media

March 17, 2025

Spring media

Books and podcasts to brighten your spring. Because reading is what? Fundamental.


June 14, 2024

Summer reads (and more!)

Whether you need a book to dive into on your next plane ride, a podcast for a long walk or a TV show for a rainy day, UW alumni are ready to keep you company this summer.


November 30, 2018

Keeping it fresh

The FreshJess founder developed her voice and built a following for her blog, which is going strong after 10 years.


August 30, 2018

Voice of the Dawgs

Tony Castricone has a passion for sports and a song in his heart.


September 12, 2017

Scions of Spokane

Ted and Jeremy McGregor operate one of the best alternative weekly papers in the nation.


March 1, 2016

KEXP rocks its new digs

KEXP and its predecessor KCMU have been a staple of the Seattle music community for four decades. With new digs at the Seattle Center and a 30-year cooperative agreement with the UW, the station enters its next phase as an independent nonprofit.


September 1, 2013

Info revolutionary

At the forefront of those spreading the information revolution to developing countries stands an American nonprofit called Internews. And at the head of Internews stands a friendly, straightforward Maine resident, Jeanne Bourgault, ’86, ’90.


March 1, 2011

On the radar

Cliff Mass is perhaps the most conspicuous weather guru in the Northwest and heir to former TV weatherman Harry Wappler’s local fame.


December 1, 2010

Stigma of mental illness

To Jennifer Stuber, the stigma associated with mental illness is black and white: that is, it’s right there in the newspaper.


March 1, 2006

Peabody winner

On May 17, 2004, Mathew Shaw and his wife, Juleen, were wide-awake at 5 a.m., and they were nervous. The Peabody Awards would be announced that morning.


June 1, 2005

William Shadel, 1908-2005

William Shadel, retired UW communications professor and radio and television broadcasting veteran, died Jan. 29 in Renton. He was 96.


December 1, 2003

Air force

In 20 years on air covering the Huskies, Bob Rondeau has seen the highs and lows of UW sports and is unafraid to tell it like it is.