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.

Charlie Butler, SOJC professor of practice, followed the journey of Olympic rower Charlotte Buck in her quest for a medal in Paris. The profile appeared in the Columbia University alumni magazine.
Scientists may be overlooking an effective way to educate the public about climate change, according to a study led by Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
Conservatives are attracting followers by moving away from talk of God or religion and toward a demonizing of the “liberal devil,” says Whitney Phillips, an SOJC assistant professor of media studies.
SOJC researchers from the Center for Science Communication Research talk to Jefferson Public Radio about their efforts to design new infographics that better communicate increased wildfire smoke risks to kids.
SOJC Professor of Practice Charlie Butler chronicled the comeback of a 41-year-old rower competing for Team USA in the Paris Olympics. The article appeared in Women’s Health magazine on June 27.
John Sutter brings experience as an environmental documentarian, reporter and educator to the SOJC.
SOJC students visited the Diario de Querétaro newspaper offices during a study-abroad trip to Mexico and learned about the history of the 61-year-old paper, which published this Spanish-language article.
SOJC’s Immersive Media Communication Master’s degree is the first of its kind in the nation to focus on using virtual, augmented, and extended reality through a strategic communication lens.
Eugene NPR station KLCC has published a story that originally appeared in the SOJC’s Flux magazine. The story chronicles numerous encounters with the hairy beast known as both Bigfoot and Sasquatch.
SOJC Assistant Professor Whitney Phillips has a new Substack newsletter on political demonology that connects to her book “The Shadow Gospel,” co-authored with political science scholar Mark Brockway.