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What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

What Will Your Story Be?

College is not just about getting a degree. It’s about planning your life story. At the SOJC, you’ll find a welcoming vibe and supportive community that’s rare in large public universities. You’ll access flexible programs that allow you to truly explore your passions while building skills in our state-of-the-art production spaces, student-run publications and agencies, internships, and global learning trips. And you’ll discover how to make a real difference with your unique contributions.

Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Undergraduate Degrees

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Graduate Degrees

In a competitive and rapidly evolving field, an advanced degree will help you stand out. No matter which path you take, you’ll get to work alongside some of the best faculty practitioners and researchers in the field. We offer:

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Latest News

From advocacy to skill-building, podcasting empowers storytellers. The SOJC’s new Community Podcasting Microcredential prepares you to create lasting impact.
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.
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.

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Latest News

From advocacy to skill-building, podcasting empowers storytellers. The SOJC’s new Community Podcasting Microcredential prepares you to create lasting impact.

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$725K+
in student scholarships awarded each year
16
Pulitzer prizes won by faculty and alumni
21,000+
in the SOJC Alumni Network

Hands-On Learning, Real-World Experience

A student reporter interviews a person fly fishing while they both stand in a river

The hallmark of the SOJC experience is the professional practice students get in the field. From reporting trips around the globe, to internships with multinational media companies, to navigating the complexities of client work in student-run agencies, these real-life experiences will tip the scales in your favor when it's time to find a job.

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a student adjusts a video camera in the Allen Hall studio

In Allen Hall on the Eugene campus, the Experience Hub has everything you need to become a powerful content creator, including our cutting-edge immersive media lab, professional-quality podcast studio, social media analytics lab, a broadcast/photography studio and editing bays, and plenty of flexible spaces for creative collaboration.

Learn about the Experience Hub

Danny Pimentel instructs a student wearing a VR headset

The next media frontier is the immersive metasphere, from 360 video to virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and extended reality (XR). We’re pioneering media-making and research, and exploring the ethics of these emerging technologies at the Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, our state-of-the-art immersive experience space at SOJC Portland.

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Events

The BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair
Oct22
The BIG10 Academia Faculty Hiring Fair Oct 22
The BIG10 Grad Student and Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event
Oct23
The BIG10 Grad Student and Postdoc Industry Recruitment Event Oct 23
Encoding and Decoding Story, Place, and Self: Towards Situated Environmental Journalism in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Oct23
Encoding and Decoding Story, Place, and Self: Towards Situated Environmental Journalism in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest Oct 23
Fall Career & Internship Expo
Oct23
Fall Career & Internship Expo Oct 23 Erb Memorial Union (EMU)
Public Relations Listening Session
Oct23
Public Relations Listening Session Oct 23 Allen Hall
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week
Oct27
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week Oct 27 Allen Hall
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week
Oct28
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week Oct 28 Allen Hall
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week
Oct29
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week Oct 29 Allen Hall
Travel and Study Abroad Fair
Oct29
Travel and Study Abroad Fair Oct 29 Allen Hall
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week
Oct30
SOJC Grab-&-Ghoul Week Oct 30 Allen Hall

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