Solutions Journalism

Students in Professor Andrew DeVigal’s Engaged Journalism class use data to find out how local journalism can foster community connection. DeVigal is director of the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center.

At the Engaged Journalism Exchange—a convening of journalists, funders, and scholars—media were urged to create community belonging. The event was co-sponsored by the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center.

The “Oregon Speaks” podcast series, produced by students in the SOJC’s Multimedia Storytelling Master’s program, explores how Oregonians are navigating civic transition. Episodes are reshared weekly on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check.”

In a Poynter Institute commentary, Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, urged passage of a bill that would require tech companies to compensate local news sources for their content.

A report by the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center has found that Oregon’s local news ecosystem has continued to decline since its first study two years ago. It also outlines efforts to reverse the trend.

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.

News stories that empower readers to see their own role in solutions to big problems like climate change are more inclined to take action, a new study by SOJC researchers has found.

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.