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E T H I C S
I N T E G R I T Y
W I S D O M
I N N O V A T I O N
T A L E N T
I N G E N U I T Y
A C T I O N
E N E R G Y
C O U R A G E
2015
YEARBOOK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION
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JC Deanβs Message 1
SOJC Centennial 2
ETHICS 4
Doctoral Feature: Jolene Fisher 6
Undergraduate Feature: Lili Bayarmagnai 8
Ancil Payne Awards and Ruhl Lecture 10
Hall of Achievement 12
Hall of Achievement Scholarship Awards 14
INNOVATION 16
Getting to Know Regina Lawrence 18
Agora Faculty Innovation Fellows 20
Student Experiential Learning 22
Executives-in-Residence 24
Faculty Books 26
Research and Leadership 28
New Faculty 32
ACTION 34
The Global Classroom 36
Creative Week 38
Sports and Reporting 39
SOJC Internships 40
Awards and Accomplishments 42
Recognizing Excellence 46
Commencement 48
In Memoriam 50
Journalism Advancement Council 52
SUPPORT THE SOJC 53
Gratitude 54
Dear Alumni and Friends of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication,
Welcome to the 2015 SOJC Yearbook. This book highlights the extraordinary achievements of our community over the past
year. Without the support of alumni and friends like you, these accomplishments would not have been possible. Thank you.
The SOJC has a legacy of deep commitment to giving our students international perspective. In the past year, we continued
to expand our global impact. The work our students and faculty do in experiential learning initiatives expands the
boundaries of the classroom and changes the lives of everyone in the SOJC and the individuals we connect with around
the world. This year, SOJC students and faculty have contributed expertise to, and collected stories from, Cuba, Latvia,
Alaska, Ghana, Vienna, and Segovia, in addition to in-depth projects across the state of Oregon.
The school experienced another banner year for awards. After competing with more than 200 other teams in three rounds
of competition, the SOJC Ad Team won the National Student Advertising Competitionβthe first time in 27 years. Two
students won an Emmy award. Professor Janet Wasko, Knight Chair in Communication Research, won the prestigious
C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of Scholarship on Media, Markets, and Democracy from the International
Communication Association. Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising Deborah Morrison and
Assistant Professor HΓ©ctor Tobar won significant awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication. The Science and Memory faculty team won the UO Impact and Innovation Award for their research and
creative work with students in Alaska. And the SOJC was the only academic unit to win UOβs Innovation in Equity and
Diversity Award.
Professor Regina Lawrence joined us this summer as director of the George S. Turnbull Portland Center and the Agora
Journalism Center. Dr. Lawrence brings a wealth of experience to advancing SOJC as the leader in defining the future of
journalism and civic engagement through the unique work of the Agora Journalism Center.
Serving as the interim Edwin L. Artzt Dean is a true privilege. I am proud to be leading the school through one of the
most exciting moments in the schoolβs historyβour 100-year anniversary. Beginning in January 2016 and culminating in
fall 2016, we will celebrate our centennial year and focus on the schoolβs future as a world-class leader in journalism and
communication. I hope you enjoy learning more about the SOJC of today and will join us throughout this historic year as
we gather to commemorate our legacy of excellence and celebrate the start of our second century.
Great storytelling starts here.
G R E A T S T O R Y T E L L I N G S T A R T S H E R E
Julianne H. Newton Interim Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor
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HELP TELL THE STORY THATβS 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING
Itβs almost time. Our centennial is just around the corner and we need your help to tell the full story of the SOJC.
Share your stories and photos of your time in the SOJCβmemories of friends, classes, professors, events, and anything else that made your
time in the SOJC special. Weβre working on a commemorative book and hope to include many of your first-person narratives.
Please share your memories and graduation year through social media channels using #SOJC100, or by e-mailing them to [email protected].
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#SOJC100
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E T H I C S I N T E G R I T Y W I S D O M
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E T H I C SW E A R E T H E G U A R D I A N S .
We believe in the power of truth and integrity. We know
that great stories and meaningful research are built
carefully to respect people and ideas, even as we help the
world understand complexity. This is not a simple task for
journalists or scholars or creative strategists, but it becomes
the heart of all we do and produce. Together, we know our
obligation to the world is to find truth and tell it well.
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βIβM CURIOUS IS THERE SOMETHING RADICALLY DIFFERENT HAPPENING, OR IS THIS TECHNOLOGY JUST THE NEWEST ITERATION OF
A DEVELOPMENT APPROACH WEβVE SEEN FOR DECADES?β JOLENE FISHER
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C AN E X T INGUI SHING ROBO - WORMS WR IGGL ING ACROSS A CELL PHONE SCREEN ACTUALLY HELP REDUCE POVER T Y IN AFR IC A?
Thatβs the question at the heart of research by SOJC doctoral candidate J OL E NE F I S HE R ,
who is studying how video games are being used to pursue international development
goals. The βWorm Attackβ game, one of three new mobile apps developed for use in
Kenya, Tanzania, and India, tasks gamers with defeating intestinal worms as they run
rampant in childrenβs bellies. Along the way, users learn why itβs important to keep
children free from intestinal worms, and how they can do it in real life.
The worm challenge is what Fisher calls a βdevelopment interventionβ game, one of the
three digital development categories she outlines in an upcoming article for the Journal
of Communication, Culture, and Critique. Unlike high-tech games that aim to educate
Western audiences about development issues, the intervention games function as on-
the-ground tools to help communities break cycles of disease and poverty.
The task for game designers is to embed important lessons about public health, womenβs
rights, and economic development into a fun and engaging platform. Fisher says thatβs
still a work in progress. βItβs sometimes a misnomer to call these games,β she explains.
βMany of them just arenβt a lot of fun.β
Despite the early hiccups, mobile games have sparked international buzz for their
potential as development tools. But Fisherβs research has identified some reasons for
skepticism. She says games often hinge on the idea that community members, especially
women, should βpull themselves up by their bootstrapsβ to help boost the economyβa
narrative that minimizes the deep structural barriers that many communities face.
Fisher is also wary of a broader historical tendency to overestimate the power of
technology in development efforts. For example, some Western scholars once predicted
that access to satellite television would revolutionize the Global South. They later said
the same about laptops and the Internet. Fisher questions whether mobile games are
simply developmentβs latest shiny object.
βIβm curious,β she says. βIs there something radically different happening, or is this
technology just the newest iteration of a development approach weβve seen for
decades?β
Fisher will explore that question in her dissertation using a case study of βWorm Attackβ
and two other mobile games designed for the βHalf the Skyβ campaign, a women-
focused movement born from Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunnβs bestselling book
by that title.
With the ultimate goal of publishing her project as a book, Fisher will continue her
research this fall with the support of a L OR R Y I . L OK E Y Journalism Scholarship, an award
granted to one or two doctoral students each year based on their outstanding scholarly
achievements. Fisher says the award will help facilitate her travel to New York City and
London to interview the gamesβ developers and content creatorsβan important step
for understanding how development messaging is constructed for games.
βThe Lokey award was a really nice stamp of approval,β Fisher says. βItβs great motivation
to know that my research so far has been well received.β
J O L E N E F I S H E R E X P L O R E S E F F E C T I V E N E S S O F D E V E L O P M E N T A L M O B I L E A P P S
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WHEN ZOLBOO βL IL Iβ BAYARMAGNA I, BA β15 , ARR I VED IN THE UNI TED S TATES FROM HER HOME IN NAT I VE MONGOL I A IN SEP TEMBER 2008, SHE PL ANNED T O BECOME A L AW YER.
Like all international students studying in the states, she had to declare her intended
college major on her paperwork, but she never got the chance. When the paperwork was
given to her, she was surprised to see journalism already listed.
Although Bayarmagnai became a journalism major by chance, her life following that
pivotal moment has been filled with intentional choices. Those choices made her one of
the SOJCβs top graduates in 2015.
At just 16, she graduated early from high school and left the comforts of being an only
child to pursue her education in the United States, where she didnβt know anyone, and
only spoke Mongolian and Mandarin.
Her road to America almost fell short. She could not find the person who was supposed to
pick her up from the airport. Luckily, a Chinese airport worker was able to communicate
with her and helped her find the person who would take her to her host family in Tacoma,
Washington.
The native Mongolian settled into her new home in the United States, studying for two
years at Tacoma Community College and Seattle Central Community College to learn
the English language while also working a job on the side.
By the summer of 2012, she had mastered the English language and earned her associateβs
degree in general education. Then she had to decide where to finish her bachelorβs
degree.
βIt is expensive for international students to go to school in the US,β says Bayarmagnai.
βI told myself I would go to a school where I could receive a scholarship and that had a
good journalism program. That was my dream.β
The University of Oregon offered what she was looking forβan excellent journalism
school and a scholarship for international students.
The UO awarded Bayarmagnai the International Cultural Service Program Tuition
Scholarship, which helped pay for tuition. In return, she was asked to spend 80 hours
working in the community to promote her country and culture. The SOJC offered the
young woman a dynamic and multifaceted education that would introduce her to
experiential learning opportunities.
Bayarmagnai took advantage of every opportunity she could handle. She joined Flux
magazine, participated in the Story Arc Workshop, a cinematic journalism bootcamp, and
βInto the Evergreen,β a multimedia story project about Oregonβs forests. She also made
three trips to Alaska to assist with the Science and Memory project and participated in
the SOJC Honors Program.
The unexpected journalism major that was assigned to her when she left Mongolia years
before was shaping her identity as if she had chosen it herself.
βYou can write, create a film, or shoot photographs,β says the journalism major. βYou can
tell stories that change lives.β
At the end of her collegiate career, she was named the Outstanding Journalism Graduate
in Leadership and was honored for her academic excellence in the SOJC Honors Program.
Despite these accolades, graduation brought mixed emotions.
βI have sacrificed seven years without my family for my education,β she says, but having
her mother, who has only seen her three times since she began her journey, see her
presented with the awards and walk across the stage at commencement made it worth it.
Since her chance assignment to the journalism major in 2008, Bayarmagnai learned that
everything that has happened to her since has been up to her.
βThe lesson that I learned was to give it your best,β states the multimedia journalist.
βIt doesnβt have to be perfect. When you do your best, you can look back and there is
no regret. When I look back, I was always tired. I was exhausted learning English. But, I
wouldnβt change a thing. I know I did my best.β
L I L I B A Y A R M A G N A I , B A β 1 5 , E M B R A C E S T H E U N P L A N N E D C A R E E R P A T H
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βTHE LESSON THAT I LEARNED WAS TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST,β STATES THE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST. βIT DOESNβT HAVE TO BE PERFECT.
