LA Times Sports columnist and journalism alum Mirjam Swanson ’00 talked to Lookout Eugene-Springfield about being initially rejected for staff jobs at the Daily Emerald and how she fell in love with sports in college.
In 2010, the UO men’s a capella group On the Rocks blew up after appearing on "The Sing-Off." Find out where the group members, including SOJC alums Alex Horwitch ’12 and Jeff Rogers ’13, are now.
Journalism alum Austin Taylor ’13 helped guide the mobile strategy and user experience of the Olympics app, ensuring fans worldwide had seamless access to schedules, results and medals, and content.
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.
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.
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.
Professor Emerita Lauren Kessler and Isaac Wasserman ’23 won first place for Project Reporting in the Best of the West Awards. Josephine Woolington ’13 won first place in Long Form Feature Writing.
After years of producing videos for big brands, SOJC alum Zach Putnam found a deeper purpose through the Multimedia Storytelling Master’s program, reshaping his career around human-centered filmmaking.
Three SOJC alums in journalism and public relations are shaping the sports industry at various levels by inspiring young athletes, overseeing major events, and creating memorable highlight reels.
SOJC alum Jack Whayland transformed a layout for Align into a concept for a full-fledged magazine. To create the publication, he worked with former SOJC cohorts.
