News and Events
Emmy nominations for PantherVision
UWM PantherVision, a television newscast produced by JAMS broadcast journalism students, has been honored with three regional Emmy nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
PantherVision received two nominations in the coveted best newscast category, as well as a nomination in the general news story category. more
Analyzing TV's new upscale status
In their new book, “Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status,” Assistant Professor Michael Z. Newman and Associate Professor Elana Levine look at how television has been changing in the digital age, gaining newfound respectability for its programs and for the devices used to view them. more
Gathering at WUWM
Please join your fellow UWM Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies alumni for a casual get-together at the new studios of WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio on Friday, November 18th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm. The studios are located in the Chase Bank Tower at 111 East Wisconsin Avenue. more
Tasman photos featured at MAM
The Milwaukee Art Museum will honor some of the region’s most celebrated artists in its MAM After Dark event Friday, September 16th.
Senior Lecturer Marc Tasman is among the artists awarded the prestigious Mary L. Nohl fellowship whose work will be on display. Tasman’s photographic series, "Dark Tourist seeks Lost Galitzianers' Treasure," documents his visit to Poland as an adult grandchild of Jewish Holocaust survivors. more
National Honor
For Ad Students
Two JMC students have received honorable mention in a national advertising competition. Kristin Birchbauer and Stacy Sheets, students in JMC 524 taught by Joette Rockow, competed against students from 128 schools in the Yellow Pages Advertising Challenge. more
M.A. Student
Has Top Paper
Graduate student Jing Zhao received the top student paper award at the Chinese Internet Research Conference. Her paper, "Online Competition between Media Corporations and Grassroots Fans?: The Failure of Collaborationist Logic in Mainland China," was presented in May in Washington D.C.
Newman Publishes
Indie Film Book
Assistant Professor Michael Z. Newman’s book Indie: An American Film Culture has been published by Columbia University Press. more
MA Students Have
Three ICA Papers
Three MA students will present research papers at the International Communication Association convention at Boston in late May more
New Course on
Documentaries
JAMS 116, Journalism, Documentary, and Democracy, will be offered for the first time in summer 2011. The online course is being offered from July 25 to August 20 by Professor Jeff Smith. more
Media Historian
Speaks at UWM
The transformation of American news since the late nineteenth century will be the topic of a talk on Friday, April 22, at 1 p.m. in Bolton B40. more
Five NBNA Awards
Go to JAMS Students
The Northwest Broadcast News Association has given five awards to JAMS students at its 2011 conference: more.
JAMS Students Win
SPJ Region Awards
JAMS students received three regional Mark of Excellence awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for work in 2010. more.
M.A. Colloquia Presentations
Students in the department’s Media Studies M.A. program will make presentations at colloquia in April and May: more.
Broadcast Students Win State Journalism Awards
JAMS broadcast journalism students won eight awards in the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association’s annual statewide “Student Awards for Excellence” competition. more.
Students Win State Awards
JAMS students won thirteen awards in the collegiate division of the Milwaukee Press Club's 81st Annual Awards for Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism competition.
The competition, which was judged by media professionals from press clubs in other states, had ninety-one entries from Wisconsin campuses. more.
Seven JAMS Students Join Phi Beta Kappa
Seven JAMS students have been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society founded in 1776. They are Stephanie Chadek, Rose Hebein, Michael Meidenbauer, Matthew Wodenka, Katherine Gengler, Aaron Knapp, and Caitlin Floria Penzey Moog.
M.A. Student's Oprah Show Receives National Award
The Dr. Laura Berman Show, produced on Oprah Radio by JAMS master's student Alicia Haywood, has received a 2011 National Gracie Award® from the Alliance for Women in Media. The program won in the category of Outstanding Talk Show: Entertainment / Information. more.
Tess Gallun
Faculty member 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 on February 24 ... more.
Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies
UWM Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies students learn from an outstanding faculty and from the varied opportunities of a vibrant city with many media organizations.
The B.A. in Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies offers both insightful academic study of the media and preparation for careers in media professions. JAMS majors complete one of three concentrations:
- The Journalism/Documentary concentration provides knowledge and experience in the increasingly integrated fields of broadcast journalism, print journalism, online journalism, and documentary production.
- The Media Studies concentration emphasizes critical, cultural, historical, legal, ethical, and social scientific analysis of the media and society while also providing experience in media production.
- The Advertising and Public Relations concentration provides an integrated approach to advertising and public relations.
The M.A. in Media Studies involves research on practically any media topic. The purpose of the program is to develop abilities to research, reflect on, and write about media studies topics. Courses foster knowledge and understanding of mass media and society through critical, cultural, historical, legal, ethical, or social scientific approaches. Students work closely with their faculty advisors to prepare course plans and to conduct original research for their theses. The members of the graduate faculty are nationally respected scholars with a wide range of specialties. Students come from a variety of backgrounds.