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.

Ed Madison, SOJC associate professor of journalism, teaches students to embrace AI, but with a skeptical mind. He created an AI tool to guide journalism students through the creation of news articles.
Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor, said the media was never the far-left monolith conservatives claimed it to be. Phillips has written six books on information manipulation.
From investigating Portland’s Elvis to leading digital strategy at Oregon Public Broadcasting, SOJC alum Sara Roth ’15 proves that curiosity and connection drive powerful journalism.
SOJC journalism student Sophie Fowler worked her way up through the sports broadcasting ranks to operate Autzen Stadium’s jumbotron during Ducks football games.
Students in Professor Andrew DeVigal’s Engaged Journalism class use data to find out how local journalism can foster community connection. DeVigal is director of the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center.
Students from the SOJC and Lundquist Business College team up to organize a flea market outside the EMU several times a year to build their entrepreneurial skills.
When ESPN College GameDay visited the UO campus in October, more than 50 students from the SOJC, Warsaw Sports Business Center, and UO Athletics got an inside look at careers in sports broadcast journalism.
The difference between AI adoption and AI transformation isn't about how much you use AI marketing tools, writes SOJC Teaching Professor Lisa Peyton in Forbes. It’s all about where you deploy them.
“Isle of Rum” by Christopher Chávez was reviewed by the International Journal of Communication. Chávez is the Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising at the SOJC.
For his Master’s in Multimedia Storytelling terminal project, Kelly Clendenon created Helpers, an award-winning documentary exploring Portland’s fight against homelessness and fentanyl.