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A new memoir by SOJC journalism alum Francesca Fontana ’17 received a positive review in the New York Times. The book, “The Family Snitch,” delves into Fontana’s complicated relationship with her dad.

The entire 17-member broadcast crew for the B1G+ Duck women’s basketball game Feb. 4—from the producer to the on-air talent—was comprised of women to mark National Girls & Women in Sports Day.

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.

Students in Allen Hall Advertising, a student-run ad agency, were among the nearly 500 UO participants in the Sustainable City Year Program in Oakridge, where students work on real-world problems.

SOJC Journalism Director Seth Lewis joined the Age of AI podcast to talk about how AI is shaping core ideas in journalism about authorship, creativity, trust, and professional identity.

SOJC Interim Dean Regina Lawrence’s Local News Ecosystem Toolkit helps researchers build a better baseline of data to help understand news deserts, writes the industry magazine Editor & Publisher.

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.