Master's Degree in
Multimedia Storytelling
Compelling stories have the power to move hearts, minds, and policies. The University of Oregon’s Multimedia Storytelling Master’s is a hands-on, Portland-based MA that teaches you to report and produce documentary, video, audio, and immersive stories that help you make a difference in your communities.
Program at a Glance
- Degree: Master of Arts (MA) in Multimedia Storytelling, GRE not required
- Format: In-person program on nights and weekends with online and hybrid options
- Duration: 15 months / five 10-week terms, or negotiate your own pace
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Credits: 48+
- Cohort Size: 12–18 students
- Capstone: option of a capstone project, an internship, a portfolio, or a thesis
- Focus: documentary, video production, podcasting and audio, community and explanatory storytelling, photography, immersive and 360 media
- STEM-designated: Yes (eligible for 24-month OPT extension)
Advance Your Storytelling Career with a multimedia master’s Degree
The Multimedia Storytelling Master's is one of the only hands-on multimedia storytelling graduate programs in the Pacific Northwest: a 48-credit MA you can finish in about 15 months at the University of Oregon's Portland campus. You'll build storytelling craft and technical skill across video, documentary, podcasting, animation, explanatory media, and immersive and 360 video, working in professional radio/podcast and video/photo/VR studios alongside award-winning faculty.
You'll produce real work starting in your first term and build a professional network that helps you stand out, graduating with a portfolio of published and produced work rather than classroom exercises. Whether you're launching a career or deepening one, you'll leave ready to tell stories that inform, move, and matter.
Applications for the 2026 cohort can be submitted until July 31.
Questions? Reach out to us at sojcmasters@uoregon.edu.
Take Flight Into Your Multimedia Storytelling Career
A Multimedia Storytelling Master's from the University of Oregon prepares you for jobs like video journalist, documentary producer, podcast producer, multimedia content producer, and video editor. Our graduates report and produce at newsrooms, nonprofits, studios, and brands across Portland and the country, including Intel, Oregon Public Broadcasting, OMSI, and Blue Chalk Media.
Build Multimedia Skills with Graduate Microcredentials
If you're not ready to commit to a full master's, you can build core skills through our graduate microcredentials in Video Production and Community Podcasting. Each is a 12-credit, Portland-based professional certification you can add to your resume, and the credits count toward the full master's if you decide to continue.
Student Work
As a Multimedia Storytelling Master's student, you'll land critical interviews and use professional gear to tell gripping stories. You'll produce documentaries, podcasts, and multimedia projects—many of them published, screened, or entered in festivals and competitions.
Study in the Beautiful Pacific Northwest
Our Multimedia Storytelling Master's program is based at the University of Oregon's Portland campus. We teach in a range of modalities—online and hybrid classes plus night and weekend in-person courses—designed around the schedules of working professionals. Most students complete our 48-credit program in about 15 months, but you can negotiate a pace that works for you.
SOJC Portland houses collaborative classrooms, meeting spaces and studios, state-of-the-art multimedia equipment, and the Oregon Reality Lab, a state-of-the-art immersive media lab designed for AR/VR/XR exploration. Students also have access to the UO Portland Library, UO's digital library, and dedicated tech support, academic advising, and student services.
Dive In to the Details
Choosing a graduate program is a big decision, and we're here to make sure you have everything you need to feel confident. Consult our answers to frequently asked questions and reach out to our graduate recruiter any time.
Let's start with what you'll actually learn in our Multimedia Storytelling Master's degree program:
- How to shoot, edit, and produce documentary-quality video from concept to final cut
- How to report and produce audio stories and podcasts for real audiences
- How to use motion graphics, animation, drones, 360 video, and immersive media to tell stories
- How to apply community listening, explanatory storytelling, and digital ethics to your work
- How to use industry-standard tools like Adobe Premiere and After Effects, and AI-assisted production tools, with sound editorial judgment
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Meet Our Faculty
Ifanyi Bell
Adjunct Instructor
Emmy-nominated storyteller Ifanyi Bell teaches master’s students how to make short documentaries in the program's storytelling capstone class, JCOM 656. While working as a producer for various NPR and PBS stations, he helped craft stories about education, arts, and science, before launching Brushfire Creative Partners, a first-of-its-kind socially sustainable creative marketing agency. Bell is also the founder of LABS Media, a content studio and social impact incubator in Portland.