WHEN YOU DO YOUR BEST, YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND THERE IS NO REGRET. WHEN I LOOK BACK, I WAS ALWAYS TIRED. I WAS EXHAUSTED
LEARNING ENGLISH. BUT I WOULDNβT CHANGE A THING. I KNOW I DID MY BEST.β LILI BAYARMAGNAI, BA β15
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βTHIS YEARβS ANCIL PAYNE AWARD WINNERS EXEMPLIFY COURAGEOUS AND ETHICAL JOURNALISM OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER. THEY STOOD
UP TO AUTHORITY IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL, COMMUNITY, AND PERSONAL THREAT, NOT ONLY GETTING AND PUBLISHING STORIES THAT
MATTER, BUT ALSO DEMONSTRATING CONSCIOUS ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING UNDER GREAT PRESSURE. IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR THE SOJC TO
RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER AND INSPIRING COMMITMENT OF THESE FINE JOURNALISTS AND NEWSPAPERS.β
JULIANNE H. NEWTON, INTERIM EDWIN L. ARTZT DEAN AND PROFESSOR
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A N C I L P A Y N E A W A R D F O R E T H I C S I N J O U R N A L I S M
The Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism honors journalists and news organizations that
demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to ethical conduct, especially when faced with economic,
personal, or political pressure. Each spring, a panel of judges representing the news industry and
academia selects the winners, who come to campus to meet with students and faculty members. Ancil
Payne, a leader in Northwest broadcasting and a lifelong contributor to the arts, politics, and education,
established the awards in 1998.
T H E 2 0 1 5 W I N N E R S
The Playwickian editors, G I L L I A N M C G OL DR I C K and R E E D HE NNE S S Y, and managing editors, J A C K S ON
H A I NE S and M A D I S ON B UF FA R D I , faced adversity at every turn when they decided to ban the high schoolβs mascot name, Redskins, from their 3,000-circulation monthly publication. This is the first time high school journalists have won the Ancil Payne Award.
D AV I D J A C K S ON (pictured left), G A R Y M A R X , and DU A A E L DE I B and the Chicago Tribune for a five-part series, βHarsh Treatment,β that tells the story of hundreds of young Illinois state wards who were assaulted and raped while state authorities failed to act on reports of harm.
D A N I E L G ON Z A L E Z and B OB OR T E G A and The Arizona Republic for βA Pipeline for Children,β that put faces on and told the story of the surge of children and families fleeing from Central America across the southern United States border in 2014.
R O B E R T A N D M A B E L R U H L L E C T U R E
K A R E N P E N S I E R O (pictured right), a 30-year veteran of The Wall Street Journal, considers herself incredibly fortunate to be able to spend her days debating, discussing, upholding, and teaching journalism standards and ethics at the Journalβs headquarters in New York City and its bureaus around the globe. She works with journalists during the reporting and editing process and is a βfinal readerβ of the Journalβs hardest-hitting articles to ensure that the organizationβs work meets the most elevated standards of reporting and editing.
The SOJCβs annual Ruhl Lecture, established by M A B E L W. R UHL in 1973 to βfoster mutually beneficial contact between the School of Journalism and Communication and the mass media,β honors the memory of Pulitzer Prizeβwinner R OB E R T W. R UHL , one of Oregonβs most respected journalists.
A N C I L P A Y N E A W A R D A N D R U H L L E C T U R E
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2014 ERIC ALLEN AWARD WINNER
ANDY MASER, BA β07
The Eric Allen Outstanding Young Alumnus
Award honors alumni under the age of 40
who have made a difference in their fields,
as voted by a committee of alumni, faculty
members, and friends of the SOJC.
ANDY MASER, BA β07, is an award-winning
photographer for National Geographic. He
has traveled around the world, telling stories
for the World Wildlife Fund Namibia Film
Series; Patagonia Athlete Profile Series; Travel
Oregon; Discovery Channel; and Oregon Public
Broadcastingβs Oregon Field Guide. In 2014,
his talent was formally recognized with four
regional Emmy nominations and two wins.
βLooking back over the last eight years since I graduated, and even farther back than that, Iβm pretty sure that the secret to achieving great things is an intense, purposeful focus.β
Established in 1998, the Hall of Achievement honors alumni and faculty members of the School of Journalism and Communication for their
outstanding accomplishments and exceptional contributions to the field of journalism and the communities in which they live and work.
T H E 2 0 1 4 I N D U C T E E S
B R E N T WA LT H , B S β 8 4, was most recently the managing editor for news for Willamette Week, and is now an
assistant professor with the UO School of Journalism and Communication.
He previously worked as a staff writer for Willamette Week and as the state capitol bureau reporter for The
Register-Guard. In 1995, The Oregonian hired him as Washington, DC, correspondent. He later served as a
senior investigative reporter on the newspaperβs projects team.
In 2001, Walth and R I C K AT T I G , B S β 8 3 , were part of a team from The Oregonian that won the Pulitzer Prize for
public service for their six-part investigative series βLibertyβs Heavy Hand.β
Walth received the UO Alumni Associationβs Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in 2002 and founded the
Civic and Watchdog Journalism Scholarship in 2008, which is awarded yearly to a student who plans to pursue
investigative reporting.
D A N A WA DE S M I T H , B A β 8 3 (pictured right), is the head of marketing innovation at Digitas Health. Wade
Smith has been tasked with helping the agency transform into a leading health-and-wellness-oriented
advertising agency.
She started her career in New York City working as an account executive with several advertising agencies,
eventually rising to the position of senior partner at Young & Rubicam. Following her time at Young &
Rubicam, she became the president of SpikeDDB, a joint venture between DDB Worldwide and film director
Spike Leeβa premier agency for African American and urban advertising. In 2007, Wade Smith switched
gears from advertising to work at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart, where she was a founding
member of Spencer Stuartβs global Digital Leadership Exchange. After six years at Spencer Stuart, Wade
Smith returned to the creative side of advertising and joined Sparks & Honey, where she was responsible for
leading client business strategy as the chief client officer.
In 2006, she was named UOβs Distinguished Young Alumnus, she served as a member of the University of
Oregonβs Board of Trustees and the SOJCβs Journalism Advancement Council, and came back to campus to
give her time to students as the Richard Ward Executive-in-Residence for Advertising.
H A L L O F A C H I E V E M E N T
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βWE ARE PROUD TO HONOR THESE DISTINGUISHED SOJC ALUMNI FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY INSPIRE
ALL OF US TO REACH FOR GREATNESS.β JULIANNE H. NEWTON, INTERIM EDWIN L. ARTZT DEAN AND PROFESSOR
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T O P S T U D E N T S A W A R D E D P R E S T I G I O U S H A L L O F A C H I E V E M E N T S C H O L A R S H I P S
The Hall of Achievement Student Fund was established in 2002 to celebrate the SOJCβs history and to better introduce students to that history and to alumni. The program includes individual scholarship funds established to honor members of the Hall of Achievement, as well as a Hall of Achievement Student Scholarship Fund, which is funded by annual gifts and proceeds of the annual HOA dinner.
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S T O T H E 2 0 1 4 β 1 5 W I N N E R S
C I V I C A N D W A T C H D O G J O U R N A L I S M S C H O L A R S H I P
Samantha Edge
A N N C U R R Y E L E C T R O N I C M E D I A S C H O L A R S H I P
Amanda Butt, BA β15
R O B E R T B . F R A Z I E R M E M O R I A L S C H O L A R S H I P
Samuel Katzman, BA β15
J O H N L . A N D E L I Z A B E T H R . H U L T E N G S C H O L A R S H I P
Samantha Edge
K E N M E T Z L E R M E M O R I A L S C H O L A R S H I P
Samuel Katzman, BA β15
L Y L E M . N E L S O N S C H O L A R S H I P
Hannah Golden
G E O R G E P A S E R O M E M O R I A L S C H O L A R S H I P I N S P O R T S J O U R N A L I S M
Andrew Bantly
W A R R E N C . P R I C E M E M O R I A L S C H O L A R S H I P
Benjamin McBee
R A N D Y M . S H I L T S M E M O R I A L S C H O L A R S H I P
Trevor Fonvergne
J A C K A N D M A R C I W I L L I A M S S C H O L A R S H I P
Thomas Woods
B I L L W I N T E R A D V E R T I S I N G S C H O L A R S H I P
Hannah Sedlak, BS β15
H A L L O F A C H I E V E M E N T S C H O L A R S H I P S
Amanda Butt, BA β15 Alexa Korkos, BA β15 Veronika Hanson, BA β15 Bridget OβDonnell- Davidson, BA β15 Madison Hare, BA β15 Andrew Rogers
H A L L O F A C H I E V E M E N T S C H O L A R S H I P A W A R D S
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I N N O V A T I O N T A L E N T I N G E N U I T Y
Jessica Landre, BA β15, was part of the Portland Senior Experience internship program. She interned at R/West in the spring and was hired after completing her internship.
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I N N O VAT I O NW E A R E T H E I D E A M A K E R S .
We believe in the power of possibility, where a rich mixture
of knowledge, creativity, energy, and talent gives us
permission to better the world. Change is our mediumβ
not change for the sake of something shiny and new, but as
a perspective that asks bold questions and then finds new
ways to solve problems. Our innovation unveils intriguing
stories, builds new theories and practices, and reenvisions
the future.
Drone camera used during the Multimedia Journalism 2015 Story Arc Workshop.
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βIβM EXCITED TO DIRECT WHAT MAY BE THE ONLY ACADEMIC CENTER IN THE COUNTRY WORKING AT THE NEXUS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
AND JOURNALISM INNOVATION. HELPING JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION INNOVATE ACROSS MANY GENRES AND PLATFORMS TO
REACH MORE PEOPLE IN NEW WAYS IS VITAL TO CIVIC LIFE.β
REGINA LAWRENCE, DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGE S. TURNBULL PORTLAND CENTER AND THE AGORA JOURNALISM CENTER
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W H AT E XC I T E S YOU A BOU T JO INING T HE SO JC A S T HE D IREC T OR OF T HE GEORGE S . T URNBUL L P OR T L A ND CEN T ER A ND T HE A GOR A JOURN A L I SM CEN T ER ?
The Turnbull Center is a beautiful facility in the heart of Portland that offers unlimited opportunities to move journalism education and innovation forward. We are drawing on the expertise of the SOJC faculty and the vibrant journalistic, tech, and artistic communities here to create leading-edge programming, all focused on industry leadership and student experience in the future of journalism and communication.
The Agora Journalism Center is a βvirtual center,β which means its impact extends far beyond the Turnbull Center or Allen Hall. Working with the brilliant Andrew DeVigal, we can leverage both academic and professional expertise to create real energy and momentum around journalism innovation and civic engagement.
W H AT I S YOUR V I S I ON F OR T HE A GOR A JOURN A L I SM CEN T ER ?
Civic engagement and journalism innovation are often treated as separate endeavors, but in reality, the future of journalism and the future of civic engagement are closely intertwined. Journalismβbroadly definedβcanβt find its way in this rapidly changing environment without refashioning its relationship with communities. And inactive, tuned-out citizens mean the demand for serious news will continue to decline.
Iβm excited to direct what may be the only academic center in the country working at the nexus of civic engagement and journalism innovation. Helping journalism innovate across many genres and platforms to reach more people in new ways is vital to civic life.
HO W W IL L T HE CEN T ER A ND I T S W ORK ENH A NCE T HE SO JC S T UDEN T A ND FA CULT Y E X PER IENCE S ?
