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I N T E G R I T Y

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I N N O V A T I O N

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2015

YEARBOOK FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION

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JC Dean’s 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

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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 Competition—the 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 Héctor 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 UO’s 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 school’s history—our 100-year anniversary. Beginning in January 2016 and culminating in

fall 2016, we will celebrate our centennial year and focus on the school’s 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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S O J C C E N T E N N I A L | 1 9 1 6 – 2 0 1 6

HELP TELL THE STORY THAT’S 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING

It’s 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 SOJC—memories of friends, classes, professors, events, and anything else that made your

time in the SOJC special. We’re 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 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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“I’M CURIOUS IS THERE SOMETHING RADICALLY DIFFERENT HAPPENING, OR IS THIS TECHNOLOGY JUST THE NEWEST ITERATION OF

A DEVELOPMENT APPROACH WE’VE SEEN FOR DECADES?” 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?

That’s 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 “Worm Attack” 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 children’s bellies. Along the way, users learn why it’s 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 “development intervention” 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, women’s

rights, and economic development into a fun and engaging platform. Fisher says that’s

still a work in progress. “It’s sometimes a misnomer to call these games,” she explains.

“Many of them just aren’t a lot of fun.”

Despite the early hiccups, mobile games have sparked international buzz for their

potential as development tools. But Fisher’s research has identified some reasons for

skepticism. She says games often hinge on the idea that community members, especially

women, should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” to help boost the economy—a

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 development’s latest shiny object.

“I’m curious,” she says. “Is there something radically different happening, or is this

technology just the newest iteration of a development approach we’ve seen for

decades?”

Fisher will explore that question in her dissertation using a case study of “Worm Attack”

and two other mobile games designed for the “Half the Sky” campaign, a women-

focused movement born from Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s 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 games’ developers and content creators—an important step

for understanding how development messaging is constructed for games.

“The Lokey award was a really nice stamp of approval,” Fisher says. “It’s great motivation

to know that my research so far has been well received.”

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 “L IL I” BAYARMAGNA I, BA ’15 , 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 SOJC’s 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 didn’t 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 associate’s

degree in general education. Then she had to decide where to finish her bachelor’s

degree.

“It is expensive for international students to go to school in the US,” says Bayarmagnai.

“I 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.”

The University of Oregon offered what she was looking for—an 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

“Into the Evergreen,” a multimedia story project about Oregon’s 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.

“You can write, create a film, or shoot photographs,” says the journalism major. “You can

tell stories that change lives.”

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.

“I have sacrificed seven years without my family for my education,” 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.

“The lesson that I learned was to give it your best,” states the multimedia journalist.

“It doesn’t 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

wouldn’t change a thing. I know I did my best.”

L I L I B A Y A R M A G N A I , B A ’ 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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“THE LESSON THAT I LEARNED WAS TO GIVE IT YOUR BEST,” STATES THE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST. “IT DOESN’T 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 WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING. I KNOW I DID MY BEST.” LILI BAYARMAGNAI, BA ’15

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“THIS YEAR’S 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.”

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 school’s 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, “Harsh Treatment,” 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 “A Pipeline for Children,” 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 Journal’s headquarters in New York City and its bureaus around the globe. She works with journalists during the reporting and editing process and is a “final reader” of the Journal’s hardest-hitting articles to ensure that the organization’s work meets the most elevated standards of reporting and editing.

The SOJC’s annual Ruhl Lecture, established by M A B E L W. R UHL in 1973 to “foster mutually beneficial contact between the School of Journalism and Communication and the mass media,” honors the memory of Pulitzer Prize–winner R OB E R T W. R UHL , one of Oregon’s 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 ’07

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 ’07, 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

Broadcasting’s Oregon Field Guide. In 2014,

his talent was formally recognized with four

regional Emmy nominations and two wins.

“Looking back over the last eight years since I graduated, and even farther back than that, I’m pretty sure that the secret to achieving great things is an intense, purposeful focus.”

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 ’ 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 newspaper’s projects team.

In 2001, Walth and R I C K AT T I G , B S ’ 8 3 , were part of a team from The Oregonian that won the Pulitzer Prize for

public service for their six-part investigative series “Liberty’s Heavy Hand.”

