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.

When it comes to warning people about smoke hazards, offering too little or too much info are both risky, says Cathy Slavik, a postdoc fellow at the SOJC’s Center for Science Communication Research.
For her Communication and Media Studies Master’s capstone project, SOJC student Audrey Kalman collected photos and stories about denim jeans and created a digital archive that anyone can add to.
Ken Doctor, MA ’79, an SOJC Hall of Achievement honoree, has formally announced plans for a new digital outlet in Eugene. Lookout Eugene-Springfield is set to debut in early 2025 with a 15-person news staff.
In a story published in the Mexico News Daily, SOJC student Ellie Johnson takes a look at Mexico's shoemakers. She wrote the story as part of a study-abroad program in Querétaro, Mexico.
Whitney Phillips, SOJC assistant professor of media ethics and digital platforms, talks to the New York Times about why misinformation proliferates on the right and the left during election season.
In the second of a two-part series, Professor of Practice Damian Radcliffe offers solutions to the issues facing food journalism, inspired by the UO study-abroad trip he led this summer in France.
Peter Laufer, a journalism professor who often writes about animal welfare, was interviewed on the HBO docuseries Chimp Crazy, which spotlights the perils of keeping wild animals as pets.
The Journalism Learning Initiative, led by SOJC Associate Professor Ed Madison, and the state Department of Education have launched an AI career planning guide for high school students.
Aedan Seaver, an SOJC journalism student, published an article on the complicated history of cockfighting in the Mexico News Daily as part of a study-abroad program in Querétaro, Mexico.
Professor of Practice Damian Radcliffe writes about five key challenges facing modern food journalism, inspired by the UO Food Journalism in France study-abroad trip he led students on this summer.