There are so many ways we can involve students and faculty members in our work in Portlandβthrough our masterβs programs in multimedia journalism and strategic communication; workshops like Story Arc that bring leading filmmakers and journalists to Portland to teach visual storytelling techniques; the Portland Senior Experience that gives SOJC undergrads terrific internship opportunities in Portlandβs bustling media industry; Agoraβs amazing projects like the Storytelling with Data Build-a-thon; and the many events we host at the Turnbull Center, like the βWhat Is Journalism?β conference this past spring. The programs and events at Turnbull and Agora really enrich the curriculum for our students and offer a number of teaching, learning, and research opportunities for our faculty.
HO W DO YOU SEE T HE P OR T L A ND COMMUNI T Y GE T T ING IN V OLV ED ?
Turnbull is located in the heart of the city, and though it isnβt as well known, I think thereβs nothing but great opportunities for partnerships with industry, government, and civic groups of all kinds. In the coming year, I will be looking to meet as many people and learn as much as I can to improve our presence and our programming. In short, we are looking for good ideas. If it enhances innovations in how people get high-quality information and tell meaningful stories about their communities, we want to be involved.
G E T T I N G T O K N O W R E G I N A L A W R E N C E
Regina Lawrence assumed duties as the director of the George S. Turnbull Portland Center and the Agora Journalism Center in July. She has served as the director of the
Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also held the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in the School of Journalism,
Moody College of Communication. Regina holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Washington and has written books and numerous articles analyzing media
coverage of high-profile news events and policy issues, including the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, shootings in public schools, the obesity epidemic, welfare reform, and the βdeath
panelsβ controversy. Her current research includes journalistsβ use of social media to cover politics, media coverage of female political candidates, and film and politics.
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βAS A SCHOLAR, IβM GREATLY APPRECIATIVE OF DONOR SUPPORT FOR FACULTY RESEARCH THAT HELPS US ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE IN
THE FIELD OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION. THIS GRANT ALLOWED ME TO FOCUS ON AN EMERGING AREA OF JOURNALISM THAT
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AND FOR THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM.β
NICOLE DAHMEN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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N I C O L E D A H M E N , A S S I S T A N T P R O F E S S O R βRestorative Narrative: Building Community in the Wake of Tragedyβ considers a recently termed genre of journalistic storytelling that seeks to cover the story beyond the immediacy of the breaking news and, in doing so, helps individuals and communities move forward in the wake of large-impact events. Restorative narratives, which can be told in multiple methods, including text and visuals, are researched and presented within the context that βmedia can have a positive impact on society.β As such, this genre of reporting has the potential to greatly contribute to enhancing public knowledge and enriching the life and well-being of our citizenry. Through theory-based study of both message construction by journalists and message impact on individuals and communities, the project makes a case for restorative narrative as a sustaining journalistic practice that can indeed have positive impacts for individuals and communities.
D E B O R A H M O R R I S O N , C A R O L Y N S I L V A C H A M B E R S D I S T I N G U I S H E D P R O F E S S O R O F A D V E R T I S I N G A N D A D V E R T I S I N G A R E A D I R E C T O R βEpoch: A New Era for Ideas and Idea People Built with Courage and Conscienceβ will create a digital clearinghouse and hub for creative people concerned with a new era of purpose-driven passion about climate-change issues. The digital piece will function as an aggregator of ideas and research, a blog with updates on the Epoch community, and a review of climate-change messages. The discussions and work produced will not center on βad campaignsβ; rather, the work will focus on user experience, invention, mobile technologies, design approaches, brands with humanity, and courageous problem-solving across platforms. This era, this epoch of creativity and technological opportunity, demands we solve wicked problems with brave conceptual thinking. This is an opportunity to push the expectations and engagement of the advertising and creative industry.
K I M S H E E H A N , P R O F E S S O R A N D S O J C H O N O R S P R O G R A M C O O R D I N A T O R βThe Ethics of Crowdsourcingβ will use the ethics of care and virtue ethics theories to evaluate practices of citizens and consumers creating content for news outlets and strategic communication firms, and to identify solutions to ethical problems in crowdsourcing. While crowdsourcing can provide content quickly and efficiently, it may also allow communications professionals to connect with citizens and consumers, potentially deepening the connections between the firm and the public. However, notions of professionalism, intellectual property rights, and workplace conditions, including compensation, are areas that warrant further investigation.
The SOJC selected its second cohort of Agora Journalism Center faculty fellows to pursue fully funded research
and creative projects. During summer 2015, the three fellows conducted research and worked on projects that
will make major contributions to the conversation around journalism, communications, democracy, and civic
engagement in the digital age. The results of their work will be available in 2016.
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N W S T OR IE S
βNW Storiesβ is an experimental video documentary series about intriguing people who share a connection to the Northwest region, produced in partnership between students at the SOJC and Oregon Public Broadcasting. One of the main goals of βNW Storiesβ is to engage audiences in new ways through a transparent production process that allows viewers to see every step of the documentaryβs creation through various social media channels. Viewers can get to know the subjects in the documentary, understand what it takes to produce the program, and have some influence on the final product. A M A ND A B U T T,
B A β 1 5 , and G A R R E T T G U I NN , B A β 1 5 , earned a regional Emmy nomination in the professional category for βEnvironmentalβFeature/Segmentβ for their story of Tim Lewis, a Eugene-based filmmaker who focuses on controversial environmental stories. Watch the mini-documentaries online at www.opb.org/news/series/nwstories.
BOOK L A ND I A .T V
SOJC students created a new online video channel, Booklandia.tv, in partnership with Powellβs Books, the worldβs largest independent bookstore. Tailored for book lovers, the new web channel launched in April 2015, providing interviews with established and emerging authors, reviews and reader recommendations, coverage of new releases, and personal stories from bibliophiles about the books that have influenced their lives. SOJC students and staff members are curating book-oriented content through the SOJCβs in-house OR Media and Allen Hall Studios production teams. Bestselling author and SOJC alumna G AY L E F OR M A N , B A β 9 5 , was one of the first author interviews for the site.
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SO JC PR S T UDEN T S IN W INDY C I T Y
In June, Instructor and PR Area Director K E L L I M AT T HE W S , M A β 0 4, B A β 0 1 , took a group of five public relations students to Chicago as part of a new course designed to allow students to gain public relations industry experience in a large and diverse market. The group visited communications departments behind companies like the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Field Museum, Google, and Major League Baseballβs Chicago Cubs. The inaugural trip gave students a chance to visit global nonprofits, corporate marketing and public relations departments, and media centers, while networking with professionals in the field. Students participated in informational interviews to help determine their career objectives.
N AT I ON A L PRE S S PHO T OGR A PHERS A S SOC I AT I ON T R IP A CROS S OREGON
Five students from the UO student chapter of the National Press Photographers Association, A ND Y A B E Y TA , B A β 1 5 , E M I LY A L B E R T S ON , E M I LY G R E E NE , B A β 14 , M A β 1 5 , A LY S S A
H A R V E Y, B S β 1 5 , and C A S E Y M I N T E R , B S β 1 5 , went on an RV excursion across Oregon during the 2015 Memorial Day weekend. The traveling photographic workshop, led by Instructor and Multimedia Journalism Co-Director S UNG P A R K , included visits to various small towns and scenic destinations to meet people and explore the landscape through portraiture and time-lapse photography. They visited Redmond, Prineville, Mitchell, John Day, Baker City, and Halfway, covering more than 900 miles in four days. Notable locations included the Painted Hills, Smith Rock, and Hells Canyon. The highlight of the trip was photographing portraits of veterans participating in the Memorial Day Parade in Prineville. Their adventures are chronicled at uonppa.com/rv.
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βTHE EXECUTIVE-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAMS HELP BRING ENGAGING AND INNOVATIVE PROFESSIONALS INTO THE CLASSROOM.
STUDENTS HEAR FIRSTHAND ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND CAREERS AND ARE OFTEN ABLE TO MAKE GOOD CONNECTIONS
TO THE INDUSTRY. EIRs ARE ALSO A WAY FOR OUR FACULTY TO MEET NEW PEOPLE FROM INDUSTRY AND STRENGTHEN
TIES TO LONGTIME MEMBERS OF THEIR NETWORKS AND SHOW THEM THE GREAT WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE SOJC.β
MARK BLAINE, MS β00, JOURNALISM AREA DIRECTOR AND SENIOR INSTRUCTOR
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The SOJCβs Executive-in-Residence Programs support interaction between industry leaders and SOJC students.
Each year, the SOJC welcomes leading professionals for student interaction, lectures, and workshops in journalism,
advertising, public relations, and media studies.
M A R Y B E T H M E E H A N , B E T H N A K A M U R A , A N D E L L E N W E I S S
R O B E R T B . F R A Z I E R J O U R N A L I S T S - I N - R E S I D E N C E
The journalism area brought three journalists-in-residence to Allen Hall this year. Photojournalists Mary Beth Meehan (photo left) and Beth Nakamura visited in April and Ellen Weiss (photo top right) visited in May. Meehan is a New Englandβbased photographer and educator committed to meaningful, in-depth coverage of her communities. Her work addresses issues on immigration and culture, with the hope of inspiring empathy and change. Nakamura is an Emmy-nominated visual journalist and editorial photographer based in Portland. She has worked as a multimedia journalist at The Oregonian and has traveled the world on assignment, but enjoys telling the quieter stories of the beauty and resilience that are all around us. Weiss is chief of the Washington bureau and vice president of the E. W. Scripps Company. Weiss joined Scripps from the Center for Public Integrity. She also served as senior vice president of news at National Public Radio, where she supervised NPRβs worldwide journalism operations, including 18 domestic and 18 foreign bureaus, and NPRβs award-winning investigations, long-form series, and other special reporting.
G I N I D I E T R I C H
P U B L I C R E L A T I O N S E X E C U T I V E - I N - R E S I D E N C E
Gini Dietrich (photo bottom right), founder and CEO of Chicago-based integrated marking communication firm Arment Dietrich, is the 2015 public relations executive-in-residence. Dietrichβs firm helps clients monitor and measure online efforts against business goals and provides alternative marketing efforts for the digital world. Dietrich is also the founder of the professional development site for public relations and marketing pros, Spin Sucks, which looks at the use of online technology in communication, marketing, and sales. A leader in the social networking field, Dietrich was recently named one of the most influential people on the topic of public relations by Klout, and the top public relations influencer on Twitter according to TweetLevel.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HΓCTOR TOBARβS BOOK HAS BEEN MADE INTO A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE TITLED THE 33. ANTONIO BANDERAS,
RODRIGO SANTORO, ACADEMY AWARDβWINNER JULIETTE BINOCHE (THE ENGLISH PATIENT) LEAD THE INTERNATIONAL CAST, WHICH
ALSO INCLUDES JAMES BROLIN, LOU DIAMOND PHILLIPS, BOB GUNTON, AND GABRIEL BYRNE. IT OPENS ON NOVEMBER 13, 2015,
DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. PICTURES. HECTOR IS ONE OF THE SOJCβS NEWEST PULITER PRIZE-WINNING FACULTY MEMBERS.