Walth received the UO Alumni Association’s 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 ’ 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 Lee—a 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 Stuart’s 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 UO’s Distinguished Young Alumnus, she served as a member of the University of

Oregon’s Board of Trustees and the SOJC’s 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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“WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR THESE DISTINGUISHED SOJC ALUMNI FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS. THEY INSPIRE

ALL OF US TO REACH FOR GREATNESS.” 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 SOJC’s 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 – 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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15 Alexa Korkos, BA ’15 Veronika Hanson, BA ’15 Bridget O’Donnell- Davidson, BA ’15 Madison Hare, BA ’15 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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203S C H O L A R S H I P S AWA R D E D

$488,716AWA R D E D F O R2 0 1 4– 1 5

S O J C 2 0 1 4 – 1 5 S C H O L A R S H I P 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 ’15, 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 medium—

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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“I’M 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.”

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 “virtual center,” 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. Journalism―broadly defined―can’t 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.

I’m 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 Portland—through our master’s 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 Portland’s bustling media industry; Agora’s amazing projects like the Storytelling with Data Build-a-thon; and the many events we host at the Turnbull Center, like the “What Is Journalism?” 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 isn’t as well known, I think there’s 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 “death

panels” controversy. Her current research includes journalists’ use of social media to cover politics, media coverage of female political candidates, and film and politics.

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“AS A SCHOLAR, I’M 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.”

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 “Restorative Narrative: Building Community in the Wake of Tragedy” 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 “media can have a positive impact on society.” 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 “Epoch: A New Era for Ideas and Idea People Built with Courage and Conscience” 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 “ad campaigns”; 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 “The Ethics of Crowdsourcing” 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.

A G O R A J O U R N A L I S M C E N T E R F A C U L T Y I N N O V A T I O N F E L L O W S

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N W S T OR IE S

“NW Stories” 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 “NW Stories” is to engage audiences in new ways through a transparent production process that allows viewers to see every step of the documentary’s 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 ’ 1 5 , and G A R R E T T G U I NN , B A ’ 1 5 , earned a regional Emmy nomination in the professional category for “Environmental—Feature/Segment” 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 Powell’s Books, the world’s 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 SOJC’s 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 ’ 9 5 , was one of the first author interviews for the site.

S T U D E N T E X P E R I E N T I A L L E A R N I N G

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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 ’ 0 4, B A ’ 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 Baseball’s 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 ’ 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 ’ 14 , M A ’ 1 5 , A LY S S A

H A R V E Y, B S ’ 1 5 , and C A S E Y M I N T E R , B S ’ 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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“THE 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.”

MARK BLAINE, MS ’00, JOURNALISM AREA DIRECTOR AND SENIOR INSTRUCTOR

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The SOJC’s 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 England–based 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 NPR’s worldwide journalism operations, including 18 domestic and 18 foreign bureaus, and NPR’s 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. Dietrich’s 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.

E X E C U T I V E S - I N - R E S I D E N C E

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR HÉCTOR TOBAR’S BOOK HAS BEEN MADE INTO A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE TITLED THE 33. ANTONIO BANDERAS,

RODRIGO SANTORO, ACADEMY AWARD–WINNER 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 SOJC’S NEWEST PULITER PRIZE-WINNING FACULTY MEMBERS.

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The SOJC’s 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 HÉCTOR TOBAR, ASSISTANT PROFESSORWhen the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, 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 miners’ experiences below the Earth’s surface—and the lives that led them there—has 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 CHÁVEZ, 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.

F A C U L T Y B O O K S

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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 ÁV E Z won the UO Outstanding Early Career Award. Chávez 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 ’ 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 ICA’s Philosophy of

Communication and Communication Law and Policy Divisions, the award

recognizes highly influential scholarship that “opened up new theoretical

and/or methodological territory in research” on “the interrelations

between media, markets, and democracy.”

Professor C A R OL S TA B I L E won the UO Senate’s 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 2015–16.

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 Í NE Z , P HD ’ 0 5 ,

won 2015–16 UO Faculty Excellence Awards. The award recognizes members

of the “UO faculty performing at the forefront of research and discovery” and

recognizes “academic excellence in our finest tenured faculty.”

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 “From Women’s

Pages to Style Pages: How The Washington Post Discovered Diversity;” and

JE R E M I A H FAVA R A was selected for his research titled “An Army of Some:

Recruiting, Diversity, and Difference in the US Armed Forces.”

