by Shane Nyman | Jul 13, 2020 | Alumni News, Features, Humanities
After a woman died in a Texas jail in 2018, Jeff Gerritt was told by the local sheriff that the incident wasn’t newsworthy. Gerritt, editor of the Palestine Herald-Press in Palestine, Texas, thought otherwise. So much so that the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh...
by Natalie Johnson | Jul 4, 2020 | Features, Humanities, Social Science
Fireworks, parades and picnics are the usual all-American activities on the Fourth of July. But most of us are likely to be celebrating a less raucous Independence Day this year as the pandemic puts a damper on our traditional festivities. Instead, University of...
by Natalie Johnson | Jun 25, 2020 | Features, Humanities, Research
New research indicates the 2016 U.S. presidential election served as a point of “reckoning” for journalists, said a University of Wisconsin Oshkosh media sociologist. Reporters covering the election had to dramatically reconsider how they view their role. “Journalists...
by Shane Nyman | Jun 10, 2020 | Features, Headlines, Humanities
A one-act play titled God is an Old Drag Queen by senior Macrina Schry is the winning entry in the 2020 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Playwriting Contest. Schry, an English major from Oshkosh, began work on the play in an introductory scriptwriting course in...
by Laurie Schlosser | May 27, 2020 | Briefs, Humanities
An enterprising University of Wisconsin Oshkosh student landed work with several newspapers in her hometown after she left campus due to the coronavirus. Marissa Chamberlin’s family lives in St. Croix Falls, in the western part of Wisconsin. A photography and...
by Shane Nyman | May 12, 2020 | Business, Features, Humanities
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh senior Ally Chard is the fourth student in the University’s history to earn a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award. Chard, who’ll earn degrees in human resource management and Spanish and serve as a student speaker at Saturday’s virtual...
