News from the School of Journalism and Communication

Find out what SOJC students, faculty, and alumni are up to on campus, on the national stage, and beyond.

SOJC Distinguished Professor of Advertising Deb Morrison will become the first public university professor inducted into the One Club for Creativity Educators Hall of Fame.
Snap AR Scholars, a student-led agency made up of designers and researchers, created an augmented reality storytelling experience to promote the nonprofit Hope for Haiti while building job skills.
SOJC journalism student Julia Boboc shares the skills she learned reporting on immigrants for a school project. Read her tips on interviewing, confidence-building, and telling a compelling story.
Advertising major Charlie Nguyễn ’24 worked with real clients at Allen Hall Advertising and created a magazine for his portfolio. It paid off with an advertising job at a prestigious New York firm.
SOJC alum Sarah Mensah '87, the first Black woman to lead Nike's Jordan Brand, will give the keynote address at the UO commencement ceremony.
The One Club has announced that Deborah Morrison, distinguished professor of advertising at the SOJC, will be inducted into the Educator Hall of Fame in September.
Ken Doctor '79, an SOJC Hall of Achievement inductee, is starting a digital news site, Lookout Eugene-Springfield. He plans to launch the site by the end of the year.  
The “pleasure of choice” may be a simple, though partial, solution to increasing vaccine rates for diseases like COVID-19, said Ellen Peters, director of the SOJC's Center for Science Communication Research.
Portland offers plenty of benefits for people looking for a place to settle into retirement. SOJC instructor Charlie Butler looks at the pros and cons in an article published in Portland Monthly.
An article coauthored by SOJC Professor Maxwell Foxman and published in the journal Digital Journalism found that more young people are consuming news via live streaming, which may affect how they view the election.