2016 SOJC Yearbook

How did your time in the Marines affect What did you learn during your Charles R. Snowden Program foryour life path? internships? Excellence in JournalismJoining the Marines was a decision The Snowden internship at the Mail Tribune The Charles R. Snowden Program forinfluenced by 18-year-old me thinking I was my first nonstudent journalism gig, so Excellence in Journalism honors thewould hate college. This sounds a little it taught me a lot. Since I had been trying life and career of Charles Snowden, aimmature in retrospect, but I really hated to put out a daily paper in addition to being longtime editor at the Oregon Journalhigh school. Being stuck in a classroom all a full-time student at the Emerald, it was and the Oregonian. Snowden, whoday irked me. I thought going to college refreshing to just focus on reporting. retired in 1986 and passed away in 1997,would just be four more years of high had a great passion for good writing,school, so I looked at other options. The Iraq The biggest takeaway I got from Ghana is history, and the practice of ethicalwar had just started, and I had friends and how difficult it can be to work as a local journalism. He is remembered notfamily members who had already deployed. journalist there. They have a free press and only as a top-notch editor but also asIt sounded exciting, so I saw a recruiter the journalism laws arguably more permissive a mentor for many young journalists.week after my 18th birthday. than the US. But they don’t have decent In his memory, the Snowden family salaries, which leads to semiofficial bribery established an endowment for theNow, full disclosure: the Iraq war will and influence peddling—cash for positive program at the SOJC that has fundedrightfully be remembered as a disaster for coverage, essentially. The practice is easy more than 200 internships since 1998.both the local people and US foreign policy. to judge as an outsider, but most journalistsI hate politics, but I’ve become a critic of the there wouldn’t survive without it. The Snowden program is open towar. Anyone who argues otherwise should student journalists at all Oregonjust look at the state of Iraq and Syria One of the things I liked about the Media colleges and universities. In paid, 10-today. In a strange way, I don’t regret the in Ghana program is that it pairs you with week placements, interns work sideexperience, though. It gave me perspective Ghanaian journalists and publishers. You get by side with media professionals toand let me see other parts of the world. to shadow professionals in the media field practice the essential skills they need to there and see how they operate. provide news and information to theirWhy did you become a journalist? communities. To ensure an outstanding What did you learn while working for learning experience, the SOJC worksMy interest in being a journalist goes back Ethos and the Emerald? closely with both students and editors.to high school, when I was the editor inchief at my high school newspaper my Ethos was invaluable for getting my writing The experience pays off. Snowden mediasenior year. And I got out of the Marines skills back on track after the military. The partnerships often hire their interns asto pursue a journalism degree at the UO. Emerald taught me about the stresses of full-time reporters, photographers, and writing for a daily. multimedia journalists, and SnowdenAfter doing some local internships, I grads have landed jobs at top mediadecided I would be happier pursuing You have covered stories in a lot of outlets throughout the country and theinternational coverage, so near graduation dangerous situations. How do you deal world, including the Associated Press,I came up with a plan to go back to the with the risk factor? Oregonian, Chicago magazine, StatesmanMiddle East. This was in 2011–12, when the Journal, Seattle Times, San Jose Mercury,Arab Spring revolutions were under way, I was in the middle of giant protests and Los Angeles Times, and Prague Post.which also piqued my interest. rallies in Egypt in 2013. In Iraqi Kurdistan, an ISIS mortar impacted 10 meters away from 2016 SOJC Snowden InternsThe SOJC was invaluable in helping me me. In Erbil, I was really close to a car bombfind internships and apply for jobs. I held going off. It shattered some of the glass in Mohammed Alkhadher, BA ’16, Register-Guarda Charles Snowden internship at the Mail the room I was in.Tribune, and I interned for the Register- Shirley Chan, OPBGuard in 2011. Student publications like It’s not that I don’t worry or get stressed,Ethos, Flux, OR Media, and the Daily Emerald but I think I handle it differently than a Will Denner, BA ’16, East Oregonianwere also great ways to cut my teeth as a lot of folks. A lot of it’s adrenaline. When Inew journalist. covered the ISIS war and the military coup Adam Eberhardt, Register-Guard in Egypt, I found that not every day in thoseThere are also too many instructors to places is exciting or dangerous. There’s Hannah Golden, BA ’16, Mail Tribunethank. Leslie Steeves, professor and senior definitely downtime. I