The first speaker of our 2016 Spring Semester Speaker Series will be on Tuesday, February 23 at 7:00 PM (location TBA).
Stephen Watson, UW-Madison alumnus and current Sports Reporter at WISN-TV (ABC affiliate) in Milwaukee, will speak about working in TV and talking about changes in sports media.
Please RSVP for the event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1095827323814669/
Stephen Watson Bio
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May 2011 with degrees in Journalism and Communications Arts, Stephen Watson jumped right into a commercial television play-by-play broadcasting job in Bismarck, ND with BEK Sports Network. From there, he transitioned to news as a Weekend Sports Anchor at WPTZ-TV in Burlington, VT. After two years at WPTZ-TV, he stayed within the Hearst TV family and accepted a job as a Sports Reporter at WISN-TV in Milwaukee, WI.
He currently covers the Packers, Brewers, Bucks, Wisconsin Badgers and Marquette in addition to weekly feature reporting.
Stephen also worked/interned for the Badger Herald, ESPN Madison, WSUM, and the UW-Madison Athletic Department during his years in Madison.
Follow Stephen on Twitter @WISN_Watson.
Photo from Yahoo! News.