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.

Daniel Pimentel, director of the SOJC’s Oregon Reality Lab, participated in Hackathon Sulawesi aboard the OceanXplorer to help answer the question: How do we transform ocean discovery into personal action?
In the Washington Post, Whitney Phillips, the SOJC’s associate professor of information politics and media ethics, said Trump is severely testing his supporters’ loyalty with military strikes on Iran.
Kyle LaMontagne, SOJC Multimedia Storytelling Master’s alum, created a short film highlighting two people on opposite sides of the immigration debate, exposing the audience to the humanity of both men.
Journalism Professor Peter Laufer was interviewed by the German literary magazine Edit on how to deal with the speed and overabundance of news consumption.
Ellen Peters, the SOJC’s director of the Center for Science Communication Research, was quoted in Medscape about how physicians can avoid miscommunication when interacting with patients.
Fourth-year SOJC journalism major Leo Heffron wrote a sports feature for Lookout Eugene-Springfield about siblings Nuari and Victor Filipe, multi-sport athletes who attend different high schools.
Strategic Communication Master’s student Vanesa Montalvo applies classroom learning directly to her work managing social media strategy for the Portland Timbers.
Paul Brainerd ’70—an SOJC alum who helped launch the personal computing era—died Feb. 15. Brainerd double-majored in journalism and business and was editor of the Oregon Daily Emerald.
Risk maps for radon can prompt people to test their homes for the deadly gas, but only if they live in higher-risk areas, according to research by the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
SOJC Professor Peter Laufer says shock jock Howard Stern is an effective interviewer, but his style often burns bridges. Laufer was quoted in a Poynter article about the provocative radio host.