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.

Alec Freudenstein ’24 turned his Immersive Media Communication Master’s project—an emotionally aware AI financial advisor—into a prototype that has been recognized by leading AI firms.
Julia Boboc, a fourth-year journalism student, chronicled the ordeal of Juanita Avila, a Cottage Grove woman who ICE detained despite being a legal resident. Boboc is a reporting fellow for KLCC.
Oregon Accelerator, a UO student-led organization that offers creative and strategic insights to help athletes find “name, image, and likeness” opportunities, was featured in Athletic Business.
SOJC Interim Dean Regina Lawrence has created a toolkit through the Local News Impact Consortium for organizations and researchers who want to glean insight into their local news ecosystems.
Lauren Kessler, an SOJC professor emerit and award-winning author, has written an article for Lookout Eugene-Springfield about food insecurity in Lane County, which has a higher-than-average poverty rate.
Doctoral candidate Luda Gogolushko, who also has a master's in advertising and brand responsibility from the SOJC, is researching how disability representation in media shapes identity while building community through her inclusive publishing house.
One Cool Story podcast host and journalism student Julia Boboc earned national recognition and audio internships through hands-on learning and mentorship.
SOJC public relations students collaborated with Lane Transit District to create a communication plan to reduce barriers and encourage public transit use among students in Eugene-Springfield.
After recent attacks on the student press, SOJC Professor of Practice Lori Shontz sat for an interview with The Daily Emerald about the future of student journalism on college campuses.
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission dismissed the case of former SOJC Dean Juan-Carlos Molleda, who resigned his position in June after a newspaper investigation into his travel spending.