Journalism Program Student Work

We believe the learning process isn’t complete until you practice your skills out in the world. SOJC journalism students hone their skills through real-world, hands-on learning opportunities at internships, publications, student organizations, and more. By the time they graduate, our students have portfolios full of published work. Check out some of their projects:

cover graphic from Eugene Weekly that says "What Happened to the Damn Paper?"
Catalyst Journalism Project helps save Eugene Weekly
After an embezzlement forced the alternative paper Eugene Weekly to cease publication, the SOJC's Catalyst Journalism Project sent 10 student reporters to help cover the news.
Camilla Mortensen and Faheem Kahn sit in office chairs and work on laptops across a desk from each other
SOJC students publish work in local news outlets
Through the SOJC’s Catalyst Journalism Project, students get real-world experience writing for local news outlets, like Eugene Weekly, The Lund Report and OPB, while filling widening news gaps.
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Catalyst Journalism Project on ‘Think Out Loud’
Journalism instructor and Eugene Weekly editor Camilla Mortensen discusses the paper’s collaboration with the SOJC’s Catalyst Journalism Project on OPB’s “Think Out Loud.”
graphic reads "Unsupported, Addiction prevention in Oregon classrooms" over an image of darkly lit lockers
SOJC students help OPB, Lund Report with addiction series
Elizabeth Yost, a student journalist in the SOJC’s Catalyst Journalism Project, led the effort to collect responses from Oregon’s school districts in this partnership with OPB and The Lund Report.  
portrait of Abby Sourwine
Snowden intern assigned to The Daily Astorian
SOJC graduate Abby Sourwine secured an esteemed Snowden internship and a summer in Astoria covering local news and discusses the experience in this article.
SOJC student wins first in photojournalism contest
SOJC student awarded first in photojournalism contest
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.
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Journalism students cover World Press Freedom Day 2023
A team of journalism professors and students traveled to New York City to support press freedom and ensure protection and progress within the journalism industry.
Student investigates evictions of unhoused people
Student investigates evictions of unhoused people
This story was developed through the SOJC’s Catalyst Journalism Project, which brings together investigative reporting and solutions journalism.
Journalism student Alexis Weisend interviewed
Journalism student Alexis Weisend interviewed
OPB reports on homeless campers in city parks being given just two hours notice to move and interviews Weisend who worked on the story for SOJC's Catalyst Journalism Project and Eugene Weekly.
SOJC student Eliza Aronson writes in Eugene Weekly about dangers of gas appliances
SOJC student Eliza Aronson writes in Eugene Weekly about dangers of gas appliances
SOJC journalism student Eliza Aronson’s deep dive in Eugene Weekly exposes the toxic consequences of gas appliances.