Wes Pope, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Multimedia Journalism master’s program in Portland. Pope has worked as a photo, video, and multimedia journalist for more than 20 years, including staff positions at the Rocky Mountain News, Chicago Tribune, Santa Fe New Mexican, Times of Northwest Indiana, Tri-City Herald, and Tacoma News Tribune. He has also worked as a consultant at the San Francisco Chronicle. Before joining to the SOJC, Pope served as a Lecturer in Photojournalism & Documentary Studies at Northern Arizona University.

Pope is co-founder of Story Arc Cinematic Journalism Workshop held biannually at the University of Oregon, Portland. Video journalists and filmmakers from around the country work with our students to capture "making a difference stories" about Oregonians who are making the world a better place. 

• MA, Documentary Film & History, Syracuse University, 2010
• BA, Cultural Anthropology, University of Washington, 1995

• 2019-2020 University of Oregon Faculty Research Award
• Pop 66: A dreamy pop can camera odyssey along Route 66 (PSG, 2018)
  • Included in Google's "Secret Design Library"
  • WGN TV
  • Chicago Tribune
  • Buzzfeed
  • NPR Picture Show
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• Talking about drones at ONA
• OPB State of Wonder
• News Video Lab at the San Francisco Chronicle
  • Supported by an Agora Journalism Center Faculty Fellowship grant
• Fred Armisen profile for the New York Times

• Multimedia journalism
• Drone cinematography (FAA Part 107 training)
• 360 video and photogrammetry
• Cinematography
• Post-production
  • Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop, SpeedGrade, Final Cut Pro, Avid
• Audio production & post-production
  • Adobe Audition, ProTools
• Photojournalism
• Pinhole photography

• Foundations of Multimedia Journalism
• Multimedia Journalism Practices
• Producing Story
• Drone Cinematography
• Introduction to 360 Video
• Story & Commerce
• Oral History Workshop: Diversity Stories
• Social Issues in Multiple Media (undergrad)
• Advanced Multimedia Storytelling (undergrad)
• Adobe Premiere workshop (undergrad)
• Student projects:
  • Multimedia Journalism student work
  • The Portland Air Problem
    • National 2017 Student Murrow Award winner
  • The Loaded Project