Snowden Alum’s Reporting Leads to Change in Law
Eliza Aronson '24, a former Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism intern, exposed sexual trafficking at Portland massage parlors in a Willamette Week story that led to a new Oregon law.
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SOJC Alum Uses Storytelling to Highlight Gun Violence
As communications director for a regional office of gun violence prevention, Ariana Donaville, BS '17 (public relations), MS '20 (strategic communication), speaks out about violence prevention.
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.
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.