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Graduate Students present at ICA
Mary Erickson, a second-year doctoral student, was one of seven UO Communication and Society doctoral and master's students who presented their research at the annual conference of the International Communication Association held in San Francisco, May 24-28. The others who presented were: Yeong Doo Moon, Glenn Morris, Janet Kwami, Kathleen Ryan, Carrie Freeman, and Mara Hobler.
Knights of the Miconia
Students from the School of Journalism and Communication and Environmental Studies after working with Galapagos National Park officials to eradicate invasive mora (blackberry) and restore the land above El Junco lake with endemic miconia bushes (behind the group).
Media in Ghana
Twelve SOJC students participated in the annual "Media in Ghana" program, five-week full-time internships in newspaper journalism, television news, radio news, advertising and public relations that began in early July.
Users now have greater control over who can read their material
Using the State menu selections, you can now control whether you, your classmates or the entire world sees your work. Here are the details.
Building Buzz
Steve O'Leary '69 teams up with Associate Professor Kim Sheehan to create a guide to word-of-mouth advertising for small businesses as well as helps the SOJC advertising program generate some of its own buzz.
SOJC graduate student Katie Campbell among Literary Nonfiction’s “cutting-edge best.”
Literary Nonfiction student Katie Campbell's essay "The Egg and I," published in the summer 2007 Etude, has just been chosen for inclusion in The Best Creative Nonfiction vol. 2, edited by Lee Gutkind, to be published July 2008 by W.W. Norton & Company.
Advertising professors root out greenwashing with Web site
SOJC professors Deborah Morrison and Kim Sheehan led a group of academicians in the creation of the Greenwashing Index, a Web site launched Jan. 7 by EnviroMedia Social Marketing.
Lauren Kessler wins UO Award for Faculty Excellence, and “Dancing with Rose” wins 2007 Pacific Northwest Book Award
Her students know her as “a fabulous writer and a wonderful teacher”—and the evidence abounds.
Carol Ann Bassett: Postcard From the Galapagos
Associate Professor Carol Ann Bassett is on sabbatical during winter and spring terms working on her book, under contract to National Geographic Society Books. The working title is Galápagos at the Crossroads: Encounters with Pirates, Boobies, Creationists and Biologists in Darwin's Cradle of Evolution. We caught up with Carol Ann via e-mail at her home in Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Building Bridges: News Lab
Dean Rea comes out of retirement (again) to create a program that bridges the classroom and the newsroom. By Chris Brock, Professional Master’s Student
Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez to participate in Human Rights Conference
“Violence and Reconciliation in Latin America: Human Rights, Memory, and Democracy” to be held on UO campus January 31 to February 2.
Associate Professor Debra Merskin on Sex, Love, Romance and the Media
(Just in time for Valentine’s Day)
Students learn sports enterprise reporting from Frazier Journalist-in-Residence
Rachel Bachman, The Oregonian's sports enterprise reporter, will lead thirteen SOJC students in an intensive short course.
SOJC Sophomore makes her major metro debut
Emily Smith, a sophomore pre-major student from Gresham, is one of fifteen people chosen for The Oregonian's Community Writers project.
SOJC to benefit from Kilkenny gift
In a move that University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer says will "help unite academics and athletics at the University of Oregon," Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny and his wife, Stephanie, are giving $1 million to academic programs in the university. The SOJC will benefit from that gift.
SOJC Students tour Portland Ad Agencies
SOJC advertising students in an Interactive Media Seminar taught by Instructor Dave Koranda and Deborah Morrison, Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising, visited Portland and toured advertising agencies Wieden + Kennedy and Avenue A Razorfish on Friday, February 22. The course is exploring digital media and digital creativity as it pertains to brand development.
SOJC advertising students inspired by Kevin Roddy '82
One of the greatest experiences for a journalism student is hearing from one who has made it. SOJC advertising students got just that on Thursday, February 28th when Kevin Roddy came to campus.
SOJC doctoral students to present their work at International Communication Association (ICA) Conference
Ten doctoral students will present a total of eight papers at the juried annual conference. Doctoral student Ahran Park has also received a "Top Three Paper" commendation; and Andre Sirois had three papers accepted.
NPR President Kevin Klose will be Keynote Speaker at Hulteng Conversations in Ethics event
The event is scheduled for Friday, April 4 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the George S. Turnbull Portland Center's new home. Register today for this one-day conference featuring nearly twenty journalists discussing "Truth Under Pressure."
Janet Studer-Stratton celebrates 35 years at the UO
The SOJC's undergraduate program assistant for the past twenty-three years, Janet Studer-Stratton says the changes she has seen at the school have been "astronomical."
Register today for the Dixon Narrative Workshop
Learn the elements of nonfiction storytelling in a one-day intensive, hands-on seminar at the George S. Turnbull Center.
