Journalism Undergrad

LA Times Sports columnist and journalism alum Mirjam Swanson ’00 talked to Lookout Eugene-Springfield about being initially rejected for staff jobs at the Daily Emerald and how she fell in love with sports in college.

Journalism alum Austin Taylor ’13 helped guide the mobile strategy and user experience of the Olympics app, ensuring fans worldwide had seamless access to schedules, results and medals, and content.

Journalism alum Maggie Vanoni ’19 has won the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Women’s Rising Star Award. Vanoni covers women’s basketball for Hearst Connecticut Media Group.

Student journalists from the SOJC and Lane Community College have learned from experience how to protect themselves from authorities while covering dangerous protests.

Students in Charlie Deitz’s Audio Magazine class traveled to Oakridge, Oregon, to report and produce an audio package capturing the town's voices, challenges, and everyday life.

Student journalists from four Oregon universities have been named 2026 Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism interns. The reporting and photojournalism interns will work for outlets in Oregon and Washington.

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.