rented an apartmentassociate dean, took me on the Media in in Erbil in Kurdistan, and security-wise I Junnelle Hogen, Statesman JournalGhana program when I was new at the UO, could have been living anywhere in the US.and that helped me expand my horizons. Kira Hoffelmeyer, BA ’16, KLCCDan Morrison, senior instructor II in Tell us about your new job.photojournalism, helped me get started in Kylie Juggert, Register-Guardthe Middle East and was a great source of I’m writing for CNN International in Atlantaadvice throughout my time overseas. He and have started getting some TV scripts Madison Layton, BA ’16, News-Reviewput me in touch with JO Magazine in Jordan, on air. I’ll be in Atlanta for at least the nextwhich was run by UO alumni in Amman. year. Caitlyn May, BS ’16, Statesman JournalInstructor Rebecca Force’s blunt insightinto the profession was always welcome. It has the potential to be a big step up in my Ben McBee, BA ’16, 1859 Magazine career, so I’m looking to make the most of it and see where it leads. Forrest Welk, BA ’16, Baker City HeraldThe Snowden Program is funded by a generous endowment from the Charles R. 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Centennial Graduation ClassThe SOJC celebrated its centennial class at the 2016 commencement Jonathan Marshall Award for Innovative Teaching in Journalism andceremony held on Sunday, June 12, at Matthew Knight Arena. Communication.Approximately 540 students participated in the ceremony, including The student speaker was Dahlia Bazzaz, BA ’16, a journalism major8 doctoral candidates and 27 master’s students. With more than who crowdsourced her speech, finding unique individual stories that4,500 family and friends in attendance, the arena was filled with helped define the class as a whole. Bazzazz is the second studentlaughter and tears. speaker for the SOJC commencement ceremony and was selected by her fellow students.Twenty-one students earned Latin honors: The alumnus speaker was Robert X. Fogarty, BS ’05, winner of the • One earned summa cum laude honors with a 2015 Eric Allen Outstanding Young Alumnus Award. Fogarty is the GPA of 4.00 or higher cofounder of Evacuteer and founder of Dear World, a project that has captured message-on-skin photos from thousands of people • Eight earned magna cum laude honors with with a simple but powerful story to share. Fogarty shared his GPAs between 3.91 and 3.99 personal secrets to success with the graduates, including ”chasing butterflies,” or choosing to put himself in uncomfortable situations • 12 earned cum laude honors with GPAs between 3.79 and 3.90 that challenge him to be his very best, and looking for inspiration in simple yet unexpected places.Todd Milbourn, MBA ’14, received the Outstanding Teachingby an Adjunct Award, and Lisa Heyamoto, MS ’11, received the 43

Flux Tackles Race and Identity through Community Engagement Story by Andra Brichacek fluxstories.com Flux magazine has never shied away from To facilitate a community discussion, continuing fight for equality at the UO over the hard topics. The theme of its first- the magazine’s student staff extended the past 48 years; “Mixed,” an examination ever issue, published in 1994, was “race invitations across campus and the Eugene- of ways multiracial individuals reconcile on campus.” Twenty-two years later, the Springfield community for a live forum, their identities; “Region and Religion,” student-produced magazine has come full where small groups participated in focused which looks at the lives and cultures of five circle, tackling race and identity once again conversations. diverse individuals; and “Naming Rights,” in its 2016 edition. about a rural Oregon town’s debate over its “It wasn’t long after the University of high school’s Native American mascot. For a new take on a complex issue, this Missouri protest, and students were deeply year the Flux staff experimented with interested and passionate about exploring To continue the ongoing conversation with an innovative approach to journalism: race and identity at the UO,” Milbourn said. community members, the Flux staff hosted a community engagement. Inspired by “One thing we considered at the outset was: follow-up event in June. the four-day Experience Engagement How do we find a theme that not only lends “unconference” the SOJC’s Agora Journalism itself to great stories, but also important “It was satisfying to see people who Center hosted in October, Andrew DeVigal, conversations? Race and identity fit that attended our first event come back six chair of journalism innovation and civic perfectly.” months later to learn what our Flux engagement, and Flux adviser and SOJC reporters had found out,” said Milbourn. instructor Todd Milbourn, MBA ’14, decided Flux’s student journalists produced a “One of the most powerful takeaways was to use the magazine as a laboratory to wide range of stories on that topic for that community engagement doesn’t just explore what engaging journalism looks like the 80-page special issue, including “Still lead to richer stories. It also creates a more in practice. Marching,” an