FLUX wins Gold Crown Award
The 2007 issue of the SOJC student-produced magazine once again earns the top award for overall excellence from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
"That's How Dreams Start"
When Nate Jackson graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication in 2005, he was just like any other 22-year-old about to enter the real world: hopeful, excited and unsure of where the future would take him. Little did he know, only two years later he would end up on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Phil Bladine dies at 89
Philip Newell Bladine ’40, remembered as a “vibrant force” in McMinnville, Ore. where he lived and worked for more than 70 years, died Wednesday at the age of 89.
2008 Ad Team wins AAF Regional Competition
In keeping with the grand tradition, the group of undergraduate advertising students from the SOJC topped eight other schools in District XI competition, winning first place with their presentation for AOL's AIM and other social networking products. And David Kosse '84, a member of a winning ad team himself, directed a $10,000 award from his employer to the Ad Team endowment fund.
ad team 2008
The 2008 Regional competition trophy, which SOJC students won for their presentation on AOL's AIM and other social networking products.
The 2008 Ad Team (group shot)
The 2008 SOJC AAF Advertising Team, from front left: Sabrina DeMartini, Courtney Nelson, Matthew Gardner, Molly Cathcart, Adviser Dave Koranda, Shawna Huang; Second Row: Jordan Denham, Shawna Harch, Jill Hurst, Alexa Nelson, Erin O'Brien, Benjamin Newell.
Listen: Author Peggy Orenstein on "Writing About the Politics of Everyday Life."
On April 24, 2008, Orenstein, an award-winning author on issues affecting girls and women, presented "Writing about the Politics of Everyday Life" at the SOJC's annual Johnston Lecture.
Watch: Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
Two newspapers and a collegiate journalist were honored with Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism at an awards ceremony held Thursday, May 8, at the School of Journalism and Communication. The Spokesman-Review, a daily newspaper in Spokane, Wash., and The Phoenix New Times, an alternative newsweekly in Phoenix, Ariz., were given awards in the News Organization category. Ashley Gough, editor of the Mount Observer, a community college newspaper in Massachusetts, won the Collegiate Media category. According to Dean Tim Gleason, "These journalists were awarded for doing good journalism and making the right decision in the face of extreme pressure.” A panel discussion followed the awards presentation. Watch it here.
Junior Ryan Knutson named one of UWIRE's 100 best student journalists
The students were chosen "for their potential to shape the media industry in the years ahead."
Pat Curtin honored as Distinguished Educator
Described by both students and colleagues as “unfailingly generous with her time and never too busy to help,” Pat Curtin, School of Journalism and Communication Chair in Public Relations, will receive the Distinguished Educator Award from the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the AEJMC convention in August.
Blogging through the wonder
Earlier this year Claire LaPoma and her boyfriend, Ryan Harper hiked 31 miles on the four-day Inca Trail to Macchu Pichu, narrowly escaped the eruption of the Tungurahua Volcano, lived in the jungle with the Shuar tribe, and taught 30 rambunctious Ecuadorian children beginning English. And during their journey through Peru and Ecuador, their family, friends and even strangers were there with them – reading their blog, “Wandering through the Wonder.”
Flux 2008
Journalism students across all majors worked together to produce the sixteenth issue of the award-winning student magazine Flux. This year's publication, according to one staffer, "is more multifaceted than ever before." In addition to its print magazine, Flux has a bigger interactive online website, including documentaries, slideshows and multimedia. Other multimedia includes interactive flash pieces that add a new dimension to the Flux experience.
SOJC Students earn a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for their documentary
Students receive a College Northwest Regional Chapter Emmy Award for their documentary, “Vanport: Oregon's lost city." Rebecca Purice, Sasha Davis, Brian Schiedel, Brian Van Peski, and Chris McKee produced the documentary about the largest public housing project during World War II.
Mosaic 2008 honors "Track Town USA"
Mosaic, the capstone course for news-editorial majors, is dedicated entirely to Eugene's legacy as Track Town USA, in honor of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials that took place at Hayward Field during the past ten days.
Julianne Newton named Associate Dean of the SOJC
Newton, a member of the SOJC faculty since 2000, says she hopes to "facilitate curriculum innovation by building on the hallmarks of UO's journalism and communication traditions."
Ghana 2008
This summer marked the fifth year of the SOJC’s six-week Media in Ghana program, which brings 10-13 students to Ghana for professional internships, lectures, and field trips. This year 13 students participated.
Al Stavitsky moves to Portland to direct Turnbull Center
After nearly 11 years as Associate Dean for the SOJC, Stavitsky heads north as director of the school’s George S. Turnbull Center in Portland.
Some Oregon Newspapers Still Invest Heavily in Internships
Students learn and earn through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism, now in its eleventh summer.
Updates from Portland
Here's the latest from the George S. Turnbull Center
Greenwashing Index named a "Bright Idea for 2008" by Brandweek
The website created by two SOJC professors made the magazine's top ten list of progressive new marketing techniques.
Marshall and Adjunct Teaching Award winners are all about creativity and "jumping right in"
Deborah Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising earned the Marshall Award, while SOJC Adjunct Assistant Professor Rebecca Force took home her second Adjunct Teaching Award at this year's commencement ceremonies.
