  Michael R. Gousha - Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy
E-mail: michael.gousha@marquette.edu
Phone: (414) 288-5232
Biography:
Mike Gousha serves as a Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy at Marquette University Law School. He joined Marquette in January of 2007 after concluding a 25 year career at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee. In his role at Marquette, Gousha organizes and coordinates forums and conferences which address important public policy issues. He also brings newsmakers and political debates to campus, acting in the role of interviewer, moderator, and facilitator. In addition, Gousha continues to work as a contributing anchor and reporter for WISN-TV in Milwaukee. He is the host of the weekly Sunday morning program "Up Front with Mike Gousha," which airs statewide. He also offers political analysis and does long form reporting for the ABC affiliate.
Gousha has earned numerous national and local awards during his journalism career, including two Emmy awards. He has received the Associated Press' prestigious Carol Brewer award for outstanding, long-term contributions to broadcast journalism in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Press Club named him a Knight of the Golden Quill, the club's rarest and highest honor.
During his career at WTMJ, Gousha served as lead anchor and host of the popular interview program “Sunday Night.” As a reporter, he has covered a wide array of local, national and international stories. He traveled to El Salvador and Nicaragua in the 1980’s to produce an award-winning series on the flight of refugees to Milwaukee. He has covered Presidential inaugurations and funerals, reported from eight national political conventions, and has been the solo host of more than a dozen political debates. He also was the moderator and a panelist at the 2004 Democratic Presidential Debate on the Marquette campus.
As host of “Sunday Night,” Gousha interviewed more than 800 people over 17 years. The roster of guests includes a “who’s who” of business, political, and religious leaders, along with actors, athletes, and authors.
Before coming to WTMJ-TV in 1981, Gousha worked at WSAW-TV in Wausau, Wisconsin and at WIBA Radio in Madison. He also worked as a print reporter for the Capital News Bureau in Madison. He joined WISN-TV in January of 2008.
Gousha graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1978 with a degree in journalism. He has deep roots in the Milwaukee area and his father was a former superintendent of the Milwaukee Public Schools.
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