Louis W. Bridgman was the first University of Wisconsin graduate in journalism. Immediately upon graduation in 1906 he joined the staff of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison as a reporter. He was the Wisconsin alumni reporter from 1911-1913 and in 1913 became the reporter for the Associated Press in Madison. In 1930, Bridgman became the editor for the University of Wisconsin Extension Division. He retired in 1953.
