Jason Gay '92 gives the keynote speech at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Bachelor’s, Law, and Master’s Degree Candidate Ceremony at Camp Randall on Satu. Graduates watch a fireworks display that marks a celebratory end to UW-Madison's spring commencement ceremony. Jason Gay, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alum and acclaimed sports and culture columnist for the Wall Street Journal, will return to his alma mater to deliver the keynote address at the Spring commencement ceremony. Alaina Walsh is the associate news editor for The Daily Cardinal.
Jason Gay figures half his wardrobe is red and white. His best friends to this day are classmates he met at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the early s. Every trip back to campus is incredible, he says, “especially if we can thump Michigan in something.” Gay, who has been a sports and culture columnist for the Wall Street Journal since , will return to one of his favorite. Since , UW—Madison alum Jason Gay has been a sports and culture columnist for the Wall Street Journal , where he employs a sharp analytical eye and an irreverent sense of humor to shift effortlessly between lighthearted themes and serious topics. He has covered events ranging from the Super Bowl and the Olympics to the Masters Tournament and the Tour de France. Born in Boston, Gay grew up in the nearby suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, where he says he had an embarrassing and forgettable career in baseball, basketball, cross country, and tennis.
From Badger to Columnist: Tracing Jason Gay’s Career Trajectory From political science student to Wall Street Journal columnist, Gay’s journey is hardly a straight line. A graduate of UW-Madison, armed with a political science degree, one might have envisioned him crafting policy or perhaps even running for office. Oh, the irony!. Jason Gay figures half his wardrobe is red and white. His best friends to this day are classmates he met at the University of Wisconsin—Madison in the early s. Born in Boston, Gay grew up in the nearby suburb of Belmont, Massachusetts, where he says he had an embarrassing and forgettable career in baseball, basketball, cross country and tennis.
Jason Gay, a UW grad who is now the Wall Street Journal ’s sports columnist, brought his unique brand of humor, with a speech focusing on the Badger women’s hockey recent national championship win over Ohio State. He compared the overtime last-second penalty shot by Kirsten Simms x’26 to graduation, telling them to “seize the. He went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and upon graduation he worked in a restaurant before getting hired in newspaper advertisement sales. After the Gazette, he moved on to the Boston Phoenix where he started to write more long form, feature stories. Gay has covered many sports events such as the Olympics and the Super Bowl for the Wall Street Journal to go along with his role as sports columnist.