Faculty

Like many public media outlets, OPB has an average of 150,000 donors per year thanks to small-donor philanthropy, according to SOJC Professor of Practice Damian Radcliffe, who studies the media business.

SOJC Professor Andrew DeVigal has conducted statewide news-need surveys that reveal deep deficiencies in Oregon communities. And despite high engagement on Facebook groups, community members want more. 

Jadrian Tracey, a starting guard for the Oregon men’s basketball team, talked about learning photography from SOJC Professor of Practice Dan Morrison for a video that aired on the Big Ten Network.

SOJC associate professor Ed Madison’s Journalistic Learning Initiative developed Sassy, a chatbot designed to help middle school students explore careers before starting high school.

SOJC students need to embrace generative AI tools like ChatGPT rather than being discouraged from using them altogether, writes Damian Radcliffe, Chambers Professor in Journalism, in a Medium post.

Seth Lewis, SOJC Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media, says many Americans view the media as elitist, disingenuous, and acting out of self-interests. To fix it, media must focus on authenticity.

SOJC professors Jesse Abdenour and Autumn Shafer conducted research to find out how to convince parents to take concussions seriously. They discovered it was all about telling compelling stories.

KLCC’s On the Record interviewed Regina Lawrence, associate dean of SOJC Portland, and Seth Lewis, SOJC’s director of journalism, about the shortcomings of the media during the presidential election.

SOJC journalism professor Brent Walth moderated a Willamette Week discussion between opinion writers Nicholas Kristof from the New York Times and Kimberly Strassel from The Wall Street Journal.