Violet Ashley, a third-year student majoring in journalism and philosophy, has been named a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. The 60 winners nationwide will be announced on April 24.
Students from the SOJC’s Media Innovation Lab worked with Deschutes Brewery to launch Party Bomb hard punch. The lab pairs students with companies looking for help with design, social media, and marketing.
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.
Professor of Practice David Ewald and the Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian, who co-teach the SOJC’s first-of-its-kind Hostage Diplomacy course, and three of their students discussed the class on OPB’s Think Out Loud.
As newsrooms shrink, the SOJC is among a growing number of journalism schools teaching courses on building audiences and creating media businesses that rely on a variety of content formats.
Peter Laufer, the SOJC’s James Wallace Chair Professor of Journalism, was profiled in the magazine of Leeds Metropolitan University, where he received his PhD in cultural studies in 2009.
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.
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.