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, “Media Framing of Marriage Equality.” 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, “Virtual Worlds, Disability, and New Cultures of the Embodied Self,” 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 ’ 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 ’ 0 1 , M A ’ 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, “Framing Livability: A Strategic Communications Approach to

Improving Support for Public Transportation in Oregon.”

The SOJC, under the direction of E D M A D I S ON , P HD ’ 1 2 , and M A R K B L A I NE , M S ’ 0 0 , was awarded a $35,000 microgrant in the 2015–16 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 “Don’t Wait for the Quake,” as a vessel to measure how journalism can affect Oregonians’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 Asia–Pacific

American Award for Literature in the Adult Nonfiction category by the Asian–Pacific 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 M— 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 2014–15 and now joins us as an assistant professor. Hanna’s 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 “death panels” controversy. Her current research includes journalists’ use of social media to cover politics, media coverage of female political candidates, and film and politics.

HÉ 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 M— R E P O R T I N G A ND W R I T I N G

Héctor Tobar was a visiting assistant professor for the SOJC in 2014–15 and now joins us as a permanent assistant professor. Tobar is a Pulitzer Prize–winning 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 Times’ 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 UK’s 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 Society’s 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. Shafer’s 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 master’s degree in public relations and a bachelor’s degree in speech communication and political science at Washington State University.

B R E N T W A LT H , B S ’ 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 M— 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 .

“What if?” 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 do—to 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 “guten morgen” for “buenas días” and—in the shadow of the Segovia church

where Isabella was crowned before funding Columbus and promoting the Spanish Inquisition—found 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 institute’s primary outreach

medium. Among the stories they reported were features on Russian journalists’ 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 ’ 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.

T H E G L O B A L C L A S S R O O M

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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 ÁV E Z , 15 students spent the summer learning about different cultural

contexts and how they affect communication. Students covered issues and events such as Ghana’s ongoing energy

crisis, child labor, soccer matches, and Ghanaians’ reactions to the US Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage.

In addition, the group divided into teams led by Chávez and graduate students A S HL E Y C OR DE S , R YA N H A G E N , B S ’ 14 ,

and A L E X M OR R I S ON , M S ’ 1 5 , creating media for a nonprofit client, Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. Reports of

the students’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 “Site of the Day” 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 York’s Creative Week to

get an inside look at the industry and to experience the culture at top agencies. In 2015,

the SOJC took 132 students—the largest cohort ever—where 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 ’ 1 5 , was hired as a junior art director; S A R A H S H A R P, B A ’ 1 5 , picked up

a copywriting internship; and J A Z O M O I S E S , M S ’ 1 5 , was named to a planning internship.

Other major opportunities include A R I A N A G A R AY, B S ’ 1 5 , at Horizon Media; A ME L E A

R E N S H AW, B A ’ 1 5 , at Mother New York; S HE L B Y D UNL A P, B S ’ 1 5 , and R A C HE L E L L A M , B A ’ 1 5 ,

at Code + Theory; M ON I C A S A G O W I T Z , B S ’ 1 5 , at Carrot Creative; S P I C E WA L K E R , B A ’ 1 5 ,

and A L E X JUNQ UE R A , B A ’ 1 5 , at Rokkan; and J A S ON MUR R AY, B A ’ 1 5 , and K R I S T I N C UB B I S ON ,

B A ’ 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 ’ 8 0 , and by the Boiler Family Fund, supported by

K A R I , B A ’ 9 3 , A ND J OHN B O I L E R , B A ’ 8 7.

C R E A T I V E W E E K

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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 ’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 Runner’s World online, the Miami Herald, and

NCAA.com.

S P O R T S A N D R E P O R T I N G

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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 Oregon’s 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 ’ 8 0 , and E R I C

S TA N I A K , B S ’ 8 0), the Portland Senior Experience has served more than 120 students since 2006. The program’s job placement or internship extension rate is more than 60 percent.

“We 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,” Eric Staniak said. “We 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.”

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 ’15

Statesman Journal, Salem

SCOTT GREENSTONE

News-Review, Roseburg

LA’AKEA KAUFMAN

Baker City Herald, Baker City

TRAVIS LOOSE, BA ’15

News-Times, Forest Grove

KAYLEE TORNAY

Mail Tribune, Medford

ALEXANDRA WALLACHY

The Outlook, Gresham

Photojournalist Internship

MARY JANE SCHULTE, BS ’15

The Register-Guard, Eugene

Multimedia Internships

CHRISTINA BELASCO, BA ’15

Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland

JULIA REIHS, BA ’15

The Register-Guard, Eugene

Feature Writing Internship

WILL RUBIN, BA ’15

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 “Snowdens.” 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 ’ 6 8 , M S ’ 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 A’ 0 9 , continues to provide assistance to the program.