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The SOJCβs world-class faculty continued to publish topical, thoughtful, and insightful books last year.
Interviewing: The Oregon MethodEdited by PETER LAUFER, JAMES N. WALLACE CHAIR OF JOURNALISM AND PROFESSORInterviewing: The Oregon Method collects analysis and instruction from three-dozen expert interview practitioners, scholars, and teachers. Its chapters take focused looks at interview ethics, the sanctity of quotes, sourcing via social media, studies of interviewing in the virtual world, negotiating identity, and building rapport. The art of interviewing has been taught at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication for generations. This book binds those years of experience into a collection of vibrant essays designed to train novices and invigorate old hands.
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free HΓCTOR TOBAR, ASSISTANT PROFESSORWhen the San JosΓ© mine collapsed outside of CopiapΓ³, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped 33 miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking 69 days. The entire world watched what transpired above ground during the grueling and protracted rescue, but the saga of the minersβ experiences below the Earthβs surfaceβand the lives that led them thereβhas never been heard until now.
The New York Times bestseller
The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2014
Reinventing the Latino Television Viewer: Language, Ideology, and PracticeCHRISTOPHER CHΓVEZ, ASSISTANT PROFESSORThis book examines the relationship between language ideologies and the exploitation of markets within the television industry. In recent years, there has been a proliferation of new television networks owned by large media conglomerates that are attempting to reach US-Latino viewers with English-language programming or programming that mixes Spanish- and English-language content. As dominant mainstream networks enter the Hispanic television space, they are redefining the Latino audience in ways that more closely resemble the mainstream population. In doing so, they are abdicating their roles as advocates for marginalized populations.
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R E S E A R C H A N D L E A D E R S H I P
Doctoral student E S I T HOMP S ON was selected as a recipient of the Oregon Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) Graduate Fellowship for International Research.
This is a $12,000 award that begins in fall 2015.
Assistant Professor C HR I S T OP HE R C H ΓV E Z won the UO Outstanding Early Career Award. ChΓ‘vez conducts research and teaching that lies at the intersection
of globalization, media, and culture, and is a well-respected media source for issues related to US Latinos and their role as consumers.
The faculty team for the Science and Memory project, Instructor M A R K B L A I NE M S β 0 0 , Assistant Professor of Practice T OR S T E N K JE L L S T R A ND , Senior Instructor
D A N M OR R I S ON , and Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising and advertising area director DE B O R A H M O R R I S O N , received the 2015 UO Impact
and Innovation Award, a research award that recognizes contributions by faculty and staff members from all academic disciplines for outstanding entrepreneurial activity that
has resulted in innovations with a measurable societal or environmental impact.
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J A NE T WA S K O , Philip H. Knight Chair in Communication Research and
professor, won the C. Edwin Baker Award for the Advancement of
Scholarship on Media, Markets, and Democracy at the International
Communication Association Conference. Presented by ICAβs Philosophy of
Communication and Communication Law and Policy Divisions, the award
recognizes highly influential scholarship that βopened up new theoretical
and/or methodological territory in researchβ on βthe interrelations
between media, markets, and democracy.β
Professor C A R OL S TA B I L E won the UO Senateβs Wayne T. Westling Award for
University Leadership and Service, which recognizes a member of the UO
community who has demonstrated outstanding, long-term leadership and
service to the university.
Doctoral student T HOM A S S C HM I D T was awarded an Oregon Humanities Center
Graduate Research Support Fellowship for 2015β16.
Professor K I M S HE E H A N and Associate Professor G A B R I E L A M A R T Γ NE Z , P HD β 0 5 ,
won 2015β16 UO Faculty Excellence Awards. The award recognizes members
of the βUO faculty performing at the forefront of research and discoveryβ and
recognizes βacademic excellence in our finest tenured faculty.β
Two graduate students won UO Center for the Study of Women in Society Jane
Grant Fellowships. Each student will receive awards ranging from $1,900 to
$2,500. T HOM A S S C HM I D T was selected for his research titled βFrom Womenβs
Pages to Style Pages: How The Washington Post Discovered Diversity;β and
JE R E M I A H FAVA R A was selected for his research titled βAn Army of Some:
Recruiting, Diversity, and Difference in the US Armed Forces.β
A NDR E W DE V I G A L , Chair in Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement and
professor of practice, was appointed to the Independent Television Service
Board of Directors.
Assistant Professor N I C OL E D A HME N received a UO Faculty Seed Grant to fund
her project, βMedia Framing of Marriage Equality.β The Faculty Seed Grant
is a competitive grant offered quarterly by the UO to support new programs
of research, scholarship, and creativity likely to result in published research,
intellectual productivity, creative endeavors and external grant proposals to
foundations or agencies.
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Assistant Professor D ONN A D AV I S was awarded a three-year grant of $101,140 from the National Science Foundation to study the role of people with disabilities in the
innovation of online technology. The grant, βVirtual Worlds, Disability, and New Cultures of the Embodied Self,β is in collaboration with coprincipal investigator Tom
Boellstorff at the University of California at Irvine for a combined total of $378,040.
Senior Instructor M A R K B L A I NE , M S β 0 0 , earned a fellowship to attend the 2015 Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute.
T OM B I V I N S was elected for membership to the Arthur W. Page Society. The Arthur W. Page Society is a professional association for senior public relations and corporate
communications executives who seek to enrich and strengthen their profession.
The National Institute for Transportation and Communities has awarded more than $86,000 to a research team led by SOJC faculty members D AV I D R E MUND ,
K E L L I M AT T HE W S , B A β 0 1 , M A β 0 4, DE B OR A H M O R R I S ON , and A U T UMN S H A F E R for a yearlong study, βFraming Livability: A Strategic Communications Approach to
Improving Support for Public Transportation in Oregon.β
The SOJC, under the direction of E D M A D I S ON , P HD β 1 2 , and M A R K B L A I NE , M S β 0 0 , was awarded a $35,000 microgrant in the 2015β16 Challenge Fund for Innovation in
Journalism Education. Eleven grants were awarded to 13 US universities to seed collaborative news experiments in their communities. SOJC students will use this
project, titled βDonβt Wait for the Quake,β as a vessel to measure how journalism can affect Oregoniansβ attitudes toward earthquake preparedness. This live-news
experiment will partner journalism students with Oregon Public Broadcasting to produce a live-televised town meeting on November 17, 2015, using an innovative app called Harvis,
to measure audience and viewer attitudes and intended actions.
Assistant Professor D AV I D R E MUND was named to the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) College of Fellows, an honor held by only 300 public relations professionals and
academics. Part-time Instructor J OHN M I T C HE L L , B S β 7 7, is also a member of the PRSA College of Fellows.
R E S E A R C H A N D L E A D E R S H I P
Assistant Professor A L E X T I Z ON , B S β 8 4, was awarded the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction
in the 2015 Oregon Book Awards for Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self. He was awarded the AsiaβPacific
American Award for Literature in the Adult Nonfiction category by the AsianβPacific American Librarians
Association, an affiliate of the American Library Association, for the same book.
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JE S S E A B D E NOUR , A S S I S TA N T P R OF E S S OR OF JOUR N A L I S Mβ R E P OR T I NG
Jesse Abdenour joins the SOJC from the University of North Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he is finishing his doctoral degree. During his time at UNC, he taught broadcast news reporting and television news production and reporting. His research is focused on the process and production of investigative journalism, especially how societal, organizational, and market factors play into the production of television investigative news, the role that investigative reporters see for themselves, and how investigative journalists use social media.
E R I N H A NN A , A S S I S TA N T P R OF E S S OR OF ME D I A S T UD I E S
Erin Hanna was an adjunct instructor in media studies in 2014β15 and now joins us as an assistant professor. Hannaβs research focuses on media industries and audiences and examines fan cultures from a political-economic perspective. She is an expert on the history of the San Diego Comic-Con and is currently working on a manuscript examining the relationship between the media industries and fans at the event over its 45-year history. She is also working on a research project that investigates the rise of movie blogs at the turn of the 21st century. Her other areas of teaching and research include cult media, television studies, film theory and history, and digital media. Her work appears in CineAction and Television and New Media, In Media Res, and Antenna.
R E G I N A L AW R E NC E , P R OF E S S OR A ND D I R E C T OR OF T HE G E OR G E S . T UR NB UL L P OR T L A ND C E N T E R A ND T HE
A G OR A J O UR N A L I S M C E N T E R
Regina Lawrence assumed duties as the director of the Turnbull and Agora Centers in July. She has served as the director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also held the Jesse H. Jones Centennial Chair in the School of Journalism, Moody College of Communication. Regina holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Washington, and has written books and numerous articles analyzing media coverage of high-profile news events and policy issues, including the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, shootings in public schools, the obesity epidemic, welfare reform, and the βdeath panelsβ controversy. Her current research includes journalistsβ use of social media to cover politics, media coverage of female political candidates, and film and politics.
HΓ C T O R T O B A R , A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R O F J O U R N A L I S Mβ R E P O R T I N G A ND W R I T I N G
HΓ©ctor Tobar was a visiting assistant professor for the SOJC in 2014β15 and now joins us as a permanent assistant professor. Tobar is a Pulitzer Prizeβwinning journalist and, in 2014, published a New York Times bestseller, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free, which also made the Timesβ 100 Notable Books of 2014 list. Tobar received an MFA in creative writing from the University of California at Irvine.
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D A M I A N R A D C L I F F E , C A R O LY N S . C H A M B E R S P R O F E S S O R I N J O U R N A L I S M
Damian Radcliffe brings nearly 20 years experience as a journalist and digital innovator. He has worked as a journalist and in senior editorial and strategic roles across all media platforms (radio, TV, and digital) and across all sectors (commercial, public, nonprofit, research, policy, regulatory, and government) since 1995. Since 2008, he has combined ongoing journalistic work for major media outlets such as the BBC, CBS, and The Huffington Post with op-eds, media policy, and research work that support academic and industry stakeholders in their need to comprehend changes taking place in the journalism industry and the wider creative economies. Damian is an honorary research fellow and PhD scholar at Cardiff University, the UKβs oldest journalism school. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and, in 2013, was one of 50 global participants in the Internet Societyβs Next Generation Leaders Program.
A U T UMN S H A F E R , A S S I S TA N T P R OF E S S OR OF P UB L I C R E L AT I ON S
Autumn Shafer comes to the SOJC from Texas Tech University, where she taught in the College of Media and Communication. Her research spans the health communications spectrum, including the design and evaluation of strategic health campaigns; examining the effects of mass media on health-related attitudes and behaviors; and investigating how individuals process persuasive health messages. Shaferβs professional background is in public relations and political communications. She has worked as a political campaign manager, field director, and state legislative aide. Shafer received her PhD in mass communication and a certificate in interdisciplinary health communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed a masterβs degree in public relations and a bachelorβs degree in speech communication and political science at Washington State University.
