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.

Isaac Wu uses what he’s learning in the SOJC’s Immersive Communication Master’s program to design educational experiences using extended reality.
Whitney Phillips, the SOJC’s John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility, discusses the state of the internet and her book The Shadow Gospel on the 404 Media podcast.
Journalism alum Maggie Vanoni ’19 has won the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Women’s Rising Star Award. Vanoni covers women’s basketball for Hearst Connecticut Media Group.
Student journalists from the SOJC and Lane Community College have learned from experience how to protect themselves from authorities while covering dangerous protests.
Regina Lawrence, the Edwin L. Artzt Dean of the SOJC, shared her vision for the school in an interview with The Oregon Daily Emerald. Her first goal is to build back a sense of community.
Journalism alum Connie Ballmer ’84 has donated $80 million to NPR. In July, Congress withdrew federal funding for the news organization. The donation will, in part, help NPR update its technology.
Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor of information politics and media, says influencer culture is partially to blame for the pervasive fake Trump assassination conspiracy theory.
Students in Charlie Deitz’s Audio Magazine class traveled to Oakridge, Oregon, to report and produce an audio package capturing the town's voices, challenges, and everyday life.
Student journalists from four Oregon universities have been named 2026 Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism interns. The reporting and photojournalism interns will work for outlets in Oregon and Washington.
While an ad major at the SOJC, Max Birch ’23 developed a rudimentary outfit generator that would become the first-ever prototype for the Fitted app. Now he’s chief marketing officer of the company.