Faculty News

Law enforcement officers in Marion, Kansas, raided a local newspaper's office and a journalist's residence, raising alarms about potential infringements on press freedom. KCBS Radio spoke with Peter Laufer, professor of journalism.
In a story in the Daily Beast about Congressman Matt Gaetz’s role as a “reporter” on Newsmax, SOJC professor emeritus and former dean, Tim Gleason, explains the conflict of interest.  
An independent online crime publication in Lane County has started asking for readers to contribute money. SOJC journalism instructor Charlie Dietz comments.
In this story, Rolling Stone examines a radical evangelist’s work on college campuses and Whitney Phillips explains the conditions and trends around it.
When SOJC professor emerit and Hall of Achievement member Lauren Kessler, MA ’75, visited a Portland high school’s student newsroom, she discovered the future of journalism is still in good hands.
Whitney Phillips writes with two others about Ron DeSantis’ quasi-religious shadow gospel and how it is more dangerous than you might think.
Journalism Instructor Charlie Deitz sat down with SOJC student Jillian Gray to share a few tips and tricks he’s learned to make the most of audio storytelling, including podcasts and radio.
MarTech put together a list of the digital experience experts to follow now and into the future, including Professor Lisa Peyton.
A recent report of a local mother receiving a call supposedly from her daughter saying she was kidnapped, possibly generated by “voice emulation technology,” has law enforcement, emerging media experts and everyday people speaking out.
Story highlights new Oregon newsrooms stepping in to fill the void in local journalism as other media retreat.