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Up one levelBeyond Advertising 101, Beyond Borders: SOJC Students learn “The Internationalization of Ideas” from the big guys
Global Branding may be possible because of the proliferation and speed of communications technologies, but building a global brand begins with the purest form of communication—one single idea shared in one interaction.
Welcome to our new website!
We’re pleased to launch our new site, which we created to keep you better connected with all that’s happening at the SOJC.
Call for Nominations--Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
Deadline February 25. The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism honor journalists who encourage public trust in the media by courageously practicing the highest standards of the profession in the face of political or economic pressures. The Payne Awards seek entries from news organizations, individual journalists and student journalists in broadcasting, print or new media.
NPR President Kevin Klose will be Keynote Speaker at Hulteng Conversations in Ethics event
The event, a one-day conference on the ethical issues facing journalists, is scheduled for Friday, April 4 beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the George S. Turnbull Portland Center's new home. (read more)
Advertising Senior Zach Blank: Live from New York
Blank, who is attending the Ad Age Digital Media Conference this week as the SOJC's first Bedbury Scholar, will blog daily about his experiences there.
Announcing the 2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism
The Phoenix New-Times and The (Spokane) Spokesman - Review will both receive Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism in the News Organization Category, while an editor of a budding community college newspaper in Western Massachusetts who challenged her college president will receive the award in the Collegiate Media category.
Internationally known author Peggy Orenstein to present SOJC's Johnston Lecture
Peggy Orenstein, an award-winning author on issues affecting girls and women, will present “Writing about the politics of everyday life,” at the School of Journalism and Communication’s annual Johnston lecture on Thursday, April 24 at 4:00 p.m.
2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, Ruhl Lecture, THIS Thursday, May 8.
The Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism, followed by a panel discussion among the winners, will be presented at 10:00 a.m. Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab, will present "Participatory Media: Challenges to the Conventions of Journalism" as the SOJC's Ruhl Lecturer at 4:00 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
Ruhl Lecturer Jan Schaffer: "We need to expand our 'tribe'"
Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, presented "Participatory Media: challenges to the Conventions of Journalism" as the School of Journalism and Communication's thirty-second annual Ruhl Lecturer on Thursday. Watch and/or listen to the lecture and read her prepared remarks here.
Emphasis on Ethics
If you missed any of the three major SOJC ethics events this spring, you can watch or listen here to: Hulteng Conversations in Ethics: Truth Under Pressure (including the keynote speech by NPR president Kevin Klose); the 2008 Payne Awards for Ethics in Journalism; and The Thirty-Second Annual Ruhl Lecture, with Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism.
Congratulations, Class of 2008!
More than 3,000 family members and friends gathered to salute the 350 graduates who participated in the SOJC Commencement Saturday, June 14 at McArthur Court. Dan Wieden '67, on campus to receive the UO's Distinguished Alumnus Award, delivered a brief address. The ceremony is available on the special UO channel on YouTube. New photographs added June 30.
Flux documentaries available for online viewing
The documentaries, originally produced in conjunction with the award-winning student magazine Flux, were featured on OPB's Oregon Lens last week.
Turnbull Center to host Election Coverage Panels, Climate Media Conference this fall
The Center will host “Covering the Coverage: A Report Card for Presidential Campaign Reporting” on Thursday, October 2 at 4:00 p.m., in conjunction with the week-long Grand Opening of the University of Oregon Portland. On Wednesday December 3, the center will host "Climate Change Science, Economics and Policy," a half-day seminar for journalists and editors, in conjunction with the Climate Leadership initiative.
NEW: SOJC BLOGS!
We're lucky to have a team of SOJC students--freshmen and seniors--ready and wiling to blog about their experiences this year. They join a number of other SOJC students who are already well-established in the blogosphere. Meet the SOJC bloggers and read their first-day-of-school impressions. (Oh, and did we mention that Dean Gleason started a blog?)
