Julia Boboc, a fourth-year journalism student, chronicled the ordeal of Juanita Avila, a Cottage Grove woman who ICE detained despite being a legal resident. Boboc is a reporting fellow for KLCC.
Doctoral candidate Luda Gogolushko, who also has a master's in advertising and brand responsibility from the SOJC, is researching how disability representation in media shapes identity while building community through her inclusive publishing house.
SOJC public relations students collaborated with Lane Transit District to create a communication plan to reduce barriers and encourage public transit use among students in Eugene-Springfield.
SOJC journalism student Sophie Fowler worked her way up through the sports broadcasting ranks to operate Autzen Stadium’s jumbotron during Ducks football games.
Students in Professor Andrew DeVigal’s Engaged Journalism class use data to find out how local journalism can foster community connection. DeVigal is director of the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center.
For his Master’s in Multimedia Storytelling terminal project, Kelly Clendenon created Helpers, an award-winning documentary exploring Portland’s fight against homelessness and fentanyl.
Multimedia Storytelling Master’s student Kaiya Laguardia-Yonamine interviewed a community organizer for a class podcast. It appeared on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check” podcast.
SOJC students researched, reported, wrote, and edited news stories during a four-week immersive study trip to Oviedo, Spain, led by Crossings Institute Co-Director Professor Peter Laufer.
Rowan Shea, a second-year journalism major, wrote an article for the Irish horse-racing publication The Irish Field during a month-long study-abroad trip to Dublin.
Georgia Tucker ’25 found a unique path that merged her passions for journalism and dance, using both to tell stories, build community, and shape her professional future.
