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SOJC's Deb Morrison is an ADC Grandmaster
Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising at the SOJC, is one of four recipients of this year’s Grandmasters Award handed out by the New York City collective the Art Directors Club. The award recognizes educators who have helped shape the visual communications field.
Turnbull Center Panel to Explore Publishing in the Age of Electronic Readers
Panelists include ‘Geek Love’ author Katherine Dunn
New Cinema Studies major at UO addresses student and industry demand
The interdisciplinary major will be the first on the UO campus to span the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the School of Architecture and Allied Arts (AAA) and the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC).
SOJC Authors Bassett and Hart to speak at Wordstock
The school's George S. Turnbull Center in Portland is again a co-sponsor of the annual Wordstock Festival of the Book, this weekend at the Portland Convention Center.
SOJC names 2009-10 Petrone Fellows
Leslie Steeves, SOJC Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs and Research and Scott Maier, SOJC Associate Professor, are this year's Petrone Fellows.
Want to stay connected to SOJC faculty? Follow these folks on Twitter.
“I don't know how official any of these rankings are, but it did feel nice to know that people were noticing,” says SOJC Assistant Professor Harsha Gangadharbatla of his naming earlier this year as one of “100 professors you should follow and learn from on Twitter.” “Now, if only I can somehow tie this into my service part for tenure.”
Two SOJC Profs win named Oregon Community Credit Union Research Fellows
“We were both interested in social networks and thought this would be a good opportunity to collaborate,” says SOJC Assistant Professor Harsha Gangadharbatla of his collaboration with SOJC Professor Kim Sheehan on a research project called “Facebook Friends, YouTubers and the Twitterati: An Examination of 'New' Digital Communities in the Web 2.0 Era.”
SOJC student wins KATU's Dargan Scholarship
“She's performed brilliantly in my classes this year and is going to be a star,” says Dr. Bill Ryan about third-year SOJC Electronic Media major Lorie Anne Acio, who has won this year's $6,000 KATU Thomas R. Dargan Scholarship from KATU in Portland.
Liz Shuler ’93 elected to top labor post
The SOJC graduate is the first woman to become Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO
“It hit me what a sacrifice they were making.”
“They knew they would be going for a year,” says Cali Bagby '08, now an embedded journalist on base in Balad, Iraq, on being introduced to the men and women of the C/7th-158 Aviation (Charlie Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation) Medevac unit, based out of Salem, OR.
Bob Caldwell '71 wins Amos Voorhees Award
“I didn’t know I was attending an awards dinner until I was there. I was completely surprised – which is a good way to keep the acceptance speech short,” says Bob Caldwell, 1971 SOJC graduate, on being presented with this year’s Oregon Newspaper Association’s (ONPA) Amos Voorhies award.
School Names Three Lokey Scholars for 09-10 School Year
Third-year doctoral students Andre Sirois and David Gracon and senior Bonnie Shelton are this year’s Lorry I. Lokey scholars. The Lokey Scholarships were presented during the June 12 SOJC Student Recognition Reception.
"Crazy Idea" earns top advertising awards for Beth Ryan '00
“I get to think like a 14 year old boy most of the day,” says Beth Ryan, senior copywriter at Bartle Bogle Hogarty New York City (BBH NYC), who recently racked up a number of top advertising awards.
Media in Ghana
Fourteen SOJC students are in Ghana participating in the school's Media in Ghana Program. Following orientation at the University of Ghana campus, they practice their skills in five-week full-time internships in Ghanaian media and communications outlets. This is the sixth year the SOJC has offered this program.
"Enthusiasm" and the use of newer teaching technologies equal teaching award for Werner
SOJC Visiting Instructor of News-Editorial Journalism Michael Werner, a first year professor and a 2008 graduate of SOJC’s Literary Nonfiction program, took home the Adjunct Teaching Award at this year's commencement ceremonies.
SOJC Announces 2009 Hall of Achievement Class
The late Ann Sullivan ’42, who helped pave the way for women in journalism as a reporter at The Oregonian, will be honored along with Steve O’Leary ’69, president of O’Leary and Partners Advertising and a noted author and speaker about word-of-mouth advertising. Glenn Cole ’92, Principal and Creative Director of 72 and Sunny, will receive the inaugural Eric Allen Award for alumni under 40 at the event, which is scheduled for November 13.
Morrison is Marshall Award Winner—for the second year in a row!
For the second year in a row, Deborah Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising, earned the Marshall Award for Innovative Teaching. She is the only professor in its fifteen-year history to win the award twice.
