About Tamia

Tamia Fowlkes is a senior at the University of Wisconsin – Madison majoring in Journalism and Political Science. Her journalistic passions stem from a passion to inform and educate her peers and community. Tamia has written for the Wisconsin State Journal, Isthmus and Madison Commons. She serves as the Big 10 Voting Challenge Intern for the Morgridge Center of Public Service and as an Andrew Goodman Ambassador for the Andrew Goodman Foundation. All of her positions have heightened her passions about politics, education, writing, and activism, and she is excited to continue growing as a writer and leader.

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Recent Appearances

NABJ Short Course 2021

Oprah Winfrey Network: OWN Your Vote

Kal Penn Approves This Message on Freeform

The Badger Report

The October 23, 2020 The Badger Report; a newscast produced and reported by students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Discussion and Q&A with CBS News Correspondent Wesley Lowery

CBS News Correspondent Wesley Lowery for a virtual discussion and Q&A about the challenges and ethics of reporting on racial justice and law enforcement, as well as the challenges of “objectivity” in journalism.

Meet The Press: College Roundtable

On Meet the Press: College Roundtable, Anna Salvatore, an incoming freshman at Princeton University, Tamia Fowlkes, a rising junior at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and Camille Respess, a rising senior at the University of Florida, interview NAACP President Derrick Johnson as protests continue across the country following the death of George Floyd.

Andrew Goodman Foundation: Take Back Your Power Weekend

Andrew Goodman Ambassador and student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Tamia Fowlkes led a discussion between Isabel Muir, a student activist with Florida PIRG, and Johnnie Jae, founder of A Tribe Called Geek about how digital mediums can be leveraged to help further voting rights messaging and activism.

In the Field

Recent Blog Posts

Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson discusses new novel at UW MLK SymposiumFebruary 11, 2021
Isabel Wilkerson, author of bestselling the book, The Warmth of Other Suns is now promoting her new book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, and visited the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the annual MLK Symposium to discuss her work. In … Continue reading Pulitzer-Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson discusses new novel at UW MLK Symposium
Wisconsin’s recount is onNovember 20, 2020
Poll workers share perspectives from previous recounts In late November 2016, Anne Murphy-Lom walked into a conference room in Madison’s City-County Building to start her shift as a poll worker. Welcomed by election staff, she took her seat at a … Continue reading Wisconsin’s recount is on
Getting out the Black vote: How Milwaukee and Madison organizers are mobilizing community membersOctober 30, 2020
Sylvester Jackson will not be voting in the upcoming presidential election. Instead, he will spend every possible moment over the next few days trying to energize people who can. Jackson is a community organizer with the Milwaukee chapter of EXPO (Ex-Incarcerated … Continue reading Getting out the Black vote: How Milwaukee and Madison organizers are mobilizing community members