University of Wisconsin-Madison Journalism Grads Recall UW Grad Anthony Shadid

Anthony Shadid, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who recently died in Syria, began his journalism career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's student newspaper, the Daily Cardinal. Some journalists spawned at the Cardinal recently spoke with a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reporter about Shadid's influence and friendship. The reminiscences are reminders about how one person can impact peers and friends in ways that can't be measured in bits and bytes.

I can't pretend to have followed Shadid's writing or issues. We attended UW-Madison nearly a generation apart. His Daily Cardinal, and the one where I worked as a UW undergrad, were almost certainly different creatures. However, the paper was and remains a great place -- in my opinion, the best in the United States -- to learn the x's and o's of journalism. Shadid's body of work honors the Daily Cardinal's proud, enduring legacy.