Featured Student Work

See SOJC students' outstanding work, from published articles and research to award-winning videos and campaigns.

Multimedia Storytelling Master’s student Kaiya Laguardia-Yonamine interviewed a community organizer for a class podcast. It appeared on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check” podcast.
SOJC students researched, reported, wrote, and edited news stories during a four-week immersive study trip to Oviedo, Spain, led by Crossings Institute Co-Director Professor Peter Laufer. 
Rowan Shea, a second-year journalism major, wrote an article for the Irish horse-racing publication The Irish Field during a month-long study-abroad trip to Dublin.
Georgia Tucker ’25 found a unique path that merged her passions for journalism and dance, using both to tell stories, build community, and shape her professional future.
The SOJC’s Snap AR Scholars and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife partner to create an augmented reality experience that helps people “see” the submerged Otter Rock Marine Reserve.
SOJC advertising student Ally Thomas ’25 used storytelling and science communication to document a global diabetes conference in Amsterdam through a personal lens.
The “Oregon Speaks” podcast series, produced by students in the SOJC’s Multimedia Storytelling Master’s program, explores how Oregonians are navigating civic transition. Episodes are reshared weekly on the Oregonian’s “Beat Check.”
SOJC students learn how to be professional sports writers as they travel the country interviewing athletes for a new gorgeous print publication that rivals professional magazines.
Connor Baird, a fourth-year advertising major and student in the Clark Honors College, wrote a feature story about Eugene barber George Dudley that was published in Eugene Weekly.
Through the student-run organization Oregon Accelerator, students from the SOJC and Lundquist College of Business help athletes by creating content for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.