Catalyst Investigation Gets Legislators’ Attention
An investigation by The Lund Report in collaboration with the UO’s Catalyst Journalism Project and OPB highlighted Oregon’s failure to equip youths with needed tools against drugs.
Solutions Journalism
Assistant Professor Focuses on Solutions Journalism
Karen McIntyre, a new assistant professor of journalism at the SOJC, is passionate about solutions and constructive journalism because news shouldn’t have to be depressing.
Agora Report: Community-Centered Journalism Explored
In a new report for the Agora Journalism Center, SOJC Professor Damian Radcliffe explores the innovative approach of community-centered journalism, how newsrooms are implementing it and its challenges.
How one SOJC class is building community trust in media
SOJC students in the Engaged Journalism class use community journalism approaches, such as needs assessments and listening sessions, to improve local news and information.
Catalyst Journalism Project helps save Eugene Weekly
After an embezzlement forced the alternative paper Eugene Weekly to cease publication, the SOJC's Catalyst Journalism Project sent 10 student reporters to help cover the news.
SOJC students publish work in local news outlets
Through the SOJC’s Catalyst Journalism Project, students get real-world experience writing for local news outlets, like Eugene Weekly, The Lund Report and OPB, while filling widening news gaps.
Journalism program prepares students for the future
The UO School of Journalism and Communication’s journalism program is evolving at its fastest pace ever to prepare students for a field that’s going through big changes.
The importance of community-centered journalism
A new report from the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center offers an accessible but provocative resource for journalists new to the community-centered approach and those already practicing it.