account of Black students’ connected audience.” OR Magazine Brings Solutions Journalism to the iPad Story by Andra Brichacek ormagazine.uoregon.edu OR Magazine has always been on the cutting beyond the five W’s to also cover what’s “The stories are well-researched and edge. Developed as a course in 2011 by possible.” reported, and they include beautiful and Assistant Professor Ed Madison, PhD ’12, the compelling photos, videos, and infographics, student-produced iPad magazine became OR Magazine’s student staff consulted with with design and interactivity bringing the first in the world created with Adobe’s Instructor Kathryn Thier—who developed the stories together,” Dahmen said. “I’m Digital Publishing Suite. Industry leaders and taught one of the first solutions incredibly proud of the work these students have recognized the publication again journalism courses in the nation—to find did in crafting journalism that matters.” and again for its compelling combinations and tell stories of problems happening in of solid writing, photography, video, and Oregon right now as well as what’s being interactivity. done to address them. This year, the publication’s student staff “Coexisting with Carnivores” shows how joined the growing contingent of journalists ranchers are learning how to live alongside who are practicing solutions journalism. the wild and ecologically important wolves Rather than just presenting problems, this in their midst. “Grow for Vets” looks at new approach to storytelling also covers cannabis as an alternative treatment possible solutions, with a goal of reporting for veterans with posttraumatic stress the whole story while helping communities disorder. “Engendering Equal Education” and society take positive steps forward. offers Oregon schools as a model for LGBT inclusion. “Tackling Teen Pregnancy” details “In covering complex issues, it is critical the state’s successes with comprehensive that students learn to report on more than sex education. And “Against the Grain” tells just the problem,” said Assistant Professor the stories of female farmers working to Nicole Dahmen, OR Magazine’s faculty close the gender gap in their profession. advisor. “Solutions journalism reports44

MagazineSOJC Students LaunchOufortdoor Enthusiasts Story by Nicole Rideout, BA ’16 Photo by Will Saunders, BS ’16 oregonoutdoormag.comWith the ocean to the left, the mountains to the right, and plenty get behind. “There were a lot of student-run magazines focused onof flowing rivers and lush forests in between, the UO provides the arts, culture, and standard feature storytelling, but there wasn’t anperfect base from which to explore breathtaking new places. Seeing outdoor magazine,” said public relations major and O2 social mediathe need for an outdoor publication to highlight the natural beauty coordinator Megan Ganim, BA ’16. “Since there wasn’t really anof the area, SOJC student Kyle Hentschel created O2, a quarterly adventure-travel magazine in the state of Oregon either, there was aadventure and travel magazine. lot of potential for O2 to grow.”O2, short for Oregon Outdoor, is run by a small but talented group A successful Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $5,000 gotof UO students that includes journalism major Hentschel as editor the magazine off the ground and helped the O2 team turn its visionin chief, a photo editor, designers, business strategists, and a social into a reality.media coordinator. O2 produces travel and adventure features,business Q&As, and personal profiles of people who are involved in O2’s staff continues to publish issues of the magazine and has beenthe outdoor industry. working hard to produce high-quality storytelling. Stories for the 2016 spring issue included a business feature offering readers a“The O2 team is based in Oregon, so most of the stories are rooted closer look into the local food community and food distributionhere, but the magazine has content from all around the Pacific industry.Northwest and the world,” said Hentschel. “We always include aninternational travel feature.” O2’s content is fully integrated online, and copies are distributed throughout Eugene, Portland, and Bend.The inspiration behind O2 came in part from something a fellowstudent, Kathryn Boyd-Batstone, BS ’15, said during a presentation “Working on O2 never really feels like work,” said Hentschel. “Ourin one of Hentschel’s classes. He recalls her saying, “Figure out what ‘meetings’ are full of laughs and tangential conversations. We flipyou lose all your time doing, and then try and find a way to use that through magazines, compare notes from the past weekend, andfor your career in journalism.” This powerful idea became the driving revel in collective enthusiasm for what we have created.”force behind O2 magazine.Hentschel felt that because the UO is known for its adventurousstudent body, it needed a publication to represent the outdoorcommunity—and that was a sentiment the entire O2 team could 45