2015 SNOW DE N

I N T E R NSH I P P ROG R A M

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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 ’ 8 1 , was presented with the Harold Spencer-Jones Gold Medal for his “outstanding contribution

to navigation” as a journalist and publisher from the United Kingdom’s Royal Institute of Navigation at the

Royal Geographical Society in London, England. Prince Philip—the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen

Elizabeth II—presented the award.

M I C H A E L W E R NE R , M A ’ 0 8 , received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Best

Spot News–Feature Reporting for his televised piece on wolves, titled “The Ecology of Fear.”

L A UR E N K E S S L E R , M S ’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 1 5 , received the American

Advertising Federation District 7 Bolton-MacVicar

Best Presenter Award.

“Our team was a family that cared about doing the

best work for ourselves and each other,” says Mai.

“We knew that success would come in the form

of doing the best work we could as a unit, not as

individuals with lone agendas.”

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The S O JC was the only academic unit to receive the UO’s 2015 Equity and

Inclusion Innovation Award, recognizing the school’s 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 “Manovich, Movies, and

Montage.”

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 HÉ C T OR T OB A R received the 2015 AEJMC-Knudson Latin

America Prize.

Two documentary production students—Davis Burns, a cinema studies major, and

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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 ’ 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 Oregon’s

school spirit for the NCAA “Let’s Dance” competition.

Three SOJC projects won Society of Professional Journalists Region 10 Mark of Excellence Awards—

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 Stories–Sherriff 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 ’ 1 5 , A M A ND A B U T T, B A ’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 master’s student S A R A H H A M I D won in the panel category of “Human Rights,

Development, and Sustainability” in collaboration with Lindsay Massara (international studies) and

Crystal Brown (political science) for their panel titled “Gender, Human Rights, and the Paradox of

Statelessness” at the UO Graduate Research Forum.

A W A R D S A N D A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

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“ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS I’VE 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.” MARY JANE SCHULTE

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“CARLYLE 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.”

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 ’15 (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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15, and

Julia V. Reihs, BA ’15 (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 ’15 (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 ’15

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 ’15

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 ’15

M A X W E L L AWA R D

Danielle Nicole Holley, BS ’15

L I Z C AW OOD P UBL I C S E R V I C E AWA R D

Abigaelle Mulligan, BS ’15

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 ’15

P UBL I C R E L AT I ON S DUC K AWA R D

Kayla Gordon, BA ’15

R E C O G N I Z I N G E X C E L L E N C E

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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 master’s 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:

• four earning summa cum laude honors with a GPA of 4.00 or higher

• seven earning magna cum laude honors with a GPA between 3.89 and 3.99

• 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 ’ 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 ’ 0 7, winner of the 2014 Eric Allen Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Maser

is an Emmy Award–winning 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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“THERE 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.” ALEXANDRA TAYLOR, BA ’15, STUDENT SPEAKER

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“I WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR ANGEL IN THE ROOM.” MARK LEWIS

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A R N O L D I S M A C H 1930–2015

Arnold Ismach was dean of the journalism school between 1985 and 1994. After he left the dean’s 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 1954–2014

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 ’ 9 0 1948–2015

Petra Hagen served as graduate assistant for the SOJC’s 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 bachelor’s 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, “She is a spokesperson for the department, a career counselor, a watchful advocate of students’ graduate programs, and a friend.” A coworker added, “Petra brings out the best in those she interacts with. I am constantly grateful for her thoughtful approach and graceful demeanor in all situations.”

