Readings

When possible, course readings are available here. Otherwise, you can find them on our course page at Learn@UW.

Jan. 23

1. 50 Quick Writing Tools (Poynter)

Jan. 25

1. A Wisconsin Field Guide to Scott Walker’s Vocal Tics (CapTimes)
2. Wisconsin’s black unemployment rate highest in the nation (CapTimes)

Jan. 30

1. Wisconsin: A Water-Lover’s Wonderland (Wall Street Journal)
2. Writing a Good Lede (NPR)
3. Gov. Walker’s Speech to the Iowa Freedom Summit

Feb. 1

1. Dear assclown: Wisconsin Senate leader’s inbox flooded with emails about records changes (CapTimes)
2. Wisconsin joins national push to curb solitary confinement (WCIJ)

Feb. 6

1. The Hourglass (Poynter)
2. How To Write a Good Story in 800 Words or Less (Poynter)
3. Gov. Walker Signs $76B Budget (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Feb. 13

1. 8 Interactive Storytelling Tools for Journalists (visual.ly)
2. Yahara beach closures highlight algae, bacteria threats statewide (WCIJ)
3. We can draw school zones to make them less segregated. Here’s how your district does (Vox)

Feb. 15

1. Manure digesters seen as best hope for curbing lake pollution, but drawbacks remain (CapTimes/WCIJ)
2. In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters (New York Times)

Feb. 20

1. Ten Hints for Covering Government (Journalist’s Resource)

Feb. 22

1. 9 Things the Best Political Reporters Do (PBS)
2. Dividing Lines (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
3. My Fellow Americans (Poynter)
4. Covering Donald Trump is Worse than a Waste of Time (The Atlantic)
5. White House press conferences are over a century old, but they are still useful (Poynter)

Feb. 27

1. Interviewing Tips (MSU Knight Center)
2. Ten tips for interviewing politicians (ijnet) 

Mar. 1

Mar. 13

1. Since taking over Legislature, Republicans have moved to restrict local control (CapTimes)

Mar. 20

1. AP advises journalists to “Consider using alt-story forms” (Poynter)
2. 5 questions: The Clinton email. (Politico)
3. In second full day since Tony Robinson shooting, protestors gather and grieve (Madison.com)
4. Milwaukee Crime and Safety (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

Mar. 22

1. Snow Fall (New York Times)
2. 83 minutes delivers a lifetime of memories, grief for parents (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
3. (Actually) True War Stories at NBC News (New York)

Apr. 3

• The Arena (Lincoln Journal Star)
• A New Mission (On Wisconsin)
• The Late, Great Stephen Colbert (GQ)
• Why do all TV characters wear the same weird old blanket? (Slate)

Apr. 5

1. Frank Lloyd Wright House Discovered in Madison (Wisconsin State Journal)
2. Cats – surprise – prefer music written exclusively for them (Wisconsin State Journal)
3. Just Be Happy (Wisconsin State Journal)
4. Student Magazine Hosts Fashion Week (Wisconsin State Journal)