David Gordon, the founding editor and board chairman of the Chippewa Valley Post, passed away on Sunday, June 11. The following memorial was written by Michael Dorsher, a CV Post board member and UW-Eau Claire colleague of Gordon. Midway through his first semester at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, the assistant professor was no longer […]
Newest Devroy Fellowship winner looks forward to three-week Washington Post residency
By McKenna Dirks, community reporter
Ta’Leah Van Sistine, UW-Eau Claire’s 24th Ann Devroy Fellowship winner, has expressed high hopes for the opportunity it offers her.
One highlight of the fellowship takes place in Washington D.C., which isn’t unfamiliar ground for Van Sistine. She said she traveled there in 2016 for the inauguration of former President Donald Trump, on a school trip from Bay Port High School in Green Bay.
Van Sistine will spend three weeks next January in residence in The Washington Post’s newsroom, as a key part of the Devroy Fellowship experience. Other aspects of it include a scholarship and a summer internship at a Wisconsin news outlet.
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Digital age poses many new challenges for journalists, but panelists note some ways to cope
By David Gordon, associate editor
Journalists in the digital age face an array of challenges that didn’t exist 25 years ago, plus those stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, three online panelists told their audience Tuesday night.
The panel, hosted by the Chippewa Valley Civil Liberties Union, raised alarms about fewer journalists increasingly being asked to do more as well as the increasing misinformation that competes with accurate reporting. But the panelists also noted that there are ways to cope with at least some of the obstacles that have arisen.
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Two more films to be screened as part of ‘Beyond the Headlines’ exploration of poverty and the role of journalism
Two more films remain to be shown at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as part of the free “Beyond the Headlines” (BTH) October film series. The programs are scheduled for the next two Monday evenings (Oct. 15 and 22) at the Woodland Theater on the third floor of the Davies Center at UW-EC. Doors open […]