UW-Milwaukee Journalism Students Win First-Place Regional SPJ Honors

UW-Milwaukee journalism students have won three first-place regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, SPJ announced Monday. The first-place award winners – for best online college news reporting, television news reporting, and television broadcast – now advance to the national SPJ competition. The Mark of Excellence awards “honor the best of collegiate […]

UWM Student Journalists Win 2014 SPJ Awards

Media Milwaukee won a 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award for Best Digital-Only Student Publication and UWM student journalists snagged ten additional awards in the regional SPJ competition, which includes universities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The students’ work will be recognized in April at the SPJ Region 6 […]

A Story of Five

Lecturer Tess Gallun’s documentary, Out of Respect: A Story of Five, premiered to a sold-out audience in the Milwaukee Art Museum’s Lubar Auditorium in February. The film traces the rejection, hardship, spirit and resilience in the lives of five LGBT young people aging out of Milwaukee’s foster care system. Watch the trailer and listen to […]