Media Literacy

Whitney Phillips, the SOJC’s John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility, told NPR that social posts from the Trump administration paint liberals as the “ultimate evil.”

Seth Lewis, SOJC journalism director, writes in Nieman Lab that allowing AI to handle routine writing tasks frees up journalists to step off the hamster wheel and focus more on reflection and engagement.

Ed Madison, SOJC associate professor of journalism, teaches students to embrace AI, but with a skeptical mind. He created an AI tool to guide journalism students through the creation of news articles.

Whitney Phillips, SOJC associate professor, said the media was never the far-left monolith conservatives claimed it to be. Phillips has written six books on information manipulation.

Whitney Phillips, SOJC media studies professor, told the New York Times the absurd juxtaposition of Portland protesters in silly costumes against masked federal agents is resonating with people.

Peter Laufer, SOJC professor and James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism, talked to the Eugene Weekly about his new book, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive,” and his life as a reporter.

Andrew DeVigal, director of the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center, tells ProPublica that more people are relying on social media for news, which is causing the rapid spread of misinformation.

Bryce Newell, SOJC associate professor and David and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellow, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to conduct research at the University of Copenhagen.

The founder of SOJC partner News Detective recommends a fact-checking system that blends the scale and engagement of community-based models with the accuracy and oversight of professional ones.