“Under pressure: Covering Election 2024” with Jonathan Martin
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 6:30-8 pm
Memorial Union Play Circle, UW–Madison campus
Join the Center for Journalism Ethics for a conversation with Jonathan Martin, politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO, on the ethical challenges of covering elections and politics in these polarized times. Award-winning journalist Mike Gousha will conduct this interview, which is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for Journalism Ethics and the Elections Research Center, this event is free, open to the public and will be livestreamed.
Martin’s visit is part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Journalist-in-Residence program, which offers the world’s top journalists an opportunity to share their expertise, engage with the campus community and collaborate with university scholars. The Journalist in Residence program is sponsored by the Office of Strategic Communication and campus partners, including the La Follette School of Public Affairs, the Wisconsin School of Business, the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and the Center for Journalism Ethics, with support from the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association.
Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin is the politics bureau chief and senior political columnist at POLITICO, where he writes a reported column. Prior to starting his column in 2022, Martin was the national political correspondent for The New York Times. Covering elections in all 50 states, he served as the publication’s top political reporter for nearly a decade. He is the co-author of the New York Times best-seller This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future, which gave readers in-the-room access to the extraordinary events of the 2020 election and its aftermath. Martin regularly provides on-air political analysis for ABC, NBC and CBS. He and his wife, Betsy, live in Washington and New Orleans.
Mike Gousha
Mike Gousha serves as senior advisor in law and public policy at Marquette University Law School. An award-winning journalist, Gousha served as distinguished fellow in law and public policy from 2007 to 2021, and helped lead efforts to create the Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education. Gousha spent 25 years as anchor and reporter for WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee and 11 years as a political analyst for WISN-TV, where he hosted the statewide public affairs program UpFront with Mike Gousha. He has moderated numerous televised political debates in Wisconsin, including the final debate of Wisconsin’s historic 2012 recall election for governor. Gousha is also the co-producer of a PBS documentary that aired nationally in 2020, recounting the nearly half-century that Milwaukee was led by socialist mayors.
Gousha is a member of the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame, as well as the Wisconsin Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He received the Associated Press’ Carol Brewer Award for long-term contributions to broadcast journalism in Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin Journalism School’s Distinguished Public Service Award. Gousha also is the recipient of the United Community Center’s Friends of the Hispanic Community Award and the Milwaukee Urban League’s Whitney M. Young, Jr. Legacy Award. He graduated from UW-Madison with a degree in journalism.