B R E N T W A LT H , B S β 8 4 , A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R O F J O U R N A L I S Mβ R E P O R T I N G A ND W R I T I N G
Brent Walth, former managing editor for news at Willamette Week, joins the SOJC as an assistant professor of journalism. Walth shared the Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting for stories written for The Oregonian in 2001 about what was then the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Walth graduated from the UO with degrees in journalism and political science in 1984, and was inducted into the SOJC Hall of Achievement in 2014.
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A C T I O N W E A R E T H E S T O R Y T E L L E R S .
βWhat if?β is a catalyst here, the starting point for ideas
transformed into research, data, stories, images, messages
of meaning, and ways of doing. We design new approaches
to scholarship and to our professions, we invent media
and how they are used, we connect the far corners of the
world using words and images, and we drive change toward
advantageous outcomes. Whether our classroom is in Allen
Hall or around the world in Ghana, New York, Austria, or
Alaska, our goal is to doβto produce research, practices, and
stories that shape a more collaborative, sustainable world.
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Students had multiple opportunities to take what they learned in the classroom and apply it in the real world.
V IENN A A ND SEGO V I A
During the summer, James N. Wallace Chair in Journalism P E T E R L A UF E R traveled with SOJC students to Europe
where the cohort developed their cross-language and cross-culture interviewing and story development skills. After
covering stories in the cosmopolitan Viennese environment, students faced assignments in nearby Slovakia and
Hungary. Halfway through their European experience, the group decamped from the fast-paced cultural crossroads
of middle Europe and flew off to the daily siesta lifestyle of the Iberian Peninsula, completing their course work
in Spain. Students traded in their βguten morgenβ for βbuenas dΓasβ andβin the shadow of the Segovia church
where Isabella was crowned before funding Columbus and promoting the Spanish Inquisitionβfound no shortage
of multicultural tales to bring home.
L AT V I A
Again this year, P E T E R L A UF E R , who is codirector with Professor Steven Shankman of the UO-UNESCO Crossings
Institute for Conflict-Sensitive Reporting, traveled with SOJC students to World Press Freedom Day. This year, the
conference was held in Riga, Latvia, where Oregon students joined colleagues from around the world in an ad hoc
newsroom, covering the event and producing programming for Crossings Radio, the instituteβs primary outreach
medium. Among the stories they reported were features on Russian journalistsβ professional responses to Putin
government propaganda, NATO troop movements in the Baltic nations, and the role of political cartoonists after
the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
A L A SK A
The Science and Memory team took the second cohort of 18 journalism and advertising student to Cordova, Alaska,
on the Copper River Delta, for the month of July to create multimedia stories that explain climate-change research
and how it affects the local communities. Senior Instructor M A R K B L A I NE , M S β 0 0 , led the trip along with Carolyn
Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising and advertising area director D E B O R A H M O R R I S O N , Senior
Instructor D A N M OR R I S ON and Assistant Professor of Practice T OR S T E N K JE L L S T R A ND . Work from this project can be
followed at scienceandmemory.uoregon.edu.
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GH A N A
The six-week Media in Ghana program, established in 2004, moved students from the classroom to the West African
nation for internships at a variety of media outlets, including radio, television, newspapers, advertising agencies, and
sports organizations engaged in media. Under the direction of Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs L E S L I E
S T E E V E S and Assistant Professor C HR I S T OP HE R C H ΓV E Z , 15 students spent the summer learning about different cultural
contexts and how they affect communication. Students covered issues and events such as Ghanaβs ongoing energy
crisis, child labor, soccer matches, and Ghanaiansβ reactions to the US Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.
In addition, the group divided into teams led by ChΓ‘vez and graduate students A S HL E Y C OR DE S , R YA N H A G E N , B S β 14 ,
and A L E X M OR R I S ON , M S β 1 5 , creating media for a nonprofit client, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. Reports of
the studentsβ experiences and examples of their work can be seen at ghana.uoregon.edu.
CUB A
Led by Assistant Professor E D M A D I S ON , P HD β 1 2 , P E T E R L A UF E R , and Instructor L I S A HE YA M O T O , M S β 1 1 , 19 students
with specific interest in multimedia storytelling headed to Cuba. Students were divided into teams of three or
four and assigned to an artist. These artists included musicians, dancers, improv artists, and more. Through
research and observation, the students put together a digital publication for the iPad that profiles all six artists, in
addition to a website and blog that detailed their trip. Their work is documented at cubacreatives.uoregon.edu. The
site was selected as an Adobe Muse βSite of the Dayβ in July.
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T HE N YC E X PER IENCE
The SOJC provides our students with opportunities for experiential learning by
introducing them to top professionals in their respective fields.
Each year, we send junior and senior advertising majors to New Yorkβs Creative Week to
get an inside look at the industry and to experience the culture at top agencies. In 2015,
the SOJC took 132 studentsβthe largest cohort everβwhere they were able to network
with professionals, work side-by-side with agency staff members on projects, and pitch
creative briefs. The undergraduates visited more than 40 agencies.
Because this was a landmark year for networking and agency visits, dozens of
students found jobs and internships. At 72andSunny NYC, all of the visiting students
were offered an opportunity to interview, and several landed jobs and internships:
B R A ND ON M A I , B S β 1 5 , was hired as a junior art director; S A R A H S H A R P, B A β 1 5 , picked up
a copywriting internship; and J A Z O M O I S E S , M S β 1 5 , was named to a planning internship.
Other major opportunities include A R I A N A G A R AY, B S β 1 5 , at Horizon Media; A ME L E A
R E N S H AW, B A β 1 5 , at Mother New York; S HE L B Y D UNL A P, B S β 1 5 , and R A C HE L E L L A M , B A β 1 5 ,
at Code + Theory; M ON I C A S A G O W I T Z , B S β 1 5 , at Carrot Creative; S P I C E WA L K E R , B A β 1 5 ,
and A L E X JUNQ UE R A , B A β 1 5 , at Rokkan; and J A S ON MUR R AY, B A β 1 5 , and K R I S T I N C UB B I S ON ,
B A β 1 5 , at JWT. A record number of students took the opportunity to network, ask advice
at agencies, and find career starts because of the trip.
Students who may not otherwise have access to the weeklong experience are
supported by the Go to Gotham Fund, established by D AV I D S T E R N and N A NC Y
G U I T T E A U , parents of a past participant, by the Bedbury Scholars Fund, created
by S A MM I and S C O T T B E DB UR Y, B S β 8 0 , and by the Boiler Family Fund, supported by
K A R I , B A β 9 3 , A ND J OHN B O I L E R , B A β 8 7.
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SP OR T S MED I A W ORK SHOP
Twenty-three students, half SOJC and half UO student athletes, participated in the sixth
annual Sports Media Workshop, an intensive weeklong program where student journalists
and student athletes work together to ask important questions, learn about the importance
of strong stories, and how the media work in the sports industry.
Instructors for the workshop were DE B OR A H M OR R I S ON , Carolyn Silva Chambers
Distinguished Professor of Advertising and advertising area director; R E B E C C A F OR C E ,
broadcast news instructor; D A N M OR R I S ON , photojournalism instructor; and L OR I S HON T Z ,
journalism instructor.
The curriculum focused on the elements of a good story, finding and building a story
quickly, interviewing, and basic production and editing. During the workshop, students
were tasked with two projects: a short story they had to turn around in 24 hours and a
longer multimedia version of the same story that they produced over two days.
Special guest speakers included SportsCenter personality NE I L E V E R E T T, B S β 8 4 , broadcaster
Ann Shatz, one of the first female sportscasters, and a special panel of former University of
Oregon athletes, including Ashton Eaton, Alexi Pappas, and Olympic runner Ian Dobson.
This program is funded by B A R B A R A B L A NG A R D I , B S β 7 9 , and N ATA L I E W I L K I S ON A ND A NDR E W
P A R ME N T I E R , B A β 9 7.
T R A CK REP OR T ING
In spring 2015, instructor L OR I S HON T Z taught Sports Bureau: Track Class. Students in the
class acted as a media outlet covering the Oregon Relays, the Oregon Twilight meet, the
Eugene Marathon (and half marathon), and the Prefontaine Classic. They were the only
media outlet to cover every event at every meet, publishing 95 stories on their website
at blogs.uoregon.edu/sojctrack. The students wrote on deadline in the media tent,
and live tweeted the Prefontaine Classic for two days. Students received bylines in
nine professional publications, including Runnerβs World online, the Miami Herald, and
NCAA.com.
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S O J C I N T E R N S H I P S INTERNSHIPS ARE ONE OF THE BEST WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO GAIN WORK EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL CONTACTS. THE SOJC IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE
TWO PREMIER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS SUPPORTED BY DONORS.
P OR T L A ND SENI OR E X PER IENCE
Seniors from all SOJC majors are eligible to apply for the selective Portland Senior Experience for a chance to intern around the city at one of the more than 100 participating employers. J O S H NE T Z E R , strategic communication instructor and Portland Senior Experience coordinator, administers the program from the George S. Turnbull Portland Center. This term-long internship in Oregonβs largest media center offers the opportunity to participate in specialized career-development and networking programs.
Supported in part by the Staniak Scholarship (B E T T Y, B S β 8 0 , and E R I C
S TA N I A K , B S β 8 0), the Portland Senior Experience has served more than 120 students since 2006. The programβs job placement or internship extension rate is more than 60 percent.
βWe get the unique experience of meeting with our scholars each term and have been overwhelmed by their drive, ability, focus, and work ethic as they prepare for their future,β Eric Staniak said. βWe feel like we play just a small part in what they are doing, but the students and SOJC faculty have made our participation something where we get much more in return than what we give.β
Over the course of their internship, students are also given the opportunity to participate in a number of activities including organization tours, networking events, and courses.
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Twelve SOJC students were among the 16 college journalists selected for paid, 10-week Snowden internships in 2015. The statewide competition drew 64 applicants from 11 colleges.
Reporter Internships
JONATHAN BACH East Oregonian, Pendleton
FRANCESCA FONTANA
The Register-Guard, Eugene
GORDON FRIEDMAN, BS β15
Statesman Journal, Salem
SCOTT GREENSTONE
News-Review, Roseburg
LAβAKEA KAUFMAN
Baker City Herald, Baker City
TRAVIS LOOSE, BA β15
News-Times, Forest Grove
KAYLEE TORNAY
Mail Tribune, Medford
ALEXANDRA WALLACHY
The Outlook, Gresham
Photojournalist Internship
MARY JANE SCHULTE, BS β15
The Register-Guard, Eugene
Multimedia Internships
CHRISTINA BELASCO, BA β15
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland
JULIA REIHS, BA β15
The Register-Guard, Eugene
Feature Writing Internship
WILL RUBIN, BA β15
The Bulletin, Bend
CH A RL E S SNO W DEN PROGR A M F OR E XCEL L ENCE IN JOURN A L I SM
Since 1998, the paid internship program has created unique opportunities for Oregon college students, integrating on-the-job
experience with training in journalism ethics. The interns work side-by-side with professionals, practicing the essential skills
required to provide news and information to their communities during the summer months.
