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.

The advisors at the SOJC Undergraduate Student Success Center help students make the connection between short-term decisions, like choosing classes, and long-term goals, like finding the right career.
Lookout Santa Cruz, a digital-only news site started by Ken Doctor '79, won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of flooding in California. Doctor is a member of the SOJC Hall of Achievement.
Advertising major Annie Neal '25 and journalism major Johnny Media '24 are honored for exploring passions an embracing challenges as they thrive in their UO experience.
While it’s healthy to question what we see and hear in the media, internet searches to fact-check news stories can backfire and lead people to believe false stories, says an SOJC professor.
The popular app Twitch, created to livestream video game action, is redefining journalism as it becomes a source for news, according to Maxwell Foxman, an SOJC media and game studies professor. 
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.