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.

A smoother hand holds a pair of wrinkled hands
Student work in Eugene Weekly examines lack of accountability for Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities
Investigative reporting by SOJC students exposes lack of accountability among elder-care facilities during the COVID pandemic.
Six young adults look at their smart phones, with various emojis in the background.
These college students know how to spot misinformation online — and they can help you, too
Poynter and MediaWise recruit a cohort of SOJC students to teach their contemporaries how to sniff out misinformation in mass media.
Two girls take turns looking at a slide through a microscope in a classroom.
How the pandemic may help more students see themselves as scientists
PhD students collaborated across disciplines to study how the COVID-19 pandemic affected high school students studying science.
Liz Schuler, AFL-CIO president, stands at a podium surrounded by supporters and backed by the US flag
SOJC alumna Liz Shuler is a voice for the people as AFL-CIO president
Liz Shuler puts the powerful communication skills she gained at the SOJC to good use advocating for better jobs and equitable pay as the AFL-CIO’s first woman president.