I N M E M O R I A M

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JUL I E D I X ONCofounder (Retired)

Sports Incorporated

K E N DOC T OR , M A ’ 7 9News Industry Analyst

Newsonomics

C OR E Y DUBR O WA , B A ’ 8 8Sr. Vice President of Global Public Affairs

Starbucks Coffee Company

BR I A N E R B , B S ’ 8 5General Counsel Delivery Agent

Ropes & Gray, LLP

S H I R L E Y H A NC OC K , B S ’ 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 ’ 96President

Funk/Levis Associates

S T E V E O ’ L E A R Y, B S ’ 6 9Chairman

O’Leary and Partners

S C O T T R E A ME S , B A ’ 8 9Corporate Historian

Nike

BE T T Y J . S TA N I A K , B S ’ 8 0Senior Writer and Producer

State Farm Creative

G AY L E T I MME R M A N , B A ’ 6 9 Classified Advertising Manager

(Retired)

The Oregonian

T R A C Y W ONG , B A ’ 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 ’ 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 ’ 8 0CEO

Brandstream, Inc.

T HE R E S E B O T T OMLY, B A ’ 8 3 Managing Editor

The Oregonian

S C O T T C H A MBE R S , B S ’ 8 2Partner

Pisgah Public Market

T I M C L E V E NGE R , B S ’ 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 school’s 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 ’ 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 ’ 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 Fund’s 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].

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$1,000,000 +Cheryl Adamscheck ’68

$100,000–$999,999AnonymousKari ’93 and John Boiler ’87Norma and Elliot Carlson ’60Andrea Dencker ’73

$25,000–$99,999 American Council of Learned SocietiesEdwin L. Artzt ’51Barbara Blangiardi ’79Deborah ’75 and Larry Lange ’67Gail and Alan Maltun ’74Patricia ’69 and Stephen O’Leary ’69Valerie PayneMary Sakakibara ’86Willie and Don Tykeson ’50Wayne Whitehead ’74

$5,000–$24,999Terri and Jon AndersonThe Baker Family FoundationJulie and Rocky Dixon ’78George Erb ’94Shirley Hancock ’80 and Peter Johnson ’80Jamie Hartshorn ’75 and Michael DamerMarieluise Hessel TrustJohn S. and James L. Knight FoundationLuanne ’70 and Jeffrey Lynn ’70Neil Everett Morfitt ’84 and Stephanie Day Morfitt ’02Corrine Nelson ’43Julianne Newton and Rick WilliamsNikeNatalie Wilkison and Andrew Parmentier ’97Eiko PolitzDavid Rianda ’60Schwab Charitable FundRobin ’69 and Philip Semas ’67

Betty ’80 and Eric Staniak ’80Robert Thompson ’80Jennifer and Tracy Wong ’81

$1,000–$4,999 Alrazi Al-Budaiwai ’04Michelle and Timothy DeanEO Media GroupValerie McCluskey ’78 and Michael Grady ’78Guard Publishing CompanyRobert Half InternationalCaren ’88 and Timothy Hardin ’87Laura ’00 and Justin HokinMary and Craig Horton ’70The John L. Hulteng FamilyNicholas MacIlveen ’00Marcus Edwin Prater ’86Jane and Duncan McDonald ’72Rebecca McHolickMicrosoft CorporationLynn and Steven Mowe ’71Portland Trail Blazers-Oregon Arena CorporationLisa and Neal Rosen ’74Rotary Foundation of Lake OswegoSilicon Valley Community FoundationMary Ann Dean Smith ’63Barbara ’51 and James Snow ’50Janet ’63 and Richard StarrSusan and Thomas Stewart ’72Marianne and Peter SullivanBetty TaylorBarbara ’52 and Donald Thompson ’51Gayle ’69 and Rowland Timmerman ’61Douglas Woods ’75Brenda Bonnell and Mark Zusman ’78

$25–$999Nancy ’60 and Albert Alford Jr. ’60Jonathan Amabisca ’05Linda and Phillip AndersonSusan Linders-Anderson ’86 and Rick Anderson