Congratulations, Class of 2009
Nearly 400 graduates walked across the stage at Mac Court on Saturday, June 13 for the SOJC's ninety-fourth commencement. Doug Bates '68, editorial page editor of The Oregonian and a member of the school's Hall of Achievement, presented the graduates with a clear-eyed but optimistic message: "You are entering a period of great ambiguity but also incredible opportunity." Click here to read the entire speech and view the slideshow of photos by Jack Liu.
PDX Senior Experience website “simply a great resource.”
Even in a good economy, graduation can be a scary time for seniors and graduate students considering their next steps. That’s why Portland Senior Experience Program Manager Josh Netzer decided to create a helpful hints website as a resource for students as they approach this crucial time in their lives.
Talk project builds community, unites University campus
Students from the School of Journalism and Communication have worked for months on a community-building project called Talk, which aims to promote the unique stories and, at the same time, the multiple connections of people across the UO campus.
Journalism students win prestigious Undergraduate Research Award
Two ambitious filmmakers from the School of Journalism and Communication were honored recently by University of Oregon Libraries. Electronic Media students John Rosman, a senior in the SOJC, and recent graduate Eric Rutledge ’08 received one of five prestigious 2009 Undergraduate Research Awards for their work on a film from last spring’s Documentary Flux course.
SOJC Conference to Explore "Your Digital Life"
The event, next Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. on the UO campus, will feature a keynote speech by Lauren Gelman, executive director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, and two panel discussions about the implications of social media.
NYT Science Writer to Visit Allen Hall on Monday, May 11
The SOJC is pleased to host Cornelia Dean, a senior writer in the science department of The New York Times and a lecturer in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
“The Akaka Bill: Creating a Nation or Erasing it”
An information gathering project leads two brothers to create a documentary film about an important issue in their home state of Hawaii.
Study Abroad Program leads 2008 graduate to niche in Ghanaian radio
When Josh Gordon sat down to dinner, he wasn’t expecting a career path. He was expecting tilapia with papaya sauce.
Full Text, Audio of 2009 Ruhl Lecture
Click here to read or listen to the 2009 Ruhl Lecture by Martin Baron, editor of The Boston Globe.
SOJC students head to NBS Convention in New York
Six SOJC students spent spring break in New York, attending the National Broadcasting Society's national convention. While there they learned that several SOJC Students were winners in the NBS' 67th National Undergraduate Student Electronic Media Competition.
Jon Palfreman's "Sick Around America" premieres March 31 on PBS
The documentary, a follow up to "Sick Around the World," which contrasts U.S. healthcare with that in five other capitalist countries, examines the nation’s broken health care system and explores the need for a fundamental overhaul.
Call for Nominations: Eric Allen Outstanding Young Alumna/us Award
Know a young alumna/us who is making a difference? This new award will be presented at the school's Hall of Achievement, Friday, November 13, 2009. Nominations for the 2009 award are due April 17--nominate someone today.
Bedbury Scholars track trends at SXSW
Tyler Kirsch and Alex Kniess, 2009 Bedbury Scholars, "find themselves in Texas for the first time in their lives in pursuit of their passions for advertising, new media, technology and the insatiable thirst for new experiences and learnings" at the 15th annual SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX.
Using MySpace safely
SOJC Instructor Kelli Matthews talks with the students about their use of social media.
SOJC PR students host 300 Eugene middle schoolers for "Lock Up Your Future"
The 8th-grade classes from Briggs and Cascade middle schools visited the UO for a fun-filled and informative day as part of a college readiness campaign organized by five SOJC public relations students.
Martinez celebrates Eugene’s Latino community in the exhibit “Changing Demographics: The People of Lane County.”
To help celebrate Oregon’s 150th birthday, Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez and Professor Lynn Stephen of the UO's anthropology department partnered with the Lane County Historical Museum to create an exhibit and documentary featuring the underrepresented Latino population of Lane County.
“Ecological sensistivity, daring, and passion” put UO grads in the spotlight
As eager students in Bill Ryan’s Visual Communications class, Kyle Dickman '06 and Andy Maser '07 could never have imagined how far they would be able to take their passion for creative storytelling.
LISTEN: author Tony Horwitz discusses “HiSTORYtelling: Reviving the Past”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tony Horwitz presented the school's 2009 Johnston Lecture on Thursday, May 7 to a standing-room-only crowd
Tracy Wong '81 on Multimedia Storytelling
Tracy Wong, chairman and creative director of WongDoody in Seattle, spoke with more than 30 SOJC students about the role of multimedia storytelling in advertising via video conferencing in the school's innovative Gateway course. Watch the video here.
