SOJC Portland News

Few people are lucky enough to have a day job or a side gig that allows them to accomplish good in the community while living out their creative dreams. Sommer Martin ’17, who has a master’s degree in multimedia journalism, has both.
Erika Bolstad ’20 came to the Multimedia Journalism Master’s program to learn how to make documentaries. Her first film, which solved a family mystery, started as her capstone project.
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.
Earlier this month Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro announced the introduction of automatic voter registration. Newsweek asks experts about the impact.
A group of diverse practitioners in journalism assembled to answer the question, “How do we advance journalism for all?”  
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. 
SOJC’s Immersive Media Communication Master’s program is one of a few programs available for communicators interested in growing their extended reality skills.
Students in the Multimedia Journalism Master’s program took the unique approach of pursuing their class project as a group and told a meaningful story about longtime Portlanders.
On The Oregonian’s podcast, Regina Lawrence, associate dean and lead author of a recent study on the state of local news through the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center, discusses importance of local news.
Directors of the SOJC's Agora Journalism Center address the Protect Local Journalism bill and how it would provide a path for supports local news organizations.