Award

The immersive media project Otter Rock: Beneath the Surface received a Webby honorable mention in the Apps, Software, and Immersive category. The project was created by the SOJC’s Snap AR Scholars.

Professor Emerita Lauren Kessler and Isaac Wasserman ’23 won first place for Project Reporting in the Best of the West Awards. Josephine Woolington ’13 won first place in Long Form Feature Writing.

Violet Ashley, a third-year student majoring in journalism and philosophy, has been named a finalist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship. The 60 winners nationwide will be announced on April 24.

A book by journalism alum Jonathan Bach ’16 has been nominated for a 2026 Oregon Book Award. “High Desert, Higher Costs” explores the housing affordability crisis in Bend.

SOJC Professor of Practice Damian Radcliffe has been honored with the Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy for demonstrating outstanding achievement and expertise in teaching.

The Center for Community News in Vermont has named Twange Kasoma ’07, an alum of the SOJC’s Communication and Society PhD program, a faculty champion. She is an associate professor at Appalachian State University.

SOJC Professor of Practice Torsten Kjellstrand will be inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame, which honors outstanding contributors to visual communication with ties to Missouri.