Latest Updates

August 27: Shah, McLeod and colleagues win APSA Article Award

July 10: Brossard and Dunwoody publish in Science, one of the world's premier journals across all disciplines

July 8, 2008: Learfield Sports makes major gifts to School of Journalism and Mass Communication

June 12, 2008: Grad student Jason Shepard wins grant from National Freedom of Information Council

June 5, 2008: Vraga, Carr, Nytes, and Shah win top faculty paper award

May 29, 2008: Two SJMC undergrads make UWire's top 100

May 15, 2008: Press release highlights accomplishments of Brossard's strategic communication class

May 15, 2008: J-School alum hosts new Food Network show

April 24, 2008: Student magazine wins awards

April 24, 2008: Grad student Jill Hopke receives research grant

April 17, 2008: Taylor Lecture Series Presents "Generation S:
Social Media & the Communication Revolution" Wednesday, April 23

April 10, 2008: SJMC Student Wins Carey Award

April 8, 2008: Columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author to speak on how Hurricane Katrina changed his life and profession Friday, April 11

April 8, 2008: Grad student Jason Shepard named L&S Teaching Fellow

April 8, 2008: J-School alum wins Pulitzer

March 31, 2008: New York Times correspondent speaks on post-9/11 reporting Tuesday, April 8

March 18, 2008: Affiliated Faculty member Kenneth Goldstein receives Kellett Award

March 14, 2008: School of Journalism to host grad student conference

March 5, 2008: Grad student and TA Brian Ekdale named a UW-Madison "Future Faculty Partner" for teaching excellence

March 3, 2008: Fall 2008 J-School application now available

February 20, 2008: SJMC brings “Newspaper Next 2.0” workshop
to Madison

February 20, 2008: Freakfest coverage wins

February 8, 2008: New book by Professor Greg Downey explores the hidden history of television closed captioning

February 8, 2008: Hastings elected to AP Board

February 8, 2008: Journalism student receives broadcast scholarship

February 8, 2008: Shah Named Hamel Faculty Fellow

February 5, 2008: Undergrad Alaina Wendlandt makes "dramatic difference" with Girl Scout heart campaign

January 24, 2008: Director James Baughman addresses Wisconsin Broadcaster's Association

January 24, 2008: Young alum Matt Lewis part of massive investigative effort to document misstatements during run-up to Iraq war

January 24, 2008: Director James Baughman's book chosen by Choice magazine

January 22, 2008: Professor Brossard awarded a Morgridge Center "service-learning" course development grant

January 2, 2008: Journalism undergrad tapped for MTV's Street
Team '08

December 29, 2007: SJMC Doctoral Student Lucy Atkinson named 2008 Graduate Student Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

December 29, 2007: Journal Foundation grants awarded to 2 J-School Faculty to study science communication and political consumerism

December 13, 2007: Professor Steve Vaughn Explores Journalism History in Encyclopedia

December 5, 2007: UW Mass Communication Department Ranks in Top 5 for Second Consecutive Year

November 26, 2007: Graduate student Hyunseo Hwang submits winning entry to the 2007 Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Competition.

November 7, 2007: Colloquium on Media Influence in Israel, Nov. 14

October 30, 2007: "Obsessive Secrecy: Causes and Casualties" Colloquium by Ted Gup This Friday, Nov. 2

October 24, 2007: CBS News Reporter and UW Alum, Kelly
Cobiella Speaks with Journalism Students Oct. 29

October 20, 2007: Highlights from the Chandrasekaran visit

October 16, 2007: Wendy Swanberg Receives American Journalism Historians Association Award

October 16, 2007: Professor Dietram Scheufele Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

October 12, 2007: "Doctors, The Media, and the Internet: Who Do We Believe and Why?" Thursday, October 18, 4pm

October 12, 2007: "The Pundits and the Power: Behind the Rise of Opinion Journalism" Thursday, October 18, 4:30pm

October 10, 2007: Spring 2008 Undergraduate Applications Now Available

October 3, 2007: Nafziger Lecture, "Iraq's Elusive Peace: A Reporter's View from Inside the Green Zone" Oct. 17, 5pm

October 3, 2007: Director James Baughman to discuss his book at this year's Wisconsin Book Festival

September 24, 2007: Yong Jun Shin wins Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

September 24, 2007: New Book co-edited by Professor Dominique Brossard Looks at Public Perception and Media Treatment of GMOs

September 7, 2007: Director James Baughman's letter printed in the Chronicle of Higher Education

September 4, 2007: Ethics Chair Search

May 17, 2007: Hear Professor Jim Baughman's interview on "Same Time, Same Station."

May 7, 2007: The Politics of Consumption/Consumption of Politics conference proceedings published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

April 24, 2007: Professor Jim Baughman's latest book reviewed in the New Yorker

March 30, 2007: J-School announces 2007 alumni award recipients

February 19, 2007: Associate Professor Greg Downey wins teaching award

February 9, 2007: UW remains a leader in communication research

January 23, 2007: Two J-School faculty receive Baldwin grants

January 22, 2007: J-School faculty release results of split-screen debate research