SOJC Alum and Instructor Wins Emmy for Olympics Coverage
Paul Swangard ’90, a broadcast journalism alum, has won an Emmy for NBC’s coverage of the Paris Olympics. Swangard is also an SOJC instructor of advertising and sport brand strategy.
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Listen to Season 3 of the Podcast ‘One Cool Story’
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.
SOJC Had Big Impact on Successful Advertising Director
Before Nick Larkin ’09 led multimillion-dollar ad campaigns, he was an advertising major at the SOJC and interned at an agency in Ghana, an experience that impacted his work.
Podcast: SOJC Alum on Working at the Big Ten Championship
Keely McMahon ’23, an SOJC advertising alum, is featured on the “This Is Oregon” podcast. She talks about working the 2024 Big Ten Football Championship for the Deutsch advertising agency.
SOJC Alum’s Journey to Dean of the Gwen Ifill School
Ammina Kothari, dean of the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Simmons University, found mentor Leslie Steeves and developed a love of teaching while earning her master’s.
SOJC Students Win Hearst Student Journalism Awards
Eden McCall ’24 won first place in the 2024-2025 Hearst Journalism Awards Multimedia: Digital News category, and Ana Narayan '26 won second place in the Sports Writing category.
Journalism Alum Named Editor of Eugene Register-Guard
SOJC alum Jill Bond ’08 has been named editor of The Register Guard, where she worked two decades earlier as an intern for the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism.
SOJC’s Walth to Discuss Alum’s Book About Housing Crisis
SOJC alum Jonathan Bach ’16 will discuss his new book about the Bend housing crisis, “High Desert, Higher Costs,” with Associate Professor Brent Walth at Powell’s Books in Portland on April 29.
From the West Wing to the Soccer Field, Alum Is Having a Ball
Portland Timbers CEO Heather Davis ’98 reflects on how her time at the SOJC has helped her throughout her career, from the Oval Office and law school to the NFL.
SOJC Alum Launches News Site in Eugene-Springfield
Ken Doctor ’79 has launched a new digital news site in Eugene modeled after his Pulitzer Prize–winning site in Santa Cruz, California. Lookout Eugene-Springfield will cover local news and sports.