Greenwashing Forum: Crafting Honest Messages in a Green World
More than fifty people gathered at the Turnbull Center on Friday, February 6 to discuss the importance of truthful advertising and craft Portland's Greenwashing Manifesto.
Food, glorious food
For Kim Carlson ’85 and the rest of the staff at Culinate (www.culinate.com), a national online food magazine, food is a balancing act.
Turnbull Center to host "Making sense of the switch to Digital TV"
The panel on February 9 is one of several upcoming events at the Turnbull Center.
SOJC graduate featured in Presstime's "20 under 40."
Tyler Mack ’05 says he was “quite honored and surprised” to learn that he would be featured in PRESSTIME magazine’s most recent “20 Under 40,” an annual feature recognizing twenty of the best and brightest young professionals in the newspaper industry.
Lauren Kessler to hit the road for Oregon's Sesquicentennial
Kessler will read from her award-winning book Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family, at fourteen libraries and ten bookstores around Oregon over the next four months. The book is the selection for the statewide Oregon Reads 2009 program.
SOJC graduate wins Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship
Sabena Stark '08, a graduate of the school's master's program in literary nonfiction, is the fourth SOJC alum to win the prestigious writing award.
Campaign Oregon: Transforming Lives draws to a close
Because of the immense generosity of alumni and friends, the SOJC exceeded its fundraising goals in the UO's historic eight-year campaign.
Martinez explores Latin America's Telecommunications Giant in New Book
Assistant professor Gabriela Martinez has recently released Telecommunications in Latin America: Telef-nica's Conquest (Lexington Books: September 2008). The book is about how Telefónica, a Spanish company, rose to be an international telecommunications giant.
UO Student lands prestigious photojournalism internship
Ben Mangin, a senior, learned about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with photographer Mark Seliger on Craigslist
Lauren Kessler wins Oregon Book Award
Kessler's most recent book, Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s, has won the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction.
SOJC Electronic Media Students Experience Election Night Coverage
Ten electronic media students from the School of Journalism and Communication took a trip up to the KGW newsroom on election night to check out one of Portland’s cutting-edge broadcast television stations. The students were able to witness — and participate in — KGW’s comprehensive coverage of local elections. Here are some of their reflections on the experience.
Turnbull Center to co-sponsor "An Evening with Paul Goldberger"
The reception and lecture by Goldberger, The New Yorker's architecture critic, will be held Thursday, November 20, 2008 in the White Stag Event Room, UO Portland and is co-sponsored by the SOJC and the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts. Tickets will be available November 1 for $25. Seating is limited.
Al Stavitsky again advises public broadcasting ethics
When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (http://www.cpb.org/) sought help to preserve the independence of public broadcasting, Al Stavitsky, Senior Associate Dean and Director of the George S. Turnbull Portland Center (http://turnbull.uoregon.edu/), jumped right in.
PROFILE: Jon Palfreman
The KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism has just finished a follow-up piece to his NOVA documentary Frontline: Sick Around the World, which aired earlier this year. The film, "Sick Around America," gives the audience an in-depth look at the American health-care system and different insurance markets.
SOJC honors Bates, Alford, and Metzler
The SOJC community gathered on October 10 to celebrate the eleventh class of the school's Hall of Achievement
LISTEN: Legal scholar Vincent Blasi on “James Madison’s Belated Appreciation of the First Amendment”
Blasi, a professor at Columbia University, was on campus Tuesday, October 14 for the event, which was co-sponsored by the SOJC and the UO School of Law.
Classroom Technology to Reveal UO Students’ Opinions at Rate the Debate 2008
Students to Rate Candidate Performance at Second Presidential Debate Using iClickers
Losing Logan
Mother and daughter, both UO alums, collaborate on a memoir of tragic loss.
Michael Burnham '99 wins National Press Club Award
As senior reporter for Greenwire, Michael Burnham has been reporting on the “greening” of China for the Olympics, covering a sustainable suburb in the Pacific Northwest and sorting through environmental conundrums in Florida. He also has been gaining recognition as a top reporter.
Lauren Kessler is 2008 Oregon Book Award Finalist
"Dancing With Rose" one of four books by Oregon authors chosen as finalists for the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction.
Marshall and Adjunct Teaching Award winners are all about creativity and "jumping right in"
Deborah Morrison, the Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising earned the Marshall Award, while SOJC Adjunct Assistant Professor Rebecca Force took home her second Adjunct Teaching Award at this year's commencement ceremonies.
Greenwashing Index named a "Bright Idea for 2008" by Brandweek
The website created by two SOJC professors made the magazine's top ten list of progressive new marketing techniques.
