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.

When SOJC professor emerit and Hall of Achievement member Lauren Kessler, MA ’75, visited a Portland high school’s student newsroom, she discovered the future of journalism is still in good hands.
Nicole Dahmen interviews "Easy Beauty" author and two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist Chloé Cooper Jones for "Eugene Weekly."
Congrats to our Class of 2023 University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication graduates! UO graduate Owen Lowe-Rogstad was director and videographer of this year's video.
On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the SOJC welcomed families, friends, faculty, staff, and students to campus to celebrate the extraordinary class of 2023. View the photos from the day in this online photo album.
Peyton Brooks, a 2023 SOJC graduate, was selected from a pool of 400 to be a Carnegie-Knight News21 fellows examining the impacts of the reversal of Roe v. Wade in this year’s cohort.
Wesley Lapointe won a $10,000 award in the 63rd National Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships presented by the Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.
As the graduating class of 2023 prepares to fly the nest, University of Oregon honors the resilience, dedication and achievements of just some of our amazing graduates, including two from the SOJC.
Whitney Phillips writes with two others about Ron DeSantis’ quasi-religious shadow gospel and how it is more dangerous than you might think.
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.
Atiba Jefferson recently visited the School of Journalism and Communications for some classroom takeovers, student portfolio reviews, Canon product demos, a presentation of his work, and a hands-on student workshop at the local skate park.