The Daily Cardinal Alumni Association

120th anniversary of The Daily Cardinal: Join the Fun!

Register online for this three-day celebration of the 120^th anniversary of the Cardinal’s first issue, published on April 4, 1892.

Room blocks have been reserved. We recommend that you reserve early. Register online or call either hotel to make your reservations and mention "Daily Cardinal" to get the special rate.

Doubletree Hotel (525 W. Johnson) 608-251-5511 Lowell Center (610 Langdon) 608-256-2621

 

Celebrate 120 years of The Daily Cardinal

 

Snappy Cardinal © Natasha Soglin for The Daily Cardinal Alumni Association

Thursday, April 26, 2012

WELCOME RECEPTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

 

7 pm – 9 pm. Join us as we kick off the Cardinal's 120th anniversary with a welcome reception at Madison's Overture Center, featuring an exhibition of the best in the Cardinal's rich visual tradition, past and present. Exhibits will include work by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographers, and prints on display will be auctioned Saturday night to benefit the Cardinal's scholarship funds.

 

Friday, April 27, 2012

JOURNALISM PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Fluno Center's Howard Auditorium

10 a.m. - 12 p.m. The Daily Cardinal's journalists went on to have incredible success not only in newspapers but in television news as well. Join Emmy- and Peabody-winning journalists as they talk about how their Cardinal and UW experiences influenced their work.

1 p.m. - 3 p.m. The Cardinal counts among its graduates numerous winners of print journalism's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize. Discuss newspapering with half a dozen of those winners, including David Umhoefer, Neal Ulevich, Eric Newhouse, Walt Bogdanich, and Abigail Goldman.

 

Satuday, April 28, 2012

CARDINAL OFFICE OPEN HOUSE

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Relive your Cardinal days and meet today's staff in their natural habitat -- the Cardinal's Vilas Hall offices. The equipment may have changed somewhat, but the atmosphere is still the Cardinal you remember: young journalists fearlessly sifting and winnowing to find the truth.

GALA CELEBRATION

7:30 - 11 p.m.   at The Orpheum Theater

Wish the Cardinal a happy birthday with drinks and dancing at one of Madison's most unique venues, the Orpheum! There will be a silent auction of art and photography to benefit the Cardinal's scholarship funds. Meet old friends and raise a toast to the Cardinal's next 120 years.

There are other events planned on campus to coincide with the anniversary. More details on those will follow.

Please consider organizing an informal gathering for your colleagues on Saturday afternoon at the bar or venue of your choice.

 

All events will be held in Madison Wisconsin

Continuing Cardinal Camaraderie: April 26-28, 2012

Where will you be on these dates? Plan to be in Madison for the 120^th anniversary of the Cardinal. Find out what happened to the annoying freshman reporter, the stumble-bum photographer, and that girl (you know you always wondered what happened to her). Whether you stayed in journalism or not, we want to see YOU. Room blocks have been reserved under "Daily Cardinal" at the Doubletree Hotel near campus and the Lowell Center on Langdon Street.

Next month: full details on pictures, panels and parties.

Professional-to-Students Encounters

The DCAA Education Committee, under Mike Juley, has set up an ambitious program of fall seminars for the Daily Cardinal Students.

• ·  Becca Hammer of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel advertising administration will hold a 3-hour seminar on ad rep training in mid-August
• Dave Umhoefer of the Journal Sentinel newsroom staff and Pulitzer Prize winner will address the Cardinal staff recruitment meeting followed by a writing seminar on September 16
• Ellen Foley, former editor of the Wisconsin State Journal and now the president of her own media consulting firm, will hold a training session Sept. 18 focused on newsroom management
• Mark Pitsch, assistant city editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, will hold a seminar Oct. 16 on coaching, editing and ethics
• Jim Nelson, assistant business editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will hold a seminar Nov. 6 on how to write a story for online vs. the paper

 Please contact mike.juley@dailycardinal.net to volunteer to lead a seminar in the spring.

Cardinal Alumni, Staff Gather in Milwaukee

Pictured in the attached photo (left to right) taken at the Newsroom Pub & Grill in Milwaukee are: Bill Kurtz (’73); Paula Brookmire (’72); Mark Bennett (current Cardinal sports editor); Alex Morrell (’09); Gabbi Chee, a senior at the University of Dallas who has been working with Brookmire as an intern at the Milwaukee County Zoo; Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Umhoefer (’83) and Pete Faust (’86). Not pictured: Justin Stephani (’10) and Michael Juley (’73).

The question: What was life like at the Daily Cardinal in the ‘70s and ’80?

The answer: Just as chaotic as it is now.

The question: What did you learn at the Cardinal?

The answer: More journalism than what we did in J-school.

