#LifeasaJStudent Blog

SOJC students showcase what it's like to be a student with personal stories about their experiential learning adventures in their own words, photos, and videos.

Rebranding iconic Ghanaian radio station Radio Univers
Story by Zach Putnam Editor's note: This is the final post in a three-post series written by SOJC students who interned in Ghana this summer through the Media in Ghana program. Read the other two  posts, “Six weeks in Ghana: Unexpected lessons and no single story” by Rachel Benner and “Giving Ghanaians the skills to tell their own stories,” also by Zach Putnam.
Giving Ghanaians the skills to tell their own stories
Story, photos and video by Zach PutnamEditor's note: This is the second post in a three-post series written by SOJC students who interned in Ghana this summer through the Media in Ghana program. Read the first post, “Six weeks in Ghana: Unexpected lessons and no single story” by Rachel Benner.
Six weeks in Ghana: Unexpected lessons and no single story
Media in Ghana student Rachel Benner made many new professional and personal connections during her six weeks as an intern at the Starr FM radio station in Accra, Ghana. Photo courtesy of Rachel Benner.Story by Rachel BennerEditor's note: This is the first post in a three-post series written by SOJC students who interned in Ghana this summer through the Media in Ghana program. 
Cop car with lights on as person walks past
Featured Student Work: Combined Culture’s “Am I Next?”
SOJC student group Combined Culture confronts the murders of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and Trayvon Martin in this powerful piece combining videography and thought-provoking narration.
Eyes wide open: Digging deeper into journalism at the Statesman Journal
Charles Snowden intern Junnelle Hogen interviews U.S. Senate Republican primary nominee Mark Callahan, who spoke at a state capital protest opposing Gov. Kate Brown's recent gun safety plan, Oregonians United to End Gun Violence.Story by Junnelle HogenPhotos by Molly Smith, courtesy of the Statesman Journal
How the Baker City Herald helped me escape my bubble
Story by Forrest Welk, photos by John Collins