Through the student-run organization Oregon Accelerator, students from the SOJC and Lundquist College of Business help athletes by creating content for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.

Kalani Chai-Andrade ’25, who double majored in journalism and cinema studies, covered a President’s Cup match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko while interning as a photojournalist in Ghana.

Kaiya Laguardia-Yonamine, an SOJC master’s student in multimedia journalism, spoke with Duncan Hwang about the importance of local organizing on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check.”

Ellie Johnson ’26 was one of four students who traveled to Belgium with the UO’s Crossings Institute to interview exiled journalists and report on the World Press Freedom conference hosted by UNESCO.

Three 2024 graduates of the Immersive Media Communications Master’s program—Luke Walker, Sam Morrison, and Kathleen Darby—placed third in Lenslist’s Spectacles Challenge for “Otter Rock: Beneath the Surface.”

The SOJC Media Innovation Lab, inspired by MIT’s Media Lab, offers paid internships that prepare students for the job market with the skills and experience to assess and solve problems.

The six-member SOJC public relations squad was one of 12 teams honored in the national Bateman Case Study Competition. Their campaign focused on the importance of library advocacy.

The third season of the podcast “One Cool Story: Tales from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication” features two alumni, a senior journalism student and a former professor.

Award-winning documentary producer Kyle LaMontagne, who is graduating from the Multimedia Storytelling Master’s program, encourages students to take advantage of the resources the SOJC has to offer.

As a grad student in the SOJC’s Advertising and Brand Responsibility Master’s program, Eva Camacho researches the branding of women-owned businesses as she pursues a career in strategy.