When possible, course readings are available here. Otherwise, you can find them on our course page at Learn@UW.
Jan. 23
Jan. 25
- A Wisconsin Field Guide to Scott Walker’s Vocal Tics (CapTimes)
- Wisconsin’s black unemployment rate highest in the nation (CapTimes)
Jan. 30
- Wisconsin: A Water-Lover’s Wonderland (Wall Street Journal)
- Writing a Good Lede (NPR)
- Gov. Walker’s Speech to the Iowa Freedom Summit
Feb. 1
- Dear assclown: Wisconsin Senate leader’s inbox flooded with emails about records changes (CapTimes)
- Wisconsin joins national push to curb solitary confinement (WCIJ)
Feb. 6
- The Hourglass (Poynter)
- How To Write a Good Story in 800 Words or Less (Poynter)
- Gov. Walker Signs $76B Budget (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Feb. 13
- 8 Interactive Storytelling Tools for Journalists (visual.ly)
- Yahara beach closures highlight algae, bacteria threats statewide (WCIJ)
- We can draw school zones to make them less segregated. Here’s how your district does (Vox)
Feb. 15
- Manure digesters seen as best hope for curbing lake pollution, but drawbacks remain (CapTimes/WCIJ)
- In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters (New York Times)
Feb. 20
Feb. 22
- 9 Things the Best Political Reporters Do (PBS)
- Dividing Lines (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
- My Fellow Americans (Poynter)
- Covering Donald Trump is Worse than a Waste of Time (The Atlantic)
- White House press conferences are over a century old, but they are still useful (Poynter)
Feb. 27
Mar. 1
Mar. 13
Mar. 20
- AP advises journalists to “Consider using alt-story forms” (Poynter)
- 5 questions: The Clinton email. (Politico)
- In second full day since Tony Robinson shooting, protestors gather and grieve (Madison.com)
- Milwaukee Crime and Safety (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
Mar. 22
- Snow Fall (New York Times)
- 83 minutes delivers a lifetime of memories, grief for parents (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel).
- (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
- Frank Lloyd Wright House Discovered in Madison (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Cats – surprise – prefer music written exclusively for them (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Just Be Happy (Wisconsin State Journal)
- Student Magazine Hosts Fashion Week (Wisconsin State Journal)