News from the School of Journalism and Communication

Find out what SOJC students, faculty, and alumni are up to on campus, on the national stage, and beyond.

Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor of information politics and media, tells USA Today why people love true crime. Her research focuses in part on the ethics of true crime.
Allen Hall Advertising students documented the 12-week Oregon Innovation Challenge in a photo essay showcasing participants like Advertising and Brand Responsibility Master’s student Chelsea Kropp.  
SOJC Professor of Practice Charlie Butler profiled Columbia men’s tennis coach Howard Endelman for the alumni magazine Columbia College Today. Butler is a 1987 alum of the New York college.
What started as a first-term class project became a national title for three SOJC Strategic Communication Master's students, who won the prestigious IPR Page Society Case Study Competition.
Ava Martinez transformed uncertainty into opportunity, using media studies coursework, research, and a global internship to prepare for a future in digital marketing.
Working as Ascend magazine's public relations director gave SOJC student McKenzie Leary hands-on experience in branding, media relations, partnerships and strategic communication.
LA Times Sports columnist and journalism alum Mirjam Swanson ’00 talked to Lookout Eugene-Springfield about being initially rejected for staff jobs at the Daily Emerald and how she fell in love with sports in college.
In 2010, the UO men’s a capella group On the Rocks blew up after appearing on "The Sing-Off." Find out where the group members, including SOJC alums Alex Horwitch ’12 and Jeff Rogers ’13, are now.
America’s 250th birthday is a big deal. The 249th not so much. That’s because round numbers are easier to process, said Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
Journalism alum Austin Taylor ’13 helped guide the mobile strategy and user experience of the Olympics app, ensuring fans worldwide had seamless access to schedules, results and medals, and content.