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.

September 29, 2023
A new report from the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center offers an accessible but provocative resource for journalists new to the community-centered approach and those already practicing it.
September 29, 2023
The Scripps Family Impact Fund awarded the Journalistic Learning Initiative's Effective Communications program $540,000. The program is already expanding into four new states.
September 27, 2023
The bachelor’s degree in advertising at the SOJC is built on the innovative Creative Strategist Model, emphasizing collaboration, flexibility, confidence and brave thinking for a changing world.
September 15, 2023
Jane Ryan, a PR and psychology student, interviewed a digital journalism expert as part of a new assignment where students had to interview a British journalist about their work.
September 1, 2023
SOJC graduate Abby Sourwine secured an esteemed Snowden internship and a summer in Astoria covering local news and discusses the experience in this article.
September 1, 2023
A group of diverse practitioners in journalism assembled to answer the question, “How do we advance journalism for all?”  
September 1, 2023
The Agora Journalism Center at the SOJC sponsored this year’s Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism for the fifth consecutive year at the Online Journalism Awards Ceremony and Banquet. 
August 28, 2023
Is consuming true crime stories ethical? That is the big question asked in J-397 Media Ethics, taught by Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of digital platforms and ethics.
August 25, 2023
Laufer featured in the San Francisco Examiner about his time at a legendary underground San Francisco rock station in the 1970s, which is the subject of a new book.
August 25, 2023
SOJC’s Immersive Media Communication Master’s program is one of a few programs available for communicators interested in growing their extended reality skills.