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Up one levelCongratulations to the 2009 Hall of Achievement Class
Ann Sullivan '42, who paved the way for women in journalism as a reporter at The Oregonian; Steve O'Leary '69, president of O’Leary and Partners Advertising and a noted author and speaker about word-of-mouth advertising, will be inducted into the School of Journalism and Communication’s Hall of Achievement at an awards ceremony Friday evening at the Eugene Country Club. Glenn Cole '92, co-founder of 72andSunny, will receive the Inaugural Eric Allen Award at the event.
White Girl Cookies and Frito Boats
SOJC Instructor Melissa Hart will read from her second memoir, Gringa: A Contradictory Girlhood, at the UO Bookstore on Thursday, October 15th at 6 p.m.
Emeritus Professor Jack Ewan dies at 85
A memorial will be held on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church.
Snowden Interns’ Portfolios, Resumes and Networks Validate ‘Ready for Work’ Status
Of 11 journalism students who sought work after completing internships through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism last year, eight found full-time jobs in their specialties. It’s an impressive, almost unbelievable statistic—72 percent—at a time when competition is intense among new and veteran reporters, editors and photographers applying for the narrowing number of available positions.
Julianne Newton and Rick Williams win Prestigious McLuhan Award
Professor and Associate Dean Julianne Newton and Rick Williams, Dean of the Division of the Arts at Lane Community College and a former SOJC instructor, recently won the 2009 Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology for their 2007 book, Visual Communication: Integrating Media, Art and Science.
Professor’s new book shines light on endangered UNESCO World Heritage Site
After eight months of snorkeling next to white-tip reef sharks, climbing volcanoes and deeply immersing herself in a bioregion so sensitive that some species may soon become extinct, School of Journalism and Communication Associate Professor Carol Ann Bassett can now celebrate the success of her third book. READING next Tuesday, June 2, at 7:00 p.m. in the Knight Library Browsing Room
LISTEN/FOLLOW: 2009 Hulteng Conversations in Ethics
The second annual Hulteng Conversations in Ethics, "Journalism in the Future Tense: Reclaiming the moral high ground" took place on Friday, May 15 at the George S. Turnbull Center in Portland. LISTEN to Keynote Speaker Brooke Gladstone, co-host and managing editor of WNYC's on the Media and FOLLOW the twitter stream here. Video will be added soon!
Announcing the 2009 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
The Seattle Times and Glen Mabie are winners of the 2009 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism. Read more and listen to podcasts with this year's winners.
Live from SOJC: Reporting 1 students discuss "The Incredible Shrinking Newsroom" with Ruhl Lecturer Martin Baron
Martin Baron, editor of The Boston Globe, will speak at 4:00 p.m. TODAY in the EMU Ballroom on the UO campus. Reporting students who will meet with Baron earlier in the day are planning to liveblog and tweet their conversation. Here's how you can join the class.
Welcome to winter term 2009!
Here are a few important dates and deadlines from the SOJC office of student services.
Jonathan Marshall, MS ’62, dies at 84
The former publisher of the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Progress was a champion of the First Amendment.
Postcards from Shanghai
Four students, hand-picked by Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising Deborah Morrison, were the only U.S. students in attendance at the ONE Show China. Here are a number of blog entries by Morrison about the experience as well as photos from the trip.
EVEN MORE SOJC BLOGS!
More blogs have been added since we first published the links. We're lucky to have a team of SOJC students--freshmen and seniors--ready and wiling to blog about their experiences this year. They join a number of other SOJC students who are already well-established in the blogosphere. Meet the SOJC bloggers. (Oh, and did we mention that Dean Gleason started a blog?)
Turnbull Center to host Election Coverage Panels, Climate Media Conference this fall
The Center will host “Covering the Coverage: A Report Card for Presidential Campaign Reporting” on Thursday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m., in conjunction with the week-long Grand Opening of the University of Oregon Portland. On Wednesday December 3, the center will host "Climate Change Science, Economics and Policy," a half-day seminar for journalists and editors, in conjunction with the Climate Leadership initiative.
Flux documentaries available for online viewing
The documentaries, originally produced in conjunction with the award-winning student magazine Flux, were featured on OPB's Oregon Lens last week.
Congratulations, Class of 2008!
More than 3,000 family members and friends gathered to salute the 350 graduates who participated in the SOJC Commencement Saturday, June 14 at McArthur Court. Dan Wieden '67, on campus to receive the UO's Distinguished Alumnus Award, delivered a brief address. The ceremony is available on the special UO channel on YouTube. New photographs added June 30.
Emphasis on Ethics
If you missed any of the three major SOJC ethics events this spring, you can watch or listen here to: Hulteng Conversations in Ethics: Truth Under Pressure (including the keynote speech by NPR president Kevin Klose); the 2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism; and The Thirty-Second Annual Ruhl Lecture, with Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Ruhl Lecturer Jan Schaffer: "We need to expand our 'tribe'"
Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, presented "Participatory Media: challenges to the Conventions of Journalism" as the School of Journalism and Communication's thirty-second annual Ruhl Lecturer on Thursday. Watch and/or listen to the lecture and read her prepared remarks here.
2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, Ruhl Lecture, THIS Thursday, May 8.
The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, followed by a panel discussion among the winners, will be presented at 10:00 a.m. Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab, will present "Participatory Media: Challenges to the Conventions of Journalism" as the SOJC's Ruhl Lecturer at 4:00 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Internationally known author Peggy Orenstein to present SOJC's Johnston Lecture
Peggy Orenstein, an award-winning author on issues affecting girls and women, will present “Writing about the politics of everyday life,” at the School of Journalism and Communication’s annual Johnston lecture on Thursday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m.
Announcing the 2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
The Phoenix New-Times and The (Spokane) Spokesman - Review will both receive Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism in the News Organization Category, while an editor of a budding community college newspaper in Western Massachusetts who challenged her college president will receive the award in the Collegiate Media category.
Advertising Senior Zach Blank: Live from New York
Blank, who is attending the Ad Age Digital Media Conference this week as the SOJC's first Bedbury Scholar, will blog daily about his experiences there.
NPR President Kevin Klose will be Keynote Speaker at Hulteng Conversations in Ethics event
The event, a one-day conference on the ethical issues facing journalists, is scheduled for Friday, April 4 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the George S. Turnbull Portland Center's new home. (read more)
Call for Nominations--Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
Deadline THIS FRIDAY, February 27. The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism honor journalists who encourage public trust in the media by courageously practicing the highest standards of the profession in the face of political or economic pressures. The Payne Awards seek entries from news organizations, individual journalists and student journalists in broadcasting, print or new media.
Welcome to our new website!
We’re pleased to launch our new site, which we created to keep you better connected with all that’s happening at the SOJC.
Beyond Advertising 101, Beyond Borders: SOJC Students learn “The Internationalization of Ideas” from the big guys
Global Branding may be possible because of the proliferation and speed of communications technologies, but building a global brand begins with the purest form of communication—one single idea shared in one interaction.