Scott Andre ’95Frances and Michael Arrieta-WaldenElinor ’68 and Frank Atkinson ’67Courtenay Thompson and Rick Attig ’83Mark Backer ’76 and Roger SleightBarbara Surovell ’85 and Dean Baker ’83Paula Deming and Kris Banvard ’78Susan ’81 and D. Dean Barr ’63Angelia and John Barratt Jr.Lindy Bartell ’90Michael Bartos ’66Gloria and John Bates ’68Carole Beech ’57Bell+FunkRichard Bella ’78Caroline ’68 and Kahren BeniasiansMary and Stephen Bennett ’56Linda Berg ’73Lynn and James BernsteinLori ’82 and James Beseda ’81Frances BishopCybele Bjorklund ’89Jessica and Marquis Blaine ’00Jeremy Bliesner ’12Kathryn and Don Boileau ’72Dixie Bolin-Binkerd and Dennis BinkerdRobert BolinSue ’75 and Kenneth BolstadJoAnne ’89 and Gregory BoothLeslie and Daniel Borsuk ’70Elizabeth Boyd ’84 and Marc Spence ’84Suzanne ’61 and Howard Boyd Jr. ’61Margaret Bradford ’99 and Gregory Fishwick ’88Antonia Brancia and Sjef van den Berg ’66Kathleen Bremner ’71Susan ’72 and Glenn Breniman ’72Ann ’59 and Dave Bronson ’59June Brothers ’57Nipa ’82 and Willie BrownTodd Brown ’84Marsha 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 ’51, the late Carolyn Silva Chambers, BA ’53, 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 ’57Charles ButlerScotta Callister ’75Carol ’80 and Ronald CalvertJanet and Leonard Calvert ’55Kimberly and Terry CampbellChristine and Michael Candland ’69Shauna and Michael Cannon ’84Amy ’99 and Reid Carr ’98Madeleine and Steven Carter ’69Sandra Carter ’82Franz Cesarz ’55Constance Chandler ’14Christopher ChapmanJenny Cherrytree ’98Rea ’67 and John ChristofferssonLucille Clark ’67William Clothier ’52Stanley Cloud ’67Jenny Sax ’84 and Brian ClowardSandra and Cary Coatsworth ’90Kay and Philip Cogswell Jr. ’63Ronald Compesi ’74Sandra and Paul Cormier ’65Debra ’70 and Terry CoryellJack CourseLinda ’73 and Herbert CrewSonia Wright ’82 and Joseph CriscioneKelly Cumiskey ’88Celia Currin ’70 and Harvey KatzPatricia CurtinNicole DahmenDonna DavisAllison Deane ’12Betty-Coe deBroekert ’53Mary Delsman ’50Katrina Dene ’12Julie Denney ’98Dawn DesBrisay ’84 and Hank HeathCarol DicksonCarolyn Diforio ’87Lauren DillardChristina Diss ’05Katherine and Kenneth Doctor ’79Susan and Michael Donahue ’68Stephanie ’79 and Rasha DrachkovitchJoan and Glenn Dudley ’51Marilu and John Duncan ’82Janet and Stephen DunnTricia Duryee ’00 and Patrick McCarthyKaren Easton ’63

Katherine Eaton ’52Anh ’87 and Fred EckroshBarbara Eden ’48Brian Elder ’08Paul ElstonePhyllis Elving ’66 and Richard PaoliDavid Evans ’65Barbara and Larry Ewalt ’59Elaine Bowers and Michael Fancher ’68Linda ’70 and Jay FarrPatricia Farrell ’77 and Robert WatkinsNeil Felgenhauer ’71Nancy Ferguson ’58Sally McMillan ’97 and James FieldsJudith Fleisig and Steven Collier ’75Pamela ’64 and Michael Forrester ’60Karen ’87 and Terry FosterDanielle Frack ’13Victor Fryer ’50Cheryl ’87 and Kevin GallagherDonna ’76 and Thomas GardinerColleen and Ryan GausmanKathryn George ’13Richard George ’67Marcia GinleyNeil GlatzerJennifer Ulum ’83 and Timothy GleasonGlobalGiving FoundationMadan Goel ’59Susan Weber-Gold ’65 and Donald GoldLisa ’86 and Robert GoodwinJerry Gose ’70James GrabowHeather Gray ’09Katherine GrayVictoria and Richard Grimshaw ’76Alyssa Gritzmacher ’13Janet Groat ’81Thomas HagleySharon and Robert HajnyMary Renouf-Hanson and Christopher Hanson ’97Marilyn ’74 and Anthony HarrimanAlan Hart-McArthur ’75Jill Harvey ’13Joan and John HarveyPhillip Hawkins ’12John Henrikson ’88Judith ’73 and Michael HerreroSarah and Lawrence HershmanJanice and William Hettick ’56Lisa Heyamoto ’11

“We 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. It’s 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.”

