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Student Scholarship
Cheryl O'Brien, a JMC broadcast journalism student, has been awarded a Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation scholarship of $2,000. A senior who has reported and produced for UWM PantherVision, O'Brien is a past president of the Broadcast Club@UWM. She is currently interning at WISN-TV where she has been doing political reporting for "Student Commitment 2008."
SPJ Chapter
UWM's Society of Professional Journalists student chapter received the organization's highest ranking for its activities in 2007. The four-star recognition was achieved by only two of the fifteen chapters in the region. Regional Director Gordon Govier said, "The UW Milwaukee chapter had a very impressive record last year."
http://www.spj.org/chapterhowtoc.asp
Panther Talk Live
Kyle Duerstein hosted a debate between two state supreme court candidates, the first internet radio debate in Wisconsin election history. The Panther Talk Live program, which received extensive media coverage, attracted live listeners, chat room participants, and phone callers on January 28. The program was produced in partnership with Frontpage Milwaukee and WISN 12.
- Media Coverage of the Debate
- Frontpage Milwaukee
- WISN
- AP
- Journal Sentinel
- Wispolitics.com
PRSSA Award
Andrea Platten, president of the UWM chapter of PRSSA, won the "Create a PR Person" contest at the national PRSSA conference at Philadelphia in October. Entrants used a combination of media to depict the tools, talents, and personal characteristics required of a public relations professional.
"Andrea's entry was selected as our winner because we felt it most represented what it takes to be a successful PR person," said Bernie Frazier, vice president of Fleishman-Hillard Inc., the contest sponsor. The campus chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America received a cash award and recognition at the conference.
Campaign Coverage
A dozen UWM JMC students are contributing news stories, videos, and blogs to Channel 12's web site coverage of the 2008 election campaigns. Faculty members Jessica McBride and Maryann Lazarski are coordinating the students' efforts. http://www.wisn.com/studentcommitment2008/index.html
Carivou Chosen For Fellowship
James Carviou, who will join the Mass Communication master's program in fall 2007, has been awarded an Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship. The UWM fellowship provides funding for two years of graduate study.
JMC Alumnus Receives UWM Achievement Award
John K. Iglehart, a 1961 journalism graduate, has received the UWM Alumni Association's Special Life Achievement Award. Only eight UWM alumni have received the recognition.
Iglehart is the founding editor of Health Affairs (www.healthaffairs.org), the nation's leading health policy journal. He is also a national correspondent for The New England Journal of Medicine.
JMC Students Elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Thirteen JMC Students have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and best-known academic honorary society.
Initiated at campus ceremony on April 22 were Lindsey Anderson, Stephanie Brien, Anna Brown, Bridget Fargen, Angela Feltes, Robin Fuchs, Molly Howard, Ashley Kolata, Brandon Krause, Corrine Malone, Shannon McKenna, Sarah Vanderloop, and Bradley Wooten.
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has chapters at only about 10 percent of American institutions of higher learning, including UWM. For information, go to www.pbk.org.
JMC Student Wins Ad Awards
Christina DeCheck, a JMC minor from Burlington, Wis., has won both of this year's student Bell Project Competition awards from the Business Marketing Association--Milwaukee.
Students from Wisconsin campuses submitted entries in the categories of single-tactic and campaign. DeCheck's winning projects were a poster for a networking event and a campaign for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee.
DeCheck, who is president of UWM's AdClub, will recieve two $500 awards. As the sponsoring department, JMC will also receive two $500 awards.
Recent JMC Graduate Wins Top National TV Award
The National Press Photographers Association has named JMC alumnus Andy Shilts the Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year, one of broadcast journalism's most prestigious national honors.
"To those not familiar with the business, it is difficult to appreciate how big this award really is," said Mark Zoromski, senior broadcast journalism lecturer in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Shilts, who graduated in 2002 with an emphasis in broadcast journalism, is a photojournalist at KMSP-TV in Minneapolis. His work has won local, state, and regional awards, including a 2006 regional Emmy.
Shilts started winning awards while he was shooting and editing stories for UWM PantherVision, the JMC department's class-based television newscast.
"The practical experience I got as part of the class that produced PantherVision is really what launched my career," Shilts said. "I honestly didn't know if this is what I wanted to do with my life, but I found my passion in that class."
For more about Shilts' award, including samples of his work and comments from the judges, go to https://www.communicationsmgr.com/projects/1296/erniecrisp.asp
For more information about the National Press Photographers Association, visit www.nppa.org
Student Creates Super Bowl Ad on CBS Web Episodes
Katelyn Crabb has won the Chevrolet Super Bowl College Ad Challenge. Her ad, written in JMC 201 last fall, was broadcast during the Super Bowl on February 4.
Crabb's entry topped 820 others from 230 other colleges and universities. The announcement was made during a CBS primetime program, "Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials 2007," on February 2.
The finalists were featured in an eight-part web "reality series." The videos are posted on the CBS site: http://www.cbs.com/collections/superbowl/chevy/
The accounts of Crabb's success have ranged from a feature in USA Today to a piece on CBS Early Morning that included video at UWM.
An Associated Press story appeared in hundreds of newspapers. The New York Times and Fox 6 covered the story as well.
For more coverage, go to: www.frontpagemilwaukee.com
Student Broadcast Journalists Win State and Regional Awards
UWM broadcast journalism students have won top awards in the Milwaukee Press Club's statewide Excellence in Collegiate Journalism competition and in the regional Society of Professional Journalists contest.