Fa20c15u–B16lotyoks Several SOJC faculty members published books on a wide range of topics this year, from academic texts to literary nonfiction. Here’s a sampling of the most recent releases: Raising the Barre: Big Dreams, Newsworthy: Cultivating Data Journalism: Inside the Global Media Giants False Starts, and My Midlife Critical Thinkers, Readers, Global Future by Benjamin J. Birkinbine, Quest to Dance The Nutcracker and Writers in Language Arts edited by Tom Felle, John Mair, Rodrigo Gomez, and by Lauren Kessler Classrooms  and Damian Radcliffe Janet Wasko Award-winning author and by Ed Madison In this follow-up to the best-selling Janet Wasko, Philip H. Knight Chair professor Lauren Kessler’s, Data Journalism: Mapping the Future, in Communication Research, teamed MS ’75, latest work of literary Assistant Professor Ed Madison, Damian Radcliffe, Carolyn S. up with her colleagues from the nonfiction chronicles her midlife PhD ’12—who has been a Chambers Professor in Journalism, world of media studies research, journey to fulfill her childhood professional broadcast journalist and his coeditors offer 30 chapters Benjamin Birkinbine, PhD ’14, and dream of becoming a ballerina. and producer-director for more than from professional journalists, Rodrigo Gomez, to produce this Beginning with a nationwide 30 years—offers teachers strategies developers, and academics who are in-depth look at media corporations. “Transcontinental Nutcracker Binge for using journalistic learning using data to find and tell stories Through case studies of some of the Tour” and ending with her personal to instruct students in research, in new and visually exciting ways. world’s largest media corporations— performance of The Nutcracker reading, and writing in language arts Contributors include Simon Rogers, from News Corp and Televisa to with the Eugene Ballet Company, and social science. Drawing from his data editor at Google; Helena Microsoft and Sony—the book Kessler’s account offers a behind- extensive fieldwork in schools across Bengtsson, editor of data projects examines how such companies wield the-scenes look at the gritty world the country, Madison demonstrates at the Guardian; Megan Lucero, data power economically, politically, of ballet through the lens of her love how this approach, which borrows journalism editor at the Times and and culturally on the regional, for the dance, as well as her fears, techniques from journalists and the Sunday Times in London; and national, and global levels. Other resilience, and refusal to “settle in” focuses on research and writing Assistant Professor Nicole Dahmen. SOJC contributors include Associate to midlife. projects that yield publishable Professor Gabriela Martínez, student writing, aligns with PhD ’05; William Kunz, MS ’94, Common Core State Standards. PhD ’98; Teddy Workneh, PhD ’14; Mickey Lee, PhD ’04; and Assistant Professor Christopher Chávez.46

Assistant ProfessorPeterAlilunasPublishes Porn IndustryRetrospectiveStory by Andra Brichacek Photo by Emma OraveczWhen most people think about media studies,pornography is not the first thing that comes to mind. Butthe genre, assistant professor and interim media studiesarea director Peter Alilunas, BA ’06, argues, holds animportant—and unique—place in media history.“As a media scholar interested in gender and sexuality, Ibelieve pornography is the ideal place to examine thoseissues,” said Alilunas. “It’s the ‘limit’ of how humanscan visually represent those characteristics, so it’s aperfect laboratory to raise and examine big questions.Pornography is also something most people (not justacademics) want to avoid, which makes it even moreinteresting and important.”After nearly a decade of research on the topic, Alilunasis filling a considerable gap in the literature with therecent publication of Smutty Little Movies: The Creationand Regulation of Adult Video. According to Alilunas, hisnew book tells two stories: The first is the history of adultvideo, including the players and actors, companies, andmovies of the industry as it transitioned from theatersto home video beginning in the late 1970s. The secondexplores the cultural consequences and regulations thatfollowed.“What I’m really interested in is how culture regulatesmedia,” Alilunas said. “How do people limit, contain,regulate, and monitor pleasure, desire, and mediateddepictions of those things?”The answer to that question, he added, provides a framefor examining regulation of all kinds, from cultural to legaland financial. The book argues that society’s efforts tomediate and monitor pleasure position adult video as asignificant player in the history of not only pornography,but of media as a whole.“What this book adds to the conversation is a history thathas been hidden and unexplored,” Alilunas said. “I wantedto answer basic questions about adult video history, likewe do for every other type of media. The creation of adultvideo is one of the most significant media transformationsof the 20th century.” 47