Updates from Portland
Here's the latest from the George S. Turnbull Center
Some Oregon Newspapers Still Invest Heavily in Internships
Students learn and earn through the Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism, now in its eleventh summer.
Al Stavitsky moves to Portland to direct Turnbull Center
After nearly 11 years as Associate Dean for the SOJC, Stavitsky heads north as director of the school’s George S. Turnbull Center in Portland.
Ghana 2008
This summer marked the fifth year of the SOJC’s six-week Media in Ghana program, which brings 10-13 students to Ghana for professional internships, lectures, and field trips. This year 13 students participated.
Julianne Newton named Associate Dean of the SOJC
Newton, a member of the SOJC faculty since 2000, says she hopes to "facilitate curriculum innovation by building on the hallmarks of UO's journalism and communication traditions."
Mosaic 2008 honors "Track Town USA"
Mosaic, the capstone course for news-editorial majors, is dedicated entirely to Eugene's legacy as Track Town USA, in honor of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials that took place at Hayward Field during the past ten days.
SOJC Students earn a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for their documentary
Students receive a College Northwest Regional Chapter Emmy Award for their documentary, “Vanport: Oregon's lost city." Rebecca Purice, Sasha Davis, Brian Schiedel, Brian Van Peski, and Chris McKee produced the documentary about the largest public housing project during World War II.
Flux 2008
Journalism students across all majors worked together to produce the sixteenth issue of the award-winning student magazine Flux. This year's publication, according to one staffer, "is more multifaceted than ever before." In addition to its print magazine, Flux has a bigger interactive online website, including documentaries, slideshows and multimedia. Other multimedia includes interactive flash pieces that add a new dimension to the Flux experience.
Blogging through the wonder
Earlier this year Claire LaPoma and her boyfriend, Ryan Harper hiked 31 miles on the four-day Inca Trail to Macchu Pichu, narrowly escaped the eruption of the Tungurahua Volcano, lived in the jungle with the Shuar tribe, and taught 30 rambunctious Ecuadorian children beginning English. And during their journey through Peru and Ecuador, their family, friends and even strangers were there with them – reading their blog, “Wandering through the Wonder.”
Pat Curtin honored as Distinguished Educator
Described by both students and colleagues as “unfailingly generous with her time and never too busy to help,” Pat Curtin, School of Journalism and Communication Chair in Public Relations, will receive the Distinguished Educator Award from the Mass Communication and Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the AEJMC convention in August.
Junior Ryan Knutson named one of UWIRE's 100 best student journalists
The students were chosen "for their potential to shape the media industry in the years ahead."
Watch: Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
Two newspapers and a collegiate journalist were honored with Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism at an awards ceremony held Thursday, May 8, at the School of Journalism and Communication. The Spokesman-Review, a daily newspaper in Spokane, Wash., and The Phoenix New Times, an alternative newsweekly in Phoenix, Ariz., were given awards in the News Organization category. Ashley Gough, editor of the Mount Observer, a community college newspaper in Massachusetts, won the Collegiate Media category. According to Dean Tim Gleason, "These journalists were awarded for doing good journalism and making the right decision in the face of extreme pressure.” A panel discussion followed the awards presentation. Watch it here.
Listen: Author Peggy Orenstein on "Writing About the Politics of Everyday Life."
On April 24, 2008, Orenstein, an award-winning author on issues affecting girls and women, presented "Writing about the Politics of Everyday Life" at the SOJC's annual Johnston Lecture.
The 2008 Ad Team (group shot)
The 2008 SOJC AAF Advertising Team, from front left: Sabrina DeMartini, Courtney Nelson, Matthew Gardner, Molly Cathcart, Adviser Dave Koranda, Shawna Huang; Second Row: Jordan Denham, Shawna Harch, Jill Hurst, Alexa Nelson, Erin O'Brien, Benjamin Newell.
ad team 2008
The 2008 Regional competition trophy, which SOJC students won for their presentation on AOL's AIM and other social networking products.
2008 Ad Team wins AAF Regional Competition
In keeping with the grand tradition, the group of undergraduate advertising students from the SOJC topped eight other schools in District XI competition, winning first place with their presentation for AOL's AIM and other social networking products. And David Kosse '84, a member of a winning ad team himself, directed a $10,000 award from his employer to the Ad Team endowment fund.
Phil Bladine dies at 89
Philip Newell Bladine ’40, remembered as a “vibrant force” in McMinnville, Ore. where he lived and worked for more than 70 years, died Wednesday at the age of 89.
