life issues. 

Interns also may assist mainstream and ethnic media outlets around Wisconsin in investigative coverage. Some travel around Wisconsin may be required. Access to a vehicle is required.

Reports will be published and broadcast on WisconsinWatch.org, the Center's Web site; public radio and television; and by news organizations around the state. 

Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. April 6. Students must submit the following: 

--One-page letter describing why you're qualified for the job. 

--Resume including work and journalistic experience, awards, GPA and two references. 

--Up to five examples of your published or broadcast work. 

Interns will be selected by School of Journalism & Mass Communication faculty and Center staff.

Applications may be submitted electronically to ahall@wisconsinwatch.org
or dropped off in the WCIJ mailbox in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication office.

Questions may be directed to Andy Hall at ahall@wisconsinwatch.org, 608-262-3642, or in WCIJ's office, 5006 Vilas Communication Hall. 

Jo Ellen Fair wins Vilas Associates Award

SJMC Professor JoEllen Fair has earned a Vilas Associates Award. The award provides research support for the summers of 2009 and 2010 as well as some flexible funding.

Jo Ellen intends to draw on this support to study the ways the peoples of Liberia and Sierra Leone have written works of fiction and non-fiction and created works of art to record and recollect human rights abuses.

The department congratulates her on receiving this honor!

Glende wins postal history award

Phil Glende, a doctoral student in Mass Communication, earned the Rita Lloyd Moroney Award, Junior Prize, for 2009, for scholarship on postal history. The award is for "Victor Berger's Dangerous Ideas: Censoring the Mail to Preserve National Security During World War I," an article published in Essays in Economic and Business History 26 (2008). The award is for the best student essay on the history of the postal system or its significance in American life. 

The senior award was made to Professor Anuj Desai of the University of Wisconsin Law School for articles published in the Hastings Law Journal and the Stanford Law Review.  

Rita Lloyd Moroney was the Historian of the U.S. Postal Service from 1973 to 1991 and the award is named in her honor. 

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