Reporters for UWM PantherVision, JMC's class-based student television newscast, won first place awards in all four of MPC's television categories. Student reporters for UWM PantherCast, JMC's class-based radio news webcast, won first place in MPC's radio feature and sport story categories. The winners are:
- Best TV News Story
- 1st: "Bio Research"
- Jason Bean and Mega Nayak
- 2nd: "Student Government Shutdown"
- Ben Wick, Andy Degenhardt, Jason Ford and Kelli Kreuser
- Best TV Feature Story
- 1st: "Brew City Bruisers"
- Kim Olson and Amanda Ford
- 2nd: "Body Builder"
- Tim Elliott and Bridget Fargen
- Best TV Sports Story
- 1st: "Going for Gold"
- Julie Roy, Josh Rosenberg and Sheila Schumacher
- 2nd: "Swim Team"
- Shannon Gooch and Chris Eckert
- Best TV Photojournalism
- 1st: "Lake Research"
- Mega Nayak and Jason Bean
- Best Radio Feature Story
- 1st: "Hunger Clean Up"
- Chris Eckert
- Best Radio Sports Story
- 1st: "Beach Volleyball"
- Chris Eckert
The students will be honored at the club's Gridiron Dinner on April 28 at the InterContinental Hotel in Milwaukee. Registration information for the dinner is at: www.milwaukeepressclub.org
UWM broadcast students have also received two first-place Mark of Excellence Awards in the regional Society of Professional Journalists competition.
Chris Eckert won the Best Radio News Reporting award for his story on UWM's Hunger Cleanup.
PantherCast was named Best Radio Newscast. Student producers for the newscasts submitted were Paul Lewis, Theresa Lee, Andrew McClintick, Nicole Stewart, Mike Mahan and Leah Ganj-Bakhsh.
The awards were presented at the SPJ Regional Convention in Minneapolis in late March. UWM competed with campuses in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. First-place regional winners are considered for national awards.
Student Broadcast Reporting Wins Top Regional Awards
UWM students in JMC television news courses and the Broadcast Club @ UWM have won four Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalistic Excellence from the Northwest Broadcast News Association.
The competition was open to universities in six states: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The students will receive their awards on Saturday, March 24, at the Midwest Journalism Conference which is sponsored by the Associated Press, the National Press Photographers Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Television Academy, and other organizations.
The winners are:
Sports Reporting: "Going for Gold" reported by Julie Roy and photojournalists Josh Rosenberg and Sheila Schumacher. The story profiles JMC alum Dave Tamburrino, a two-time Olympic speed skater, who now coaches Olympic hopefuls.
Hard Feature: "Bio Research" reported by Jason Bean and photojournalist Mega Nayak. The feature describes the important biological research a UWM student is doing in the depths of Lake Michigan.
Television Photojournalism: "Bio Research" was also honored in this category.
Best Talk/Public Affairs Program: "Ask the Chancellor," a twice yearly production of the Broadcast Club @ UWM. The program allows a live audience of UWM students to ask Chancellor Carlos Santiago questions in an informal setting.
Lindsay Caldwell Earns Scholar and Athlete Recognitions
JMC Senior Lindsay Caldwell, a member of the UWM women's swimming team, was named the Horizon League's Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Week and Swimmer of the Week for the week of February 5.
http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/spec-rel/020607aab.html
Student Broadcast Reporting Wins Top Wisconsin Awards
UWM broadcast journalism students have swept the news and sports reporting categories in the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association's statewide collegiate journalism contest.
Student reporters for UWM PantherCast and UWM PantherVision won a total of seven awards, capturing first place in each of the sports and news reporting categories:
RADIO
Best News Story, First Place
Chris Eckert, Hunger Cleanup
Best News Story, Second Place
Theresa Lee, Bell Ringers
Best Sports Story, First Place
Chris Eckert, Beach Volleyball
Best Newscast, Third Place
UWM PantherCast, Mike Mahan and Leah Ganjbakhsh producers
TELEVISION
Best News Story, First Place
Mike Hawes and Angela Feltes, Car Share
Best News Story, Third Place
Jason Bean and Mega Nayak, Bio Research
Best Sports Story, First Place
Tim Elliott and David Van Goethem, Horizon Championship
The students will receive their awards at the WBA Student Seminar/Awards Luncheon on February 24, 2007, in Madison.
PantherCast is a radio newscast produced by students in the department's radio news reporting class, and PantherVision is weekly television newscast produced by students in the department's television reporting and news management classes.
Boehm Receives Broadcast Scholarship
Matha Boehm, a UWM broadcasting student, has been awarded a Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Foundation scholarship of $2,000.
Boehm, a senior who is active in the Broadcast Club, SPJ, Habitat for Humanity, and other organizations, has interned at both WUWM-FM and WITI-TV.
In May she will be going on an International Scholar Laureate Program trip to Australia to learn about that country's media system.
Reitman Interviewed on PantherCast
Milwaukee radio legend Bob Reitman, who recently retired from WKTI, was interviewed by PantherCast reporters Theresa Lee and Ryan Klund about his career, his new weekly music show on WUWM, and why he wants to hear from college students. A portion of that interview can be heard by logging on to PantherCast at http://panthercast.blogspot.com/