Every semester, we invite journalists to campus to meet with students and community leaders and headline public events.
The Public Affairs Journalist in Residence program is sponsored by University Communications, the La Follette School of Public Affairs, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with support from the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association.
Past journalists
Ezra Klein
In April 2024, New York Times columnist and podcast host Ezra Klein visited the La Follette School and spoke with policymakers.
Tamara Keith
NPR White House Correspondent Tamara Keith visited campus in March 2023.
Nate Silver
In October 2022, FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver came to UW–Madison.
Catherine Rampell
Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell, visited Madison and spoke at the La Follette Forum in May of 2022.
David Brooks
In October 2021, New York Times columnist David Brooks came to campus.
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Past journalists: 2020 – present
2024
- Spring: Ezra Klein, New York Times columnist and podcast host
2023
- Spring: Tamara Keith, National Public Radio White House Corresponded
2022
- Fall: Nate Silver, Founder of FiveThirtyEight.com
- Spring: Catherine Rampell, Washington Post
2021
- Fall, David Brooks, New York Times
- Spring, Amy Westervelt, host of the podcast “Drilled”
2020
- Fall: Maggie Haberman, New York Times
Past journalists: 2010-2019
2019
- Fall: Claire Malone, senior political writer at FiveThirtyEight.com
- Spring: Ayesha Rascoe, National Public Radio
2018
- Fall: Eric Lipton, The New York Times
- Spring: Matthew Yglesias, Vox Media
2017
- Fall: Charlie Sykes, former radio host
- Fall: Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker
- Spring: Yamiche Alcindor, New York Times
2016
- Fall: David Weigel, Washington Post
- Spring: Jamelle Bouie, chief political correspondent, Slate
2015
- Fall: Andy Katz, writer and host for ESPN
2014
- Spring: Robert Leger, opinions editor, Arizona Republic
2013
- Fall: Riva Froymovich, Economist
- Spring: Carrie Johnson, National Public Radio justice correspondent
2012
- Fall: Craig Gilbert, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Washington, D.C., bureau chief and national political reporter
- Spring: Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post science and policy reporter
2011
- Fall: Jeff Gottlieb, senior writer at The Los Angeles Times
- Spring: Lowell Bergman, producer and correspondent for the PBS documentary series “Frontline” and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor of Investigative Reporting at the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism
2010
- Fall: Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post features writer
- Spring: Jeff Zeleny, New York Times
Past journalists: 2001 – 2009
Fall 2009
David T. Barstow, investigative reporter for The New York Times
Spring 2009
Jeanne Cummings, chief lobbying and influence reporter for Politico.com
Fall 2008
Blake Morrison, deputy enterprise editor at USA TODAY
Spring 2008
Tom Beaumont, chief political correspondent for the Des Moines Register
Fall 2007
Kenneth T. Walsh, the chief White House correspondent for U.S. News & World Report
Spring 2007
Jim VandeHei, executive editor of thepolitico.com and former national political writer for the Washington Post
Fall 2006
Walt Bogdanich, investigative reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, The New York Times
Spring 2006
Alexis Simendinger, White House correspondent for The National Journal
Fall 2005
Ron Elving, Washington editor for National Public Radio
Spring 2005
Lynn Sweet, Washington bureau chief for the Chicago Sun-Times and columnist for The Hill
Fall 2004
Matt Davies, winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning, Westchester Journal News
Spring 2004
John Diamond, intelligence/national security writer, USA Today
Fall 2003
Ed Fouhy, executive director, Pew Center on the States
Spring 2003
Pete Harkness, editor and publisher, Governing magazine
Fall 2002
Charles Todd, editor-in-chief, The Hotline
Spring 2002
Richard Berke, national political correspondent, New York Times
Fall 2001
Ross Ramsey, editor, Texas Weekly