Alumni

Oregonian Executive Editor and SOJC Hall of Achievement inductee Therese Bottomly will retire in August after 42 years at the state's largest newspaper. She graduated summa cum laude from the SOJC in 1983.

SOJC instructor Camilla Mortensen will join alum Ken Doctor of Lookout Eugene-Springfield and Chris Lehman of KLCC on a Eugene City Club panel to discuss the state of local electronic media on February 18.

Joanie Margulies '16 talks about her role as the breaking news manager at The Jerusalem Post, where she has overseen some of the biggest global news events of the last two years.

Anita Johnson ’53, the majority owner of Eugene Weekly and an SOJC Hall of Achievement inductee, died of cancer Dec. 14. She was the driving force behind the paper’s dedication to community journalism.

Journalism alum Joe Sacco ’81 uses comics to plunge readers into the lived realities of those caught in war zones. His latest work, "War on Gaza," focuses on the Israeli assault on Palestinians.