The Fall 2012 Application for Undergraduate Admission to the School of Journalism & Mass Communication is now available. Please see the links below for information regarding admission to the J-School.
Dana Priest is an American author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose work focuses on intelligence and counterterrorism. As one of The Washington Post’s specialists on National Security she has written many articles on the United States’ “War on terror.” In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting for her reporting on black site prisons and in 2008 The Washington Post was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the reporting of Priest and Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Priest’s most recent book, “Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State” was published in September, 2011. Co-authored with William Arkin, it uncovers and explores the top-secret world the U.S. government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Her previous book, “The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America’s Military” was published in March, 2003.
The Nafziger Lecture is made possible through generous donations from alumni, friends and the family of Ralph O. and Monona H. Nafziger.
Professor Young Mie Kim’s community service learning course, Technology for Social Change (J676, Fall 2011), launched Savor South Madison, a social media integrated campaign platform that seeks to correct misperception about South Madison and facilitate community engagement. The goal of Savor South Madison is to promote bonding within South Madison and to bridge the UW campus with the South Madison community through promotion of local food establishments and food-related events. Visit Savor South Madison at http://savorsouthmadison.com/
Students in the SJMC magazine class have launched an iPad app version of their publication, Curb.
Available for free in the App Store, Curb features content from the print version of the magazine plus video and multimedia pieces from the website the students produced.
The app development began with last year's Curb class, which produced a women's magazine that also debuted as an app. This year's Curb is a Wisconsin lifestyle magazine that is "anything but expected."
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications is pleased to announce our 2011-2012 undergraduate scholarships!
The J-school has one of the most generous scholarship programs on campus, making your application very worthwhile. Last year we gave out more than 60 scholarships, ranging from $500 to full out-of-state tuition. All J-school students are eligible - including Seniors.
Students may apply from Thursday, December 1 - Friday, December 9th. Recipients will be announced by the end of February.
To make the online application process easier, we encourage students to follow these tips:
Once you begin the online application process, you can't save your work. Also, no changes can be made to your application once you are finished. Therefore, when you start the application, you need to complete it in its entirety. Set aside the time to complete the online process from start to finish.
Have your resume on hand, including any volunteer or paid experience, student organization involvement, and awards or honors.
Write a personal statement ahead of time, which summarizes your career goals and reasons for choosing those goals.
Today in UW-Madison News, Katy Culver's Curb Magazine course (J 417) was profiled for its innovative use of the Apple iPad in the classroom:
Culver's students publish a complete edition of Curb and also produce an app to accompany it. Her goal is to have students understand how this app will affect print magazine production and how the use of audio, video and slideshows enhance the platform.
Journalism students use a combination of iPad tablets, laptop computers and traditional desktop computers during a magazine-production class in Vilas Communication Hall.
At first, Culver said her students expressed sheer excitement about how the iPad was used in the course curriculum. Overall, it has been a positive experience in her class since it has not made significant changes to the syllabus.
Our classroom iPads were provided largely through funding by the UW General Library System, supplemented by gifts provided by generous alumni donors to our Mass Communication Fund. For more on how these and other iPads are being used in SJMC and around campus, read the full article by Aimee Katz here.
The Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will co-host a roundtable of leading journalists and scholars to discuss editorial integrity for public media in a digital age.
About 25 leading public broadcasting executives, journalism scholars and ethicists will convene on Oct. 24 and 25 at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St.
They will evaluate editorial guidelines that working groups of broadcasting leaders and advisers have developed during the past two years. The guidelines address such topics as transparency, funding firewalls, editorial partnerships and concepts of public service.
Want to show your SJMC pride? Go online now to order t-shirts and hoodies celebrating our Wisconsin J-School.
Students in the class that produces Curb magazine are selling the shirts to raise money to publish this year's edition. A lifestyle magazine for curious Wisconsinites, Curb promises to be "anything but expected."
Long- and short-sleeved t-shirts, as well as hoodies, are available for purchase. Pickup will be in Vilas the second week of November. Shipping is possible with a small additional fee.
As detailed in UW-Madison News, eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships — "some of the highest honors for established faculty" — including our own James L. Baughman, who was named a University of Wisconsin Foundation (UWF) Chair Bascom Professor:
James L. Baughman, named UWF Chair Fetzer-Bascom Professor of Journalism, has been a faculty member since 1979. A popular teacher and former director of the School of Journalism, he won a Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003. In 2005, he also received the Wisconsin Alumni Association's Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award. His books include “Same Time, Same Station” (Johns Hopkins University Press), tracing the birth of American television.
Professor Young Mie Kim’s community service learning course, Technology for Social Change (J676, Fall 2011), launched Savor South Madison, a social media integrated campaign platform that seeks to correct misperception about South Madison and facilitate community engagement. The goal of Savor South Madison is to promote bonding within South Madison and to bridge the UW campus with the South Madison community through promotion of local food establishments and food-related events. Visit Savor South Madison at 
Students in the SJMC magazine class have launched an iPad app version of their publication, Curb.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications is pleased to announce our 2011-2012 undergraduate scholarships!
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Want to show your SJMC pride? Go online now to order t-shirts and hoodies celebrating our Wisconsin J-School.
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