KARI, BA ’93, AND JOHN BOILER, BA ’87

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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$25–$999 continuedTracey Hall and Richard HillAmanda and Lawrence Hobart ’53Loretta Hoey ’57Julie ’80 and Hugh HolmesNancy and Raymond Hopfer ’77Cathleen ’70 and Robert HuntLinda ’70 and William Hunter ’70Sanford Hurlocker ’84Sharon ’63 and Holly Hutchins ’60Joan and Robert Isaacs ’79Arnold IsmachJanice Jack ’87Peggy JahnkeEllen ’00 and Ely Janis ’99Nigel JaquissJennifer Jaworski ’87Laurene ’90 and Manville Jennings ’79Jeanne Jensen ’11Kristine Jensen ’80 and Michael Connelly ’76Estate of Evelyn C. Johnson-FitzgeraldFletcher Johnson II ’58Robert Johnston ’95Linda and Eric Jones ’81Holly Jones ’07Jillece and Alan JonesKelsey Kaufman ’12Kimberly ’84 and John KeizurChristopher Keleher ’91Jane Seagrave and John Kennedy ’79Catherine Kershner ’58Lauren Kessler ’75Deborah Schallert and Michael Kesten ’77Joanne Amorosi and Martin Ketels ’63Kathleen ’74 and Armen Kevrekian ’75Nancy Anderson and Graham Kislingbury ’75Torsten KjellstrandAnna and K. Mike Kment ’74Bailey Koharchick ’12 and Zachary Booth ’14Madeline and Stephen Kokes ’84Chelsea Kopacz ’14David Koranda ’78Cheryl Kuhn ’73Diane and Kevin Lamb ’83James Lang ’96Mary and Richard Larson ’69Alice and Man Wai Lau ’70Sally Lawson ’72Chris Leinweber ’87Anne Marie Levis ’96 and Dana SiebertNicole Lewis ’92

The Lewiston TribuneTeresa ’91 and Andrew Libert ’89Deanne ’61 and John Lindstrom ’66Marilyn Link ’50D. Virginia ’62 and Richard LinkenhokerAllen Litwiller ’65Jennifer Liu-Cooper ’83 and Paul CooperCatherine Locke ’74Linda and Michael Loder ’74Constance Lonsdale ’87Harold Lonsdale Jr. ’85Alicia MacArthurEddie Madison III ’12Mary and William Mainwaring ’57Bonnie Malone ’74Jean ’60 and Carl ManahanPhillip Marchbanks ’86Gabriela Martinez ’05Jacob Matthews ’11Kelli Matthews ’01Susan Stein and Ray MatthewsThor Maydole ’74James McCafferty ’93Andrew McCannRussell McDermottElizabeth ’79 and Patrick McDougallPatti and David McDowell ’67Christina ’67 and Earl McElhanyKaren McFadden ’79Mary McFarland ’75Karen McGlone ’80RoseMarie ’66 and Thomas McGuire ’66Margaret and Geoffrey McKeeEdwina McKinney ’66Sean McLaughlin ’94Ellen Rosenblum ’71 and Richard Meeker ’74Janet and Michael Merback ’78Douglas Metzler ’89Kyle Mickelson ’14Erin Middleton-Moreland ’03David Miller ’96Elizabeth Miller ’47Gregory Miller ’10Donna and Ronald Miller ’54Veronika and David Minthorn ’65Eileen and Alan Moffatt ’80Mary Molinari ’84Jill and Alan MorgensteinDeborah and Daniel MorrisonAgnes and Robert Moyle ’49Danielle and Robert Mullins ’7656

TRACY WONG, BA ’81

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Michael Munoz ’14Nancy and Curtis Murayama ’76Ryan Nagel ’05Jill ’87 and Michael NaimoBarbara ’65 and Russell Nebon ’62Karl Nestvold ’59Nicholas Ngai ’05Kimberley NiesBetty Noles ’43Amy Novesky and Darin Koster ’98Daniel Nye ’75Patrice OffenhauserPamela Oishi ’93Fran and William Orr Jr. ’65Jessie Osterud ’48Kay and Ray PaoliGwen ’67 and Richard ParkerTimothy Patrick ’74Karen and Jim Pensiero ’75Glenn Perkins ’83Jo-Elle ’91 and Patrick Perkins ’90Barbara Perlman ’53Carol and Daniel Perry ’67Eva and Gary Peters ’70Christine Cunningham ’76 and Ralph Peterson ’68Rebecca ’81 and Charles Phoenix ’77Dorothy Piacentini ’57Kim Pickett ’84 and Richard BradfordCyndi and Alan Pitcaithley ’69Michael Pollock ’98Linda and Douglas Post ’64Alexander PulaskiJune Quincy ’49Sheila ’83 and John Ransom IIISheryl ’71 and James Rathbun ’71Lou and Dean ReaGregory Reed ’66Heidi Reeley ’13Ramona Reule ’83Jeremy Rich ’99Alice and John Richmond ’62Susan Murray and Steven Ritchie ’72Tamara ’05 and Jack Roberts ’75Barbara Rodabaugh ’51Elaine Rohse ’42Constance Roos ’65Judith Hucka ’75 and Kenneth RosenthalElizabeth Rott ’79June Routson ’49Melaine RubergTodd Ruberg ’82

