Story by Mack Veltmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRr68TCHgcLast month, reporter and former UO School of Journalism and Communication student Brandi Smith gained national attention for her coverage of Hurricane Harvey in Houston. Despite the flooding and loss of power, Smith was on the air, broadcasting stories for local CBS affiliate KHOU.

Story by Becky Hoag UO School of Journalism and Communication students were back in force last week, ready to start absorbing knowledge from their instructors and the many speakers who come to campus. The second day of term, SOJC journalism alumnus Ryan Knutson, BS ’09, and advertising alumna Molly Bedford, BA ’08, visited Allen Hall to share their experiences and advice with a room of wide-eyed SOJC students.

Local news providers — from city newspapers to radio and TV stations — have faced multiple challenges in recent years, including declining revenues, shrinking newsrooms and shuttered titles. The disruption has led to some dire predictions about the sector’s ultimate fate. 

A trio of UO Multimedia Journalism Master’s students documented one of the worst disasters in Oregon history by interviewing the community members who lived it.

SOJC students and UO athletes collaborated on this video about Zac Neel for the school's annual Sports Media Workshop.  Story and video by Ryan LundIn UO School of Journalism and Communication student Zac Neel’s junior year, everything changed for him. During the fall term of 2015, the sports journalism major began to feel increasingly dizzy. Neel was unable to stand up or perform even some basic functions. Within a few weeks, doctors found a tumor the size of a lime growing beside his brain stem.