HonorsSaOnJdCAwards Leslie Steeves Senior Associate Dean Leslie Steeves won the Assistant Professor Autumn Shafer’s poster won UO’s 2016 Thomas F. Herman Award for Specialized Honorable Mention at the 2016 Kentucky Conference Gabriela Martínez Pedagogy for her dedication in building the Media on Health Communication. in Ghana program. Steeves also joined the editorial Miranda Atkinson board of the Journal of Creative Communications. Assistant Director of Student Services Miranda Kyu Ho Youm Atkinson is the recipient of the UO Excellent Student advisor Rachel Allen, BA ’09, was the 2016 Professional Advising Award, which is cosponsored by48 Excellence in Advising—Professional Advisor the All-Campus Advising Association and the Division winner, selected by the National Academic Advising of Undergraduate Studies. This award recognizes the Association (NACADA) Region 8 Steering Committee. positive impact that exceptional professional advising and mentoring has on undergraduate students’ The National Institute for Transportation and educational experience at the University of Oregon. Communities awarded more than $86,000 to a research team led by SOJC faculty members Director of Student Services Sally Garner, BA ’98,  Assistant Professor David Remund; Senior Instructor is one of only 10 in the world selected to serve as Kelli Matthews, BA ’01, MA ’04; Carolyn Silva mentors for the 2016–18 Class of Emerging Leaders Chambers Distinguished Professor in Advertising for NACADA, the global community for academic Deborah Morrison; and Assistant Professor Autumn advising. Garner, who was herself an emerging leader Shafer for the yearlong study “Framing Livability: A in the program’s 2011–13 class, was selected because Strategic Communications Approach to Improving of her commitment to the program as well as her Support for Public Transportation in Oregon.” involvement and leadership in the association. Professor Lauren Kessler, MS ’75, was inducted Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair Kyu Ho into the University of Washington Department of Youm was the winner of the Guido H. Stempel III Communications Alumni Hall of Fame in October Award for Journalism and Mass Communication 2015. Research, an annual award presented by the faculty of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio Associate Professor Gabriela Martínez, PhD ’05, was University to recognize a body of research that has selected to receive the 2016 Reverend Dr. Martin benefited the professions of journalism and related Luther King Jr. Award from the University of Oregon. mass communication fields. Professor of Practice Torsten Kjellstrand’s  Doctoral student Endalk Chala, as part of the Zone documentary, Finding Refuge, was selected for 9 bloggers, received the 2015 International Press viewing at several film festivals: Frontier Texas, Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect the Ethnografilm Festival, the One Nation Film Journalists. Festival, and the Short Stop International Film Festival. Assistant Professor Ed Madison, PhD ’12, was named an Apple Distinguished Educator. Assistant Professor Nicole Dahmen was awarded a UO Faculty Research Grant for a project studying Ann Curry, BA ’78, recieved a 2015 Oregon History both candidate-controlled and mass-mediated images Makers medal as a person who is positively shaping of candidates in the 2016 US presidential campaign. the history, culture, and landscape of Oregon. The project, “The Visual Presentation of Candidates in the 2016 Presidential Campaign,” will be a follow- up to her journal article, “Obama and Romney Photos Receive Equal Treatment.”

Andy Rossback, BS ’14, designed the website for the Doctoral student Ashley Cordes received the Troy EliasPulitzer Prize–winning Marshall Project–ProPublica Margaret Weise Award from the UO Graduate School. Nicole Dahmenjoint reporting project, “An Unbelievable Story of Seth LewisRape.” Doctoral students Netsanet Debebe, Theodore Ashley Cordes Harrison III, and Shehram Mokhtar received Tevin TavaresAssistant Professor David Remund was appointed Promising Scholar Awards from the UO Graduateto the editorial board of the Journal of PR Research, School.the top research journal for scholarship in publicrelations. He was also named to the Public Relations Videographer-producer Evan Norton and writer-Society of America’s College of Fellows and an Arthur strategist Spencer Orofino, BA ’16, attended thePage Society Legacy Fellow, and he was appointed OneScreen film screening. Their video for theto the State of Oregon Attorney General’s Sexual Science and Memory project, Will You Change?, wasAssault Task Force. shortlisted in the student competition.Assistant Professor Troy Elias and Carolyn Doctoral students Sarah Hamid and PatrickSilva Chambers Distinguished Professor in Jones were part of the winning panel, “South Asia:Advertising Deborah Morrison were selected for the Cracking Open the Black Boxes of Law, Democracy,2016 Education Summit Steering Committee of the Infrastructure, and Governance,” at the 2016 UOOne Club for Art and Copy in New York. Graduate Forum in February. Doctoral students Matthew Pittman and Derek Moscato were part ofAssistant Professor Nicole Dahmen won the Top a second winning panel, “Adapting to New Trends inPaper