SOJC faculty and staff published an open letter to students and the UO community in The Register-Guard about the value of, and impact of ongoing attacks against, journalism and freedom of the press.

The SOJC’s Whitney Phillips, a media studies scholar and author of “The Shadow Gospel,” clears up what most people get wrong about political polarization and why it matters.

The six-member SOJC public relations squad was one of 12 teams honored in the national Bateman Case Study Competition. Their campaign focused on the importance of library advocacy.

In an article in the International Journalists’ Network, SOJC Professor Damian Radcliffe writes that while generative AI can be a powerful tool for reporters, it can also be weaponized against them. 

Paul Swangard ’90, a broadcast journalism alum, has won an Emmy for NBC’s coverage of the Paris Olympics. Swangard is also an SOJC instructor of advertising and sport brand strategy.

Sydney Seymour is double majoring in journalism and media studies because she loves media, games and ethical storytelling. The Snowden intern also studies hostage diplomacy and trauma-informed reporting.

The third season of the podcast “One Cool Story: Tales from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication” features two alumni, a senior journalism student and a former professor.

Damian Radcliffe, the SOJC’s Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, is one of eight University of Oregon faculty members to earn a 2025 Distinguished Teaching Award for exceptional teaching.

Award-winning documentary producer Kyle LaMontagne, who is graduating from the Multimedia Storytelling Master’s program, encourages students to take advantage of the resources the SOJC has to offer.

Before Nick Larkin ’09 led multimillion-dollar ad campaigns, he was an advertising major at the SOJC and interned at an agency in Ghana, an experience that impacted his work.