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Panelists discuss the role social media plays in the spread of misinformation during the “Covering Political Campaigns: Do Facts Still Matter?” webinar.

Chippewa Valley Post and Wisconsin Public Radio host webinar to celebrate News Engagement Day

Story by Ashlie Fanetti, Staff Writer
October 9, 2020
UWEC journalism department completely re-works program into semester-long certificate

UWEC journalism department completely re-works program into semester-long certificate

Story by Caleb Doyle, Freelance Writer
October 8, 2020
A closer look

A closer look

Story by Ta'Leah Van Sistine
May 4, 2020
The image had first appeared in the Vidette-Messenger in 1948 with brief caption claiming to exhibit the desperation of the Chalifoux family.

‘Sold on a Monday,’ in review

Story by Robin Armagost, Copy Editor
March 4, 2020
Screaming On the Inside

Screaming On the Inside

Story by Madeline Fuerstenberg, Freelance Writer
February 17, 2020
Madeline Fuerstenberg, the Editor-in-Chief; Bridget Kelley, the News Editor; and Rebecca Mennecke, the Managing Editor of The Spectator as they recently broke local news.

Student journalists are necessary now more than ever

Story by Rebecca Mennecke
December 11, 2019
The Tator

The Tator

Story by Caleb Doyle, Freelance Writer
October 28, 2019
The four panel leaders and Jan Larson, a professor of journalism at UW-Eau Claire, discuss their opinions on the impact of social media on news.

Local journalists discuss the impact of social media on reporting

Story by McKenna Dirks, Currents/ Sports Editor
October 8, 2019
Journalists spend years dedicating themselves to reporting the truth — and only the truth. By building credibility of reporting the truth, the public can then trust what the journalist has to say.

Eric Trump fuels the fire in a war against journalism

Story by Rebecca Mennecke
September 11, 2019
Managing Editor Tracy Grant photographed at the Washington Post in Washington, D.C. on December 02, 2015. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post). Grant will be speaking at the Ann Devroy Memorial Forum at 7 p.m. on April 18 in Schofield Auditorium.

Devroy Memorial Forum features Washington Post managing editor

Story by Ta'Leah Van Sistine
April 2, 2019
Journalists have been under fire since the election of President Donald Trump.

Journalists are not the enemy

Story by Madeline Fuerstenberg, Freelance Writer
March 6, 2019
Over 2,200 employees in digital media have been laid off in the last two months. Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Vice, Gannett and USA Today are a few of the most affected.

Onslaught of layoffs in media industry is distressing and casts grim light on future of journalism

Story by Taylor Reisdorf, Freelance Writer
February 13, 2019
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