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What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Latest News

Seth Lewis, SOJC journalism director, writes in Nieman Lab that allowing AI to handle routine writing tasks frees up journalists to step off the hamster wheel and focus more on reflection and engagement.
SOJC students taking the environmental journalism class Living in Our Valley with Assistant Professor of Environmental Media John D. Sutter publish their articles on Substack.
The SOJC’s Documentary Film Production minor has exceeded enrollment expectations after one term, said Professor Gabriela Martínez, the Jon Anderson Chair in Journalism and Communication.

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Latest News

Seth Lewis, SOJC journalism director, writes in Nieman Lab that allowing AI to handle routine writing tasks frees up journalists to step off the hamster wheel and focus more on reflection and engagement.

More News  »

$725K+
in student scholarships awarded each year
16
Pulitzer prizes won by faculty and alumni
21,000+
in the SOJC Alumni Network

Hands-On Learning, Real-World Experience

A student reporter interviews a person fly fishing while they both stand in a river

The hallmark of the SOJC experience is the professional practice students get in the field. From reporting trips around the globe, to internships with multinational media companies, to navigating the complexities of client work in student-run agencies, these real-life experiences will tip the scales in your favor when it's time to find a job.

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a student adjusts a video camera in the Allen Hall studio

In Allen Hall on the Eugene campus, the Experience Hub has everything you need to become a powerful content creator, including our cutting-edge immersive media lab, professional-quality podcast studio, social media analytics lab, a broadcast/photography studio and editing bays, and plenty of flexible spaces for creative collaboration.

Learn about the Experience Hub

Danny Pimentel instructs a student wearing a VR headset

The next media frontier is the immersive metasphere, from 360 video to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR). We’re pioneering media-making and research, and exploring the ethics of these emerging technologies at the Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, our state-of-the-art immersive experience space at SOJC Portland.

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Events

Students Talk Social Justice & Change
Jan12
Students Talk Social Justice & Change Jan 12 EMU
GEO Tabling at the SOJC
Jan12
GEO Tabling at the SOJC Jan 12 Allen Hall
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session
Jan14
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session Jan 14
Earning Trust, Strengthening Community
Jan14
Earning Trust, Strengthening Community Jan 14 UO Portland Library and Learning Center
Earning Trust, Strengthening Community Watch Party in Allen Hall
Jan14
Earning Trust, Strengthening Community Watch Party in Allen Hall Jan 14 Allen Hall
SOJC Student AI Working Group
Jan16
SOJC Student AI Working Group Jan 16 Allen Hall
Zoom Talk and Q&A - AI For The Future PR Pro featuring Chris Gee
Jan20
Zoom Talk and Q&A - AI For The Future PR Pro featuring Chris Gee Jan 20
Oregon Quant Group Information Session
Jan21
Oregon Quant Group Information Session Jan 21 Lillis Business Complex
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session
Jan22
Portland Internship Experience (PIE) 2026 Virtual Info-Session Jan 22
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30)
Jan23
Winter Career Readiness Week (Jan 23-30) Jan 23

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