# JACK MITCHELL — Courses & Reviews | UW–Madison

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## instructor

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### name

JACK MITCHELL

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### last observed at

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### ratings

#### review count

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#### quality

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#### difficulty

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#### difficulty count

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## term

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## reviews

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    "comment": "This prof is amazing, and he's really famous. He's the founders of public broadcasting and knows everything about media history and journalism practice. I'm really glad I took this course.",
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    "comment": "JMitch is the man. Seriously one of the coolest dudes on campus. Show up to class and remember key ideas like John Dewey's market place of ideas and the class is a breeze. The readings are very interesting, but only very important on days that you present them.",
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    "comment": "This class is super boring and everything is graded by the T.A. If you get Jamie Fisher and she doesn't like you watch out because she'll take it out on your grades for the rest of the semester. Take this class in the spring with the other Prof. I heard it's much better.",
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