Faculty in the Media

Read published faculty work, their expert commentary, and media coverage of their research and accomplishments.

Peter Laufer, SOJC professor and James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism, talked to the Eugene Weekly about his new book, “Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive,” and his life as a reporter.
Lisa Peyton, an SOJC assistant teaching professor who focuses on AI and strategic communication, writes in Forbes magazine that marketing leaders need to give teams psychological safety to experiment.
The Charlie Kirk murder raises the question of how to protect those who speak out. Peter Laufer discusses how his book “Don’t Shoot the Journalists: Migrating to Stay Alive” addresses that issue.
In a Poynter Institute commentary, Andrew DeVigal, director of the Agora Journalism Center, urged passage of a bill that would require tech companies to compensate local news sources for their content.
SOJC faculty and staff published an open letter to students and the UO community in The Register-Guard about the value of, and impact of ongoing attacks against, journalism and freedom of the press.
The SOJC’s Whitney Phillips, a media studies scholar and author of “The Shadow Gospel,” clears up what most people get wrong about political polarization and why it matters.
In an article in the International Journalists’ Network, SOJC Professor Damian Radcliffe writes that while generative AI can be a powerful tool for reporters, it can also be weaponized against them. 
As the Dodgers play the Cubs in Tokyo, Paul Swangard, SOJC instructor of brand strategy and advertising, talks to San Francisco’s KCBS radio about the popularity of baseball in Japan.
SOJC students need to embrace generative AI tools like ChatGPT rather than being discouraged from using them altogether, writes Damian Radcliffe, Chambers Professor in Journalism, in a Medium post.
Seth Lewis, SOJC Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media, says many Americans view the media as elitist, disingenuous, and acting out of self-interests. To fix it, media must focus on authenticity.