Sports Communication

Three SOJC alums in journalism and public relations are shaping the sports industry at various levels by inspiring young athletes, overseeing major events, and creating memorable highlight reels.

Fourth-year SOJC journalism major Leo Heffron wrote a sports feature for Lookout Eugene-Springfield about siblings Nuari and Victor Filipe, multi-sport athletes who attend different high schools.

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.

Oregon Accelerator, a UO student-led organization that offers creative and strategic insights to help athletes find “name, image, and likeness” opportunities, was featured in Athletic Business.

When ESPN College GameDay visited the UO campus in October, more than 50 students from the SOJC, Warsaw Sports Business Center, and UO Athletics got an inside look at careers in sports broadcast journalism.

Rowan Shea, a second-year journalism major, wrote an article for the Irish horse-racing publication The Irish Field during a month-long study-abroad trip to Dublin.