Donna ’56 and Frank RucciaJohn RussialWilliam Ryan IIJoAn ’76 and Lyman SaltzenSharon ’71 and Gary Sandgathe ’72Holly Hope ’81 and Kenneth Sands ’81Donna ’75 and William Schenck-Hamlin ’76Maryeve Schick ’78 and Susan Thelen ’83Janet Scheidel ’73 and Gary SchiedelCameron Schilling ’12Dianna Schmid ’74 and Kelvin SnyderDale Schulze ’71Wanda and Paul SchwabMitchell Scott ’64Daniel Seiber ’94John Selix ’81Lynn and Timothy Sellard ’76Beverly ’76 and Richard Sept ’74Earl Sharar ’65Suzanne and Frank Shaw ’84Shell Oil Company FoundationSusan Shepard ’69 and Michael KnebelSusan and Richard SherrattLori ShontzDierdre Kennedy-Simington ’85 and Mark SimingtonSanford Skeie ’70Robert Skrondal ’71Barbara and Evan Smith ’71Dana Wade Smith ’83 and Ryan SmithJanice ’75 and Thomas Smith ’78SO Delicious Dairy FreeBrandon Sprague ’12Jennifer and Todd Sprague ’84David Sproul ’14Beth and Russell SprouseMary Stamp ’67John Starr ’62Paul StarrDiane StaufferSusan and John Stearns ’84H. Leslie Steeves and Daniel ReeceWendy Stefani ’87Kristen Stokes-Corah and Jeffrey Corah ’86Mary and Robert StricklerBarry Sugarman ’72Marcia and Robert Sutter ’77Sheri and William Swanson ’87Herbert Swett ’69Ray SykesHeather and Guy Tasaka ’84Andrea Teter ’77

Sandra and Michael ThoeleMabel ThompsonSuzanne and Peter ThompsonJohn ThornberryDavid Thornton ’81Gillian Tobin ’10Barbara and Louis Turk ’61Heidi Lyles ’02Ann Ulum ’77 and Robert NickersonSuzanne ’80 and Robert Van Brocklin ’75Monique Veillette ’90Joyce Routson ’72 and Robert VetterRichard Wagoner ’81Mylene ’81 and Gregory Walden ’78Craig Walker ’77Shannon Buono and Brent Walth ’84Megan ’61 and Conrad Walth ’55Melody and Bradley Ward ’78Kathryn ’78 and Stuart Watson ’72Merrie Waylett ’63Tracy WeatherbyCheryl and James WeaverCarol ’55 and Peter Webster ’59Steven WeintraubJames Welch ’49Wells Fargo FoundationElizabeth Werhane ’02Johanna ’75 and Russell WermersDanielle Whelton-Anderson and Scott Anderson ’89Robert Whipple ’59Sherrie WhiteRenee and Bill WhitneyBrenda ’61 and Donald WhitsettPriscilla ’69 and Donald Wilt ’70Sarah Wiltz ’82 and Lee PetersonMary and Jeffrey Wohler ’70Lynn ’67 and William Wolff ’67Sarah ’86 and David Wright ’85Minturn Wright IIIPatricia Wright ’76Rosamond ’54 and Philip Wyche Jr.Wei Zhu ’95Heather and Kurt Zimmer ’91Gloria and Ralph Zimmer

YOUR GIFTS TRANSFORM “WHAT IF?” INTO “WHAT IS!”

THANK YOU.

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T H I S I S T H E S O J C .

An equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request.

Rachel Davidson, BA ’15, was part of the Portland Senior Experience internship program and was a Staniak Scholar. She interned at Portland Monthly.