The Snowden Program honors the life and career of C H A R L E S S NO W DE N , a long-time editor at The Oregon Journal and
The Oregonian. Charles Snowden, who retired in 1986 and died in 1997, had a great passion for good writing, history, and the
practice of ethical journalism.
Five students made up the first class of Snowden interns in 1998. Since then, 219 Oregon journalism students have launched their
journalism careers as βSnowdens.β Each intern receives a stipend funded by the Snowden program endowment at the University
of Oregon and the sponsoring media partner.
P E T E P E T E R S ON , MFA β 6 8 , M S β 7 7, has coordinated the Snowden Internship Program for the past nine years.He retired in June and is
passing the Snowden leadership baton to SOJC journalism instructor K AT HR Y N T H I E R . Career and academic advisor R A C HE L A L L E N ,
B Aβ 0 9 , continues to provide assistance to the program.
2015 SNOW DE N
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A W A R D S A N D A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S
G L E N G I B B ON S , M A β 8 1 , was presented with the Harold Spencer-Jones Gold Medal for his βoutstanding contribution
to navigationβ as a journalist and publisher from the United Kingdomβs Royal Institute of Navigation at the
Royal Geographical Society in London, England. Prince Philipβthe Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen
Elizabeth IIβpresented the award.
M I C H A E L W E R NE R , M A β 0 8 , received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Best
Spot NewsβFeature Reporting for his televised piece on wolves, titled βThe Ecology of Fear.β
L A UR E N K E S S L E R , M S β 7 5 , was inducted into the University of Washington Department of Communication Alumni
Hall of Fame.
For the first time in 27 years, the SOJC Ad Team, led
by Senior Instructor D AV I D K OR A ND A , B S β 7 8 , won
the national championship, beating more than
200 other college chapters that competed in the
2015 National Student Advertising Competition.
In addition to the national title, prizes were
awarded by the NSAC research partners in
recognition of exceptional work throughout
the competition. AudienceScan honored
the University of Oregon for its superior
use of market research, and SOJC student
B R A ND ON M A I , B S β 1 5 , received the American
Advertising Federation District 7 Bolton-MacVicar
Best Presenter Award.
βOur team was a family that cared about doing the
best work for ourselves and each other,β says Mai.
βWe knew that success would come in the form
of doing the best work we could as a unit, not as
individuals with lone agendas.β
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The S O JC was the only academic unit to receive the UOβs 2015 Equity and
Inclusion Innovation Award, recognizing the schoolβs commitment to
strengthening its diversity efforts. K A R L A K E NNE D Y, scholastic journalism
outreach coordinator, received the 2015 Martin Luther King Jr. Award
from the University of Oregon for her achievements that exemplify the
ideals set forth by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her outstanding
contributions to the equity, inclusion, and diversity efforts at UO.
Doctoral student D AV I D S TAT ON won the 2015 VCS Division Award for the Top Student Paper
from the International Communication Association for his paper βManovich, Movies, and
Montage.β
DE B OR A H M OR R I S ON , Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor in Advertising
and advertising area director, received the 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award from the
Advertising Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(AEJMC), and Assistant Professor HΓ C T OR T OB A R received the 2015 AEJMC-Knudson Latin
America Prize.
Two documentary production studentsβDavis Burns, a cinema studies major, and
DE R E K B R O W N , B A β 14βwon the Northwest Regional Emmy Award in the College Long Form
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OR MAGAZINE won a 2015 Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Gold Crown Award for college
digital publication and the staff won nine Gold Circle Awards.
ETHOS magazine won the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) Magazine Pacemaker Award for the second
year in a row. Seven SOJC students also won ACP awards.
Continuing a 20-year award-winning tradition, FLUX magazine won a 2015 CSPA Gold Crown Award for
college magazine, and its staff won 16 CSPA Gold Circle Awards, three Certificates of Merit, and one
Honorable Mention for work published between June 16, 2013, through June 10, 2014.
SOJC student R YA N L E V E N S ON and JE R E D S T I T Z E L , B S β 1 5 , and cinema studies student Tanner Hirst
created a video for Oregon Pit Crew that won an NCAA contest, earning $30,000 for the
UO Scholarship Fund. The challenge was to create a video highlighting the University of Oregonβs
school spirit for the NCAA βLetβs Danceβ competition.
Three SOJC projects won Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awardsβ
Science and Memory, for Best Digital-Only Student Publication; Life Below the Line, by M A X
T HOMP S ON , Allen Hall Studios, for Best Use of Multimedia; and NW StoriesβSherriff Gil Gilbertson,
by S U T T ON R A P H A E L , G A R R E T T G U I NN , B A β 1 5 , A M A ND A B U T T, B A β 1 5 , and FA HM O M OH A MME D , for Television
Feature Reporting.
R YA N DE L A NE Y, Y OL A ND A S A E T E R N , JU WA N W E DDE R B UR N , B S β 1 5 , and K I M U O NG were selected for the 2015
American Association of Advertising Agencies Multicultural Advertising Intern Program.
M A R Y J A NE S C HULT E , B S β 1 5 , (photo right) and E L OR A O V E R B E Y placed in the top 10 in the 2015 Hearst
Multimedia Team Reporting competition. The S O J C also placed in the top 10 in the 2015 Intercollegiate
Multimedia Competition. K AT HR Y N B O Y D - B AT S ONE , B S β 1 5 , and Z A C H A R Y R A P H A E L placed in the top 10
in the 2015 Hearst Multimedia Journalism competition.
Media studies masterβs student S A R A H H A M I D won in the panel category of βHuman Rights,
Development, and Sustainabilityβ in collaboration with Lindsay Massara (international studies) and
Crystal Brown (political science) for their panel titled βGender, Human Rights, and the Paradox of
Statelessnessβ at the UO Graduate Research Forum.
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βONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IβVE LEARNED IN THE SOJC IS UNDERSTANDING HOW TO WORK WITH DEADLINES. DEADLINE PRESSURE IS A
VERY REAL PART OF JOURNALISM, AND WITHOUT THE PRACTICE OF THAT AT THE SOJC, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR COVERING
THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.β MARY JANE SCHULTE
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βCARLYLE IS A WRITER AND A PRODUCER AND A STRATEGIST. HE IS THE MAGNET FOR PEOPLE AND PROJECTS IN ALLEN HALL. HE SERVES
AS COUNSELOR TO OTHER STUDENTS, A CONSULTANT TO MANY PROJECTS, THE IDEA MAN THAT PEOPLE TURN TO. HE LIGHTS UP THE THIRD
FLOOR WITH A DANCE OR A SERIOUS OBSERVATION ON THE WORK PRESENTED. HE BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER.β
DEBORAH MORRISON, CAROLYN SILVA CHAMBERS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ADVERTISING
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C OMME NC E ME N T S TA ND A R D BE A R E R
Carlyle Garrick, BA β15 (photo left)
P H Y L L I S VA N K I MME L L BE L L L E A DE R S H I P AWA R D
Casey Minter, BA β15
J A N I C E E . R I A ND A AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG S E N I OR W OM A N
Veronika Hanson, BA β15
W I L L I A M G UR NE Y ME MOR I A L AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG S E N I OR M A N
Grant Lemons, BS β15
OU T S TA ND I NG JOUR N A L I S M GR A DU AT E ( A C A DE M I C E X C E L L E NC E )
Grant Lemons, BS β15
OU T S TA ND I NG JOUR N A L I S M GR A DU AT E ( L E A DE R S H I P )
Zolboo Bayarmagnai, BA β15, and
Julia V. Reihs, BA β15 (photo top right)
OU T S TA ND I NG JOUR N A L I S M GR A DU AT E ( JOUR N A L I S M )
Amanda Butt, BA β15 (photo middle right)
The following awards were presented at the SOJC Student Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 14, 2015.
W I L L I S W I N T E R AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG S C HOL A S T I C A ND P R OF E S S I ON A L S E R V I C E I N T HE F I E L D OF A D V E R T I S I NG
Shelby Joy Dunlap, BS β15
R O Y P A UL NE L S ON AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG A C H I E V E ME N T I N A D V E R T I S I NG DE S I GN
Brandon Trung Mai, BS β15
W. L . T HOMP S ON AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG A C H I E V E ME N T I N A D V E R T I S I NG C OP Y W R I T I NG
Sarah Marie Sharp, BA β15
M A X W E L L AWA R D
Danielle Nicole Holley, BS β15
L I Z C AW OOD P UBL I C S E R V I C E AWA R D
Abigaelle Mulligan, BS β15
J A C K E WA N AWA R D F OR OU T S TA ND I NG P UBL I C R E L AT I ON S GR A DU AT E
Hallie White, BA β15
P UBL I C R E L AT I ON S DUC K AWA R D
Kayla Gordon, BA β15
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The SOJC recognized a record number of students at the 2015 commencement ceremony held on Monday, June 15, at
Matthew Knight Arena.
Approximately 575 students participated in the ceremony, including four doctoral candidates and 40 masterβs students.
With more than 5,000 family and friends in attendance, the arena was filled with laughter and tears.
Latin honors were earned by 22 students:
β’ four earning summa cum laude honors with a GPA of 4.00 or higher
β’ seven earning magna cum laude honors with a GPA between 3.89 and 3.99
β’ 11 earning cum laude honors with a GPA between 3.77 and 3.88
K AT HR Y N T H I E R received the Outstanding Teaching by an Adjunct Award, and S C O T T M A I E R received the Jonathan Marshall
Award for Innovative Teaching in Journalism and Communication.
The student speaker was A L E X A NDR A TAY L OR , B A β 1 5 , (photo far right), a journalism major, who talked about the incredible
community she found within the walls of Allen Hall. Taylor is the first student speaker for the SOJC commencement
ceremony and was selected by her fellow students.
The alumnus speaker was A ND Y M A S E R , B A β 0 7, winner of the 2014 Eric Allen Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Maser
is an Emmy Awardβwinning director of photography with 13 years of experience in commercial, broadcast, documentary,
nonprofit, and feature film production. A National Geographic explorer, Maser is often tapped for difficult shoots in
remote and dangerous parts of the world. He reminded the students that it is possible to find your dream job, and many
of the skills they learned in the SOJC will help them get there.
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βTHERE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE PERSON WHO IS GOING TO CONNECT WITH WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
THAT IS WHAT THIS SCHOOL IS ABOUT. USING YOUR VOICE, WHETHER IT BE WRITING, REPORTING, OR CREATING A CAMPAIGN,
TO EXPRESS SOMETHING THAT MATTERS TO YOU.β ALEXANDRA TAYLOR, BA β15, STUDENT SPEAKER
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βI WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR ANGEL IN THE ROOM.β MARK LEWIS
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A R N O L D I S M A C H 1930β2015
Arnold Ismach was dean of the journalism school between 1985 and 1994. After he left the deanβs post, Ismach continued teaching part-time as professor emeritus until 2000. A former newspaper editor and prolific writer of letters to the editor, the civic-minded Ismach was considered an expert in public affairs reporting, media and society, and the sociology of news organizations. A member of the Society of Professional Journalists since 1950, Ismach was a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and the Oregon Association of Broadcasters while he was dean. His career in journalism spanned five decades. During his time as dean of the SOJC, he served as a member of the board of directors of the Oregon Newspapers Publishers Association from 1989 to 1990 and director of the Oregon Association of Broadcasters from 1991 to 1993.
