Journalism Program News

The UO School of Journalism and Communication’s journalism program is evolving at its fastest pace ever to prepare students for a field that’s going through big changes.
Nicole Dahmen has been a longtime professor in the SOJC and is now bringing her passion for research and journalism to the Clark Honors College as a new member of the core faculty.
Journalism Instructor Charlie Deitz started at the SOJC in winter 2023. While he never intended to be a journalist or professor, he discovered audio journalism and changed course.
SOJC graduate Abby Sourwine secured an esteemed Snowden internship and a summer in Astoria covering local news and discusses the experience in this article.
A group of diverse practitioners in journalism assembled to answer the question, “How do we advance journalism for all?”  
Law enforcement officers in Marion, Kansas, raided a local newspaper's office and a journalist's residence, raising alarms about potential infringements on press freedom. KCBS Radio spoke with Peter Laufer, professor of journalism.
Nicole Dahmen interviews "Easy Beauty" author and two-time Pulitzer-Prize finalist Chloé Cooper Jones for "Eugene Weekly."
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.