"That's How Dreams Start"
When Nate Jackson graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication in 2005, he was just like any other 22-year-old about to enter the real world: hopeful, excited and unsure of where the future would take him. Little did he know, only two years later he would end up on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
FLUX wins Gold Crown Award
The 2007 issue of the SOJC student-produced magazine once again earns the top award for overall excellence from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.
Register today for the Dixon Narrative Workshop
Learn the elements of nonfiction storytelling in a one-day intensive, hands-on seminar at the George S. Turnbull Center.
Janet Studer-Stratton celebrates 35 years at the UO
The SOJC's undergraduate program assistant for the past twenty-three years, Janet Studer-Stratton says the changes she has seen at the school have been "astronomical."
NPR President Kevin Klose will be Keynote Speaker at Hulteng Conversations in Ethics event
The event is scheduled for Friday, April 4 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the George S. Turnbull Portland Center's new home. Register today for this one-day conference featuring nearly twenty journalists discussing "Truth Under Pressure."
SOJC doctoral students to present their work at International Communication Association (ICA) Conference
Ten doctoral students will present a total of eight papers at the juried annual conference. Doctoral student Ahran Park has also received a "Top Three Paper" commendation; and Andre Sirois had three papers accepted.
SOJC advertising students inspired by Kevin Roddy '82
One of the greatest experiences for a journalism student is hearing from one who has made it. SOJC advertising students got just that on Thursday, February 28th when Kevin Roddy came to campus.
SOJC Students tour Portland Ad Agencies
SOJC advertising students in an Interactive Media Seminar taught by Instructor Dave Koranda and Deborah Morrison, Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising, visited Portland and toured advertising agencies Wieden + Kennedy and Avenue A Razorfish on Friday, February 22. The course is exploring digital media and digital creativity as it pertains to brand development.
SOJC to benefit from Kilkenny gift
In a move that University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer says will "help unite academics and athletics at the University of Oregon," Athletic Director Pat Kilkenny and his wife, Stephanie, are giving $1 million to academic programs in the university. The SOJC will benefit from that gift.
SOJC Sophomore makes her major metro debut
Emily Smith, a sophomore pre-major student from Gresham, is one of fifteen people chosen for The Oregonian's Community Writers project.
Students learn sports enterprise reporting from Frazier Journalist-in-Residence
Rachel Bachman, The Oregonian's sports enterprise reporter, will lead thirteen SOJC students in an intensive short course.
Associate Professor Debra Merskin on Sex, Love, Romance and the Media
(Just in time for Valentine’s Day)
Assistant Professor Gabriela Martinez to participate in Human Rights Conference
“Violence and Reconciliation in Latin America: Human Rights, Memory, and Democracy” to be held on UO campus January 31 to February 2.
Building Bridges: News Lab
Dean Rea comes out of retirement (again) to create a program that bridges the classroom and the newsroom. By Chris Brock, Professional Master’s Student
Carol Ann Bassett: Postcard From the Galapagos
Associate Professor Carol Ann Bassett is on sabbatical during winter and spring terms working on her book, under contract to National Geographic Society Books. The working title is Galápagos at the Crossroads: Encounters with Pirates, Boobies, Creationists and Biologists in Darwin's Cradle of Evolution. We caught up with Carol Ann via e-mail at her home in Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Lauren Kessler wins UO Award for Faculty Excellence, and “Dancing with Rose” wins 2007 Pacific Northwest Book Award
Her students know her as “a fabulous writer and a wonderful teacher”—and the evidence abounds.
Advertising professors root out greenwashing with Web site
SOJC professors Deborah Morrison and Kim Sheehan led a group of academicians in the creation of the Greenwashing Index, a Web site launched Jan. 7 by EnviroMedia Social Marketing.
SOJC graduate student Katie Campbell among Literary Nonfiction’s “cutting-edge best.”
Literary Nonfiction student Katie Campbell's essay "The Egg and I," published in the summer 2007 Etude, has just been chosen for inclusion in The Best Creative Nonfiction vol. 2, edited by Lee Gutkind, to be published July 2008 by W.W. Norton & Company.
Media in Ghana
Twelve SOJC students participated in the annual "Media in Ghana" program, five-week full-time internships in newspaper journalism, television news, radio news, advertising and public relations that began in early July.
Graduate Students present at ICA
Mary Erickson, a second-year doctoral student, was one of seven UO Communication and Society doctoral and master's students who presented their research at the annual conference of the International Communication Association held in San Francisco, May 24-28. The others who presented were: Yeong Doo Moon, Glenn Morris, Janet Kwami, Kathleen Ryan, Carrie Freeman, and Mara Hobler.