The question: How do I find a job in the real world?

Answer: Use the skills you learned in the Cardinal newsroom – they are easily transferable to virtually any job.

The questions and answers flowed freely, as did the beer and soda, during the first Daily Cardinal Alumni/staff mentoring meeting for Milwaukee-area current and former staffers Aug. 11 at the Newsroom Pub & Grill. Jim Nelson, president of the Milwaukee Press Club and also Cardinal alum, arranged for the meeting to be held at the Newsroom Pub & Grill, which is the home of the Milwaukee Press Club.

The meeting was arranged by Michael Juley (Class of ’73) at the urging of Allison Sansone of the Alumni Association, who graciously provided a listing of 300 Milwaukee-area Daily Cardinal alumni and a handful of names of current Cardinal staff members who lived in the Milwaukee area. From the list of 300, 15 alumni were invited to attend, along with four current staffers. The numbers were kept low because such a meeting had never been organized before and organizers didn’t really know what to expect.

Alumni who attended included:

Bill Kurtz (’73), a former member of the Cardinal sports staff and now a communications associate with Carthage College.

Paula Brookmire (’71-’72 graduate school), now publications coordinator for the non-profit Zoological Society of Milwaukee. Paula brought along Gabbi Chee, a senior at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, who has been working this summer with Paula as an intern at the Milwaukee County Zoo.

Dave Umhoefer (‘83), former Cardinal reporter (1981-83) and city editor (1983), now investigative reporter and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Pete Faust (’86), former Cardinal sports writer and now a lawyer with the firm of O’Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong and Laing.

Michael Juley (’73), Cardinal sports writer in 1971-’72 and co-sports editor in ’72-’73, now assistant metro editor/police and courts for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Current or just-graduated staffers attending included:

Alex Morrell (’09), editor in chief 08-‘09, and now watchdog intern at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Mark Bennett, sophomore, sports editor.

Justin Stephani, arts editor in spring 2009, managing editor fall 2009, copy chief spring 2010, journalism grad spring 2010.

All those in attendance agreed that the meeting was worth the time, and that the alumni and current staffers should meet again next August. If you wish to attend next year’s meeting, or just want to stay in touch with Milwaukee-area alumni and/or current staffers, send an e-mail to Michael Juley at mjuley@journalsentinel.com and we’ll keep in touch.

Daily Cardinal Alumni Chicago Gathering

Calling all Chicago-area Cardinal alumni! Come out and meet the current editors and reconnect with other alumni in Chicagoland.

When: Thursday, August 9, 2007, 6:00PM

Location: Billy Goat Tavern, 430 N. Michigan Ave at Lower Level, Chicago

Meet today's Daily Cardinal editors and business staffers for drinks and discussion at the Billy Goat, and give these out-of-towners a taste of Chicago's journalism community.

Editor in Chief Jill Klosterman, former Editor-in-Chief Sam-Omar Hall, business managers Josh Janos and Babu Gounder will be visiting from Madison to talk with you about their plans for the 115th year of the Midwest's best daily student paper, and answer your questions about The Cardinal of today.

Reconnect with other Chicago-area Cardinal alumni and share stories of your time at the paper. If there's one thing we all had in common back then, it was the desire to hash over the day's stories, preferably over a cold beer or two!

The party starts at 6 p.m. but we'll be there till the wee hours - come out and join us! If you have questions, or need directions, please call 1-877-DCAA

Join The Conversation

Have an idea on how to help the Cardinal or improve the DCAA? Attend our annual meeting this Saturday, April 21, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Pyle Center:

702 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53706-1420
Front Desk: 608-262-1122

We'll be talking events, awards, fundraising and more, as well as gathering with the staff that evening for pizza and fun. Join in and give us your thoughts!

Fifth DCAA Awards Dinner in April 2003

The DCAA seeks suggestions for award nominees to be honored at its fifth annual awards dinner.

Pulitzer Winners headline third DCAA Awards Dinner

Four Pulitzer Prize winners and the senior music editor of Rolling Stone were honored for their achievements at the DCAA's third Awards Dinner in Madison in May 2001.

Recent alumni found much to celebrate at 2000 DCAA reunion

It’s been 15 years since my husband, Bob, and I, both D.C. alums, left the confines and security of the newsroom in Vilas Hall and ventured forth into our careers and life together. And eight years had already passed since we attended the Cardinal's Centennial celebration, so we decided it was time to get back in touch with the venerable institution that had not only given us the opportunity to learn and experience so much during our college years, but also had brought us friendships that have continued through the years.

This year’s DCAA reunion was the perfect opportunity for us to reconnect with old friends, meet new ones and rekindle our pride in and gratitude toward The Daily Cardinal.