M A R K L E W I S 1954β2014
Mark W. Lewis, an award-winning storyteller, taught presentation skills for the SOJC, changing the way students in the SOJC thought about storytelling and life. Lewis believed in the inherent power of the imagination. His 40 years of professional experience won him two Emmy awards for his show Word Pictures for WTTW in Chicago and a performance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He did voiceover work for ABC-TV, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Disney Imagineering, where his voice can be heard in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. He also was a published author with three books to his credit.
P E T R A H A G E N , B A β 9 0 1948β2015
Petra Hagen served as graduate assistant for the SOJCβs graduate programs in Eugene from 1995 to 2014. She first worked at UO in the Office of Admissions from 1980 to 1986, then in the College of Education in 1987. She returned to school full-time, earning her bachelorβs degree in public relations from the SOJC in 1990. She returned to the admissions office from 1991 to 1995. In 2004, a doctoral student wrote of Petra, βShe is a spokesperson for the department, a career counselor, a watchful advocate of studentsβ graduate programs, and a friend.β A coworker added, βPetra brings out the best in those she interacts with. I am constantly grateful for her thoughtful approach and graceful demeanor in all situations.β
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JUL I E D I X ONCofounder (Retired)
Sports Incorporated
K E N DOC T OR , M A β 7 9News Industry Analyst
Newsonomics
C OR E Y DUBR O WA , B A β 8 8Sr. Vice President of Global Public Affairs
Starbucks Coffee Company
BR I A N E R B , B S β 8 5General Counsel Delivery Agent
Ropes & Gray, LLP
S H I R L E Y H A NC OC K , B S β 8 0JennaCooperPR
Contributing Writer, 1859 Magazine
Former Anchor-Reporter, KOIN-TV
A NNE M A R I E L E V I S , MB A β 96President
Funk/Levis Associates
S T E V E O β L E A R Y, B S β 6 9Chairman
OβLeary and Partners
S C O T T R E A ME S , B A β 8 9Corporate Historian
Nike
BE T T Y J . S TA N I A K , B S β 8 0Senior Writer and Producer
State Farm Creative
G AY L E T I MME R M A N , B A β 6 9 Classified Advertising Manager
(Retired)
The Oregonian
T R A C Y W ONG , B A β 8 1Chairman and Creative Director
WONGDOODY
Ex Officio
JUL I A NNE NE W T ONInterim Edwin L. Artzt Dean
JOOHE E BE R GL UND Senior Director of Development
M A R K Z U S M A N , M A β 7 8 (C H A I R )Editor and Publisher
Willamette Week
S T E V E B A S SPresident and CEO
Oregon Public Broadcasting
S C O T T BE DB UR Y, B S β 8 0CEO
Brandstream, Inc.
T HE R E S E B O T T OMLY, B A β 8 3 Managing Editor
The Oregonian
S C O T T C H A MBE R S , B S β 8 2Partner
Pisgah Public Market
T I M C L E V E NGE R , B S β 8 6Associate Vice President
University of Oregon
Communication Marketing and
Brand Management
JOHN C O S TAPublisher
The Bulletin
The Journalism Advancement Council provides advice and support for the SOJC. Members of the council are professionals who offer their perspectives in an effort to continually improve
the school. The council also provides the dean, faculty, and students with a pipeline to the workplace that many students will be entering. The council works closely with the dean and
director of development providing counsel regarding mission, goals, and strategic planning, and assists with efforts to obtain financial support to enrich the student experience. Central
to the role of the council members is to advocate for the school and help strengthen the schoolβs relationships with its various constituencies.
J O U R N A L I S M A D V A N C E M E N T C O U N C I L
W E L C OME S C O T T R E A ME S , B A β 8 9Scott earned his BA in public relations from
the SOJC in 1989. He is the corporate historian
for Nike. Prior to that, he served in various
communications positions within the company.
Scott lives with his wife, Dana, and children in
Portland. He served on the board of directors
of the University of Oregon Alumni Association
from 2008 to 2014, and is currently president of
the Beaverton High School Booster Club.
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G I V I N G T O T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F O R E G O N β S S C H O O L O F J O U R N A L I S M A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N
As one of the first journalism schools in the country, the SOJC has built a national reputation for its emphasis on professional ethics, an entrepreneurial faculty, and experiential learning opportunities. At a moment when the entire field of journalism is being disrupted, we have never been better poised to train the next generation of journalists, communication professionals, and scholars.
Donors make it all possible. Gifts of any size, given every year, drive the success of the SOJC. Your support made the stories we shared in this yearbook possible.
JOURN A L I SM F UND
The Journalism Fund is one of the most important ways that you can support the SOJC. The flexibility of this fund is invaluable. Each year, the dean allocates these gifts to support top priorities in the school. The Journalism Fund supports scholarships, innovative academic programs, faculty research, and student organizations. Last year, your gifts helped to fund additional student scholarships and to provide support for student and faculty travel to places such as New York City for Creative Week and Ghana for our Media in Ghana summer experience. Your investments enable us to respond quickly to new opportunities, to support innovative projects, and to nurture great ideas.
The Journalism Fundβs impact is built on the collective strength of your support. Every gift matters.
S T UDEN T SCHOL A RSHIP S
Scholarship support is a cornerstone of our fundraising efforts. For the SOJC, in the next five years our ambitious student-support goal involves doubling investment from nearly half a million dollars to one million dollars a year, specifically for SOJC students.
Scholarships help us recruit top students to the SOJC. A current gift to student scholarships will have an immediate impact, ensuring that no deserving student is denied the opportunity to earn an SOJC degree because of financial circumstances. We will attract and retain the brightest students if we continue to invest in them.
HEL P US CON T INUE OUR L EG A C Y OF F UND ING A CCE S S A ND E XCEL L ENCE
For more information and details about how you can support the SOJC, please contact JOOHEE BERGLUND, senior director of development, at 541-346-2358 or by e-mail at [email protected].
S U P P O R T T H E S O J C
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$1,000,000 +Cheryl Adamscheck β68
$100,000β$999,999AnonymousKari β93 and John Boiler β87Norma and Elliot Carlson β60Andrea Dencker β73
$25,000β$99,999 American Council of Learned SocietiesEdwin L. Artzt β51Barbara Blangiardi β79Deborah β75 and Larry Lange β67Gail and Alan Maltun β74Patricia β69 and Stephen OβLeary β69Valerie PayneMary Sakakibara β86Willie and Don Tykeson β50Wayne Whitehead β74
$5,000β$24,999Terri and Jon AndersonThe Baker Family FoundationJulie and Rocky Dixon β78George Erb β94Shirley Hancock β80 and Peter Johnson β80Jamie Hartshorn β75 and Michael DamerMarieluise Hessel TrustJohn S. and James L. Knight FoundationLuanne β70 and Jeffrey Lynn β70Neil Everett Morfitt β84 and Stephanie Day Morfitt β02Corrine Nelson β43Julianne Newton and Rick WilliamsNikeNatalie Wilkison and Andrew Parmentier β97Eiko PolitzDavid Rianda β60Schwab Charitable FundRobin β69 and Philip Semas β67
Betty β80 and Eric Staniak β80Robert Thompson β80Jennifer and Tracy Wong β81
$1,000β$4,999 Alrazi Al-Budaiwai β04Michelle and Timothy DeanEO Media GroupValerie McCluskey β78 and Michael Grady β78Guard Publishing CompanyRobert Half InternationalCaren β88 and Timothy Hardin β87Laura β00 and Justin HokinMary and Craig Horton β70The John L. Hulteng FamilyNicholas MacIlveen β00Marcus Edwin Prater β86Jane and Duncan McDonald β72Rebecca McHolickMicrosoft CorporationLynn and Steven Mowe β71Portland Trail Blazers-Oregon Arena CorporationLisa and Neal Rosen β74Rotary Foundation of Lake OswegoSilicon Valley Community FoundationMary Ann Dean Smith β63Barbara β51 and James Snow β50Janet β63 and Richard StarrSusan and Thomas Stewart β72Marianne and Peter SullivanBetty TaylorBarbara β52 and Donald Thompson β51Gayle β69 and Rowland Timmerman β61Douglas Woods β75Brenda Bonnell and Mark Zusman β78
$25β$999Nancy β60 and Albert Alford Jr. β60Jonathan Amabisca β05Linda and Phillip AndersonSusan Linders-Anderson β86 and Rick Anderson
Scott Andre β95Frances and Michael Arrieta-WaldenElinor β68 and Frank Atkinson β67Courtenay Thompson and Rick Attig β83Mark Backer β76 and Roger SleightBarbara Surovell β85 and Dean Baker β83Paula Deming and Kris Banvard β78Susan β81 and D. Dean Barr β63Angelia and John Barratt Jr.Lindy Bartell β90Michael Bartos β66Gloria and John Bates β68Carole Beech β57Bell+FunkRichard Bella β78Caroline β68 and Kahren BeniasiansMary and Stephen Bennett β56Linda Berg β73Lynn and James BernsteinLori β82 and James Beseda β81Frances BishopCybele Bjorklund β89Jessica and Marquis Blaine β00Jeremy Bliesner β12Kathryn and Don Boileau β72Dixie Bolin-Binkerd and Dennis BinkerdRobert BolinSue β75 and Kenneth BolstadJoAnne β89 and Gregory BoothLeslie and Daniel Borsuk β70Elizabeth Boyd β84 and Marc Spence β84Suzanne β61 and Howard Boyd Jr. β61Margaret Bradford β99 and Gregory Fishwick β88Antonia Brancia and Sjef van den Berg β66Kathleen Bremner β71Susan β72 and Glenn Breniman β72Ann β59 and Dave Bronson β59June Brothers β57Nipa β82 and Willie BrownTodd Brown β84Marsha and Richard BuonoB. Elisabeth Burdon and Craig Clinton
The SOJC would like to recognize the following alumni and friends for their generosity and partnership: Edwin L. Artzt, BS β51, the late Carolyn Silva Chambers, BA β53, the John L. Hulteng family, Lorry I. Lokey, and the Charles R. Snowden family.
The following donors have made gifts and commitments between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. Gifts and commitments received after June 30, 2015 will be listed in the 2016 Yearbook. We are grateful for your investment in excellence.
