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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1184
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Spreitzer
,
Pfaff
,
Carpenter
,
Ratcliff
and
Roys
, cosponsored by Representatives
Brown
,
Emerson
,
Johnson
,
Anderson
,
Clancy
,
McCarville
,
Palmeri
,
Sinicki
,
Udell
,
Stubbs
and
Prado
. Referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges.
SB1184,1,3
1
An Act
to create
20.285 (1) (cm) and 36.25 (56) of the statutes;
relating to:
2
creating a journalism fellowship program in the University of Wisconsin
3
System and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a journalism fellowship program in the University of Wisconsin System under which 25 fellows are matched with participating newsrooms for a one-year fellowship. Each fellow, who must hold a two-year or four-year degree in journalism, media, communications, or a similar program at an institution of higher education, receives a salary of $40,000. In an application to be a fellow or a participating newsroom, the applicant must demonstrate how the applicant’s participation in the program will help increase access to high quality local journalism, bolster media literacy, meet state residents’ civic information needs, or a combination of these.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB1184,1
1
Section
1
.
20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place,
2
insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
-
See PDF for table
SB1184,2
8
Section
2
.
20.285 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1184,2,10
9
20.285
(1)
(cm)
Journalism fellowship program.
The amounts in the schedule
10
for the journalism fellowship program under s. 36.25 (56).
SB1184,3
11
Section
3
.
36.25 (56) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1184,2,14
12
36.25
(56)
Journalism fellowship program.
(a) The board shall establish
13
a journalism fellowship program that matches individuals with journalism degrees
14
to local newsrooms.
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15
(b) The board shall establish a committee to select participating fellows and
16
newsrooms for the program and to match these fellows and newsrooms. This
17
selection committee shall consist of the following:
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18
1. Three members who hold a faculty position in the system in the field of
19
journalism or communications, appointed by the system president.
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20
2. Two members employed in the journalism industry, appointed by a
21
majority of the members specified in subd. 1.
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22
(c) The selection committee shall evaluate applications to be a fellow and to be
23
a participating newsroom under the program. The application shall require each
1
applicant to demonstrate how the applicant’s participation in the program will help
2
increase access to high quality local journalism, bolster media literacy, meet state
3
residents’ civic information needs, or a combination of these. To be eligible for a
4
fellowship, an applicant must have completed a 2-year or 4-year degree in
5
journalism, media, communications, or a similar program at an institution of
6
higher education.
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7
(d) Based on the recommendations of the selection committee, the board shall
8
annually award 25 one-year fellowships providing each fellow with a salary of
9
$40,000.
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10
(e) The program under this subsection shall be funded from the appropriation
11
account under s. 20.285 (1) (cm).
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12
Section
4
. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB1184,3,16
13
(
1
) Notwithstanding s. 36.115 (9), the authorized FTE positions for the
14
University of Wisconsin System are increased by 25.0 GPR positions on July 1,
15
2026, to be funded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (cm), for the
16
journalism fellows under s. 36.25 (56).
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