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Gordon Bussey β57Charles ButlerScotta Callister β75Carol β80 and Ronald CalvertJanet and Leonard Calvert β55Kimberly and Terry CampbellChristine and Michael Candland β69Shauna and Michael Cannon β84Amy β99 and Reid Carr β98Madeleine and Steven Carter β69Sandra Carter β82Franz Cesarz β55Constance Chandler β14Christopher ChapmanJenny Cherrytree β98Rea β67 and John ChristofferssonLucille Clark β67William Clothier β52Stanley Cloud β67Jenny Sax β84 and Brian ClowardSandra and Cary Coatsworth β90Kay and Philip Cogswell Jr. β63Ronald Compesi β74Sandra and Paul Cormier β65Debra β70 and Terry CoryellJack CourseLinda β73 and Herbert CrewSonia Wright β82 and Joseph CriscioneKelly Cumiskey β88Celia Currin β70 and Harvey KatzPatricia CurtinNicole DahmenDonna DavisAllison Deane β12Betty-Coe deBroekert β53Mary Delsman β50Katrina Dene β12Julie Denney β98Dawn DesBrisay β84 and Hank HeathCarol DicksonCarolyn Diforio β87Lauren DillardChristina Diss β05Katherine and Kenneth Doctor β79Susan and Michael Donahue β68Stephanie β79 and Rasha DrachkovitchJoan and Glenn Dudley β51Marilu and John Duncan β82Janet and Stephen DunnTricia Duryee β00 and Patrick McCarthyKaren Easton β63
Katherine Eaton β52Anh β87 and Fred EckroshBarbara Eden β48Brian Elder β08Paul ElstonePhyllis Elving β66 and Richard PaoliDavid Evans β65Barbara and Larry Ewalt β59Elaine Bowers and Michael Fancher β68Linda β70 and Jay FarrPatricia Farrell β77 and Robert WatkinsNeil Felgenhauer β71Nancy Ferguson β58Sally McMillan β97 and James FieldsJudith Fleisig and Steven Collier β75Pamela β64 and Michael Forrester β60Karen β87 and Terry FosterDanielle Frack β13Victor Fryer β50Cheryl β87 and Kevin GallagherDonna β76 and Thomas GardinerColleen and Ryan GausmanKathryn George β13Richard George β67Marcia GinleyNeil GlatzerJennifer Ulum β83 and Timothy GleasonGlobalGiving FoundationMadan Goel β59Susan Weber-Gold β65 and Donald GoldLisa β86 and Robert GoodwinJerry Gose β70James GrabowHeather Gray β09Katherine GrayVictoria and Richard Grimshaw β76Alyssa Gritzmacher β13Janet Groat β81Thomas HagleySharon and Robert HajnyMary Renouf-Hanson and Christopher Hanson β97Marilyn β74 and Anthony HarrimanAlan Hart-McArthur β75Jill Harvey β13Joan and John HarveyPhillip Hawkins β12John Henrikson β88Judith β73 and Michael HerreroSarah and Lawrence HershmanJanice and William Hettick β56Lisa Heyamoto β11
βWe have great respect for the committed
professors and leaders within the SOJC,
so we wanted our gift to be used by them
and for their ongoing benefit as they saw
fit to support their own personal growth
and development. Itβs our belief that
by helping fund some of their projects
outside of the regular curriculum, it may,
over time, reveal new opportunities for
professors, students, and the school.β
KARI, BA β93, AND JOHN BOILER, BA β87
KARI AND JOHN ESTABLISHED THE BOILER FAMILY FUND FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
WITH A GENEROUS DONATION THIS YEAR. THE FUND PROVIDES ADVERTISING STUDENTS
WITH ACCESS TO LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FIELD.
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$25β$999 continuedTracey Hall and Richard HillAmanda and Lawrence Hobart β53Loretta Hoey β57Julie β80 and Hugh HolmesNancy and Raymond Hopfer β77Cathleen β70 and Robert HuntLinda β70 and William Hunter β70Sanford Hurlocker β84Sharon β63 and Holly Hutchins β60Joan and Robert Isaacs β79Arnold IsmachJanice Jack β87Peggy JahnkeEllen β00 and Ely Janis β99Nigel JaquissJennifer Jaworski β87Laurene β90 and Manville Jennings β79Jeanne Jensen β11Kristine Jensen β80 and Michael Connelly β76Estate of Evelyn C. Johnson-FitzgeraldFletcher Johnson II β58Robert Johnston β95Linda and Eric Jones β81Holly Jones β07Jillece and Alan JonesKelsey Kaufman β12Kimberly β84 and John KeizurChristopher Keleher β91Jane Seagrave and John Kennedy β79Catherine Kershner β58Lauren Kessler β75Deborah Schallert and Michael Kesten β77Joanne Amorosi and Martin Ketels β63Kathleen β74 and Armen Kevrekian β75Nancy Anderson and Graham Kislingbury β75Torsten KjellstrandAnna and K. Mike Kment β74Bailey Koharchick β12 and Zachary Booth β14Madeline and Stephen Kokes β84Chelsea Kopacz β14David Koranda β78Cheryl Kuhn β73Diane and Kevin Lamb β83James Lang β96Mary and Richard Larson β69Alice and Man Wai Lau β70Sally Lawson β72Chris Leinweber β87Anne Marie Levis β96 and Dana SiebertNicole Lewis β92
The Lewiston TribuneTeresa β91 and Andrew Libert β89Deanne β61 and John Lindstrom β66Marilyn Link β50D. Virginia β62 and Richard LinkenhokerAllen Litwiller β65Jennifer Liu-Cooper β83 and Paul CooperCatherine Locke β74Linda and Michael Loder β74Constance Lonsdale β87Harold Lonsdale Jr. β85Alicia MacArthurEddie Madison III β12Mary and William Mainwaring β57Bonnie Malone β74Jean β60 and Carl ManahanPhillip Marchbanks β86Gabriela Martinez β05Jacob Matthews β11Kelli Matthews β01Susan Stein and Ray MatthewsThor Maydole β74James McCafferty β93Andrew McCannRussell McDermottElizabeth β79 and Patrick McDougallPatti and David McDowell β67Christina β67 and Earl McElhanyKaren McFadden β79Mary McFarland β75Karen McGlone β80RoseMarie β66 and Thomas McGuire β66Margaret and Geoffrey McKeeEdwina McKinney β66Sean McLaughlin β94Ellen Rosenblum β71 and Richard Meeker β74Janet and Michael Merback β78Douglas Metzler β89Kyle Mickelson β14Erin Middleton-Moreland β03David Miller β96Elizabeth Miller β47Gregory Miller β10Donna and Ronald Miller β54Veronika and David Minthorn β65Eileen and Alan Moffatt β80Mary Molinari β84Jill and Alan MorgensteinDeborah and Daniel MorrisonAgnes and Robert Moyle β49Danielle and Robert Mullins β7656
TRACY WONG, BA β81
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Michael Munoz β14Nancy and Curtis Murayama β76Ryan Nagel β05Jill β87 and Michael NaimoBarbara β65 and Russell Nebon β62Karl Nestvold β59Nicholas Ngai β05Kimberley NiesBetty Noles β43Amy Novesky and Darin Koster β98Daniel Nye β75Patrice OffenhauserPamela Oishi β93Fran and William Orr Jr. β65Jessie Osterud β48Kay and Ray PaoliGwen β67 and Richard ParkerTimothy Patrick β74Karen and Jim Pensiero β75Glenn Perkins β83Jo-Elle β91 and Patrick Perkins β90Barbara Perlman β53Carol and Daniel Perry β67Eva and Gary Peters β70Christine Cunningham β76 and Ralph Peterson β68Rebecca β81 and Charles Phoenix β77Dorothy Piacentini β57Kim Pickett β84 and Richard BradfordCyndi and Alan Pitcaithley β69Michael Pollock β98Linda and Douglas Post β64Alexander PulaskiJune Quincy β49Sheila β83 and John Ransom IIISheryl β71 and James Rathbun β71Lou and Dean ReaGregory Reed β66Heidi Reeley β13Ramona Reule β83Jeremy Rich β99Alice and John Richmond β62Susan Murray and Steven Ritchie β72Tamara β05 and Jack Roberts β75Barbara Rodabaugh β51Elaine Rohse β42Constance Roos β65Judith Hucka β75 and Kenneth RosenthalElizabeth Rott β79June Routson β49Melaine RubergTodd Ruberg β82
Donna β56 and Frank RucciaJohn RussialWilliam Ryan IIJoAn β76 and Lyman SaltzenSharon β71 and Gary Sandgathe β72Holly Hope β81 and Kenneth Sands β81Donna β75 and William Schenck-Hamlin β76Maryeve Schick β78 and Susan Thelen β83Janet Scheidel β73 and Gary SchiedelCameron Schilling β12Dianna Schmid β74 and Kelvin SnyderDale Schulze β71Wanda and Paul SchwabMitchell Scott β64Daniel Seiber β94John Selix β81Lynn and Timothy Sellard β76Beverly β76 and Richard Sept β74Earl Sharar β65Suzanne and Frank Shaw β84Shell Oil Company FoundationSusan Shepard β69 and Michael KnebelSusan and Richard SherrattLori ShontzDierdre Kennedy-Simington β85 and Mark SimingtonSanford Skeie β70Robert Skrondal β71Barbara and Evan Smith β71Dana Wade Smith β83 and Ryan SmithJanice β75 and Thomas Smith β78SO Delicious Dairy FreeBrandon Sprague β12Jennifer and Todd Sprague β84David Sproul β14Beth and Russell SprouseMary Stamp β67John Starr β62Paul StarrDiane StaufferSusan and John Stearns β84H. Leslie Steeves and Daniel ReeceWendy Stefani β87Kristen Stokes-Corah and Jeffrey Corah β86Mary and Robert StricklerBarry Sugarman β72Marcia and Robert Sutter β77Sheri and William Swanson β87Herbert Swett β69Ray SykesHeather and Guy Tasaka β84Andrea Teter β77
Sandra and Michael ThoeleMabel ThompsonSuzanne and Peter ThompsonJohn ThornberryDavid Thornton β81Gillian Tobin β10Barbara and Louis Turk β61Heidi Lyles β02Ann Ulum β77 and Robert NickersonSuzanne β80 and Robert Van Brocklin β75Monique Veillette β90Joyce Routson β72 and Robert VetterRichard Wagoner β81Mylene β81 and Gregory Walden β78Craig Walker β77Shannon Buono and Brent Walth β84Megan β61 and Conrad Walth β55Melody and Bradley Ward β78Kathryn β78 and Stuart Watson β72Merrie Waylett β63Tracy WeatherbyCheryl and James WeaverCarol β55 and Peter Webster β59Steven WeintraubJames Welch β49Wells Fargo FoundationElizabeth Werhane β02Johanna β75 and Russell WermersDanielle Whelton-Anderson and Scott Anderson β89Robert Whipple β59Sherrie WhiteRenee and Bill WhitneyBrenda β61 and Donald WhitsettPriscilla β69 and Donald Wilt β70Sarah Wiltz β82 and Lee PetersonMary and Jeffrey Wohler β70Lynn β67 and William Wolff β67Sarah β86 and David Wright β85Minturn Wright IIIPatricia Wright β76Rosamond β54 and Philip Wyche Jr.Wei Zhu β95Heather and Kurt Zimmer β91Gloria and Ralph Zimmer
YOUR GIFTS TRANSFORM βWHAT IF?β INTO βWHAT IS!β
THANK YOU.
T H I S I S T H E S O J C .
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Rachel Davidson, BA β15, was part of the Portland Senior Experience internship program and was a Staniak Scholar. She interned at Portland Monthly.