Award in the Visual Communication Studies Policy and Technology.”Division at the International CommunicationAssociation conference in Fukuoka, Japan, for her The Cuba Creatives team took first place in the Bestresearch on restorative narrative. She was named Interactive—Large Team category in the Broadcastto the editorial board for Visual Communication Education Association Festival of Media Arts Awards.Quarterly. More than 1,300 total entries were received in the nationwide competition. Also, the NW Stories teamJenny Tatone, BA ’99, MS ’16; doctoral student Alec (Garrett Guinn, BA ’15; Sutton Raphael, BA ’16; DanaTefertiller; and Associate Professor Tiffany Gallicano Bredeweg, BA ’16; and Amanda Butt, BA ’15) tookwon the Top Teaching Paper Award for the Public third place in the long-form documentary category.Relations Division of the Association for Education inJournalism and Mass Communication for their study, Brock Kirby, BS ’08, made the One Club’s list of 2016titled “I Love Tweeting in Class, but . . .: A Mixed- Ones to Watch under 30 Years Old.Method Study of Student Perceptions of the Impactof Twitter in Large Lecture Classes.” Doctoral student Shehram Mukhtar received a UO Center for the Study of Women in Society grant forAssistant Professor Donna Davis was named his work, “Women’s Dances and Men’s Pleasures: The2015 Outstanding Alumna by the University Politics of Gender, Sexuality, and Class in the Punjabiof Florida’s Department of Family, Youth, and Theater of Lahore, Pakistan.”Community Sciences for “success in her career” andaccomplishments that “best exemplify the standards Paulina Liang, BA ’16, and Yolanda Saetern, BS ’16,and values of the department.” The honor recognizes were honored at the American Advertisingone undergraduate and one graduate alumnus or Federation’s Most Promising Multicultural Studentalumna from each program annually. Davis received conference.her master’s degree from the program in 2005. The student-produced film Numb in America wasKnight Chair in Communication Research Janet nominated for a 2016 Collegiate Emmy Award. TheWasko was re-elected to a third term as president team that produced the film includes Greg Bruce,of the International Association for Media and BS ’16; Jose Contreras, BS ’16; Sutton Raphael, BA ’16;Communication Research. Tevin Tavares, BS ’16; and Larryn Zeigler.Seth Lewis, Shirley Papé Chair in Electronic Media,received the Best Article of the Year Award fromthe Journalism Studies Division of the InternationalCommunication Association for his paper, “Actors,Actants, Audiences, and Activities in Cross-MediaNews Work.” 49

Esi Thompson Doctoral student Esi Eduwaa Thompson was • NW Stories—Artist and “Bug Guy” Christopher Matthew Pittman awarded the Oregon Sylff Fellowship for International Marley by Nicolas Walcott; Garrett Jeremiah Favara Research from the UO Graduate School. Thompson Guinn, BA ’15; Chloe Huckins, BA ’16, and Kyle Hentschel was also selected as one of three winners of the 2016 Kyle Hentschel, with support from OR Thomas Schmidt Inez Kaiser Graduate Students of Color Awards by Media, was designated the 2016 Society of the Public Relations Division of the Association for Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence50 Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. National Winner in the Television Feature She also received the SOJC Doctoral Research Reporting category. National Mark of Excellence Fellowship to help fund her dissertation research, award judges can select one national winner in which is concerned with communication and health, each category. Walcott was the lead producer focusing on the case of the 2014–15 Ebola outbreak in on the piece. West Africa. Four SOJC student projects received nominations in Doctoral student Matthew Pittman was accepted the 2016 National Academy of Television Arts and to the Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Sciences Northwest College Awards for Excellence: Program, where he joined doctoral students from all over the world and from many different disciplines to • Short-Form Nonfiction—“Creatively study online theory. Maladjusted” • David Zupan, director-editor Doctoral student Jeremiah Favara received a • Long-Form Nonfiction—“Fitting the Description John Furr Fellowship to conduct research in Duke in North Portland” • Jarratt Taylor, MS ’15, University’s J. Walter Thompson collections for director his dissertation. Duke funded eight applicants, and Favara was the only one to receive the • “We Followed the Water: The Story of the Furr Fellowship, which allowed him to spend two Oregon Science and Memory Project” • weeks conducting research at the John Hartman University of Oregon • Ivan Lafollette, class Center for Sales, Advertising, and Marketing History. of 2015, director • Christopher M. Piepgrass, He was also accepted to the USC Summer Doctoral BS ’16, coproducer • Cody Schmidt, BS ’15, Institute on Diversity and Culture. coproducer Media studies master’s student J. D. Swerzenski  • “A Higher Road” • Michael McGovern, BS ’15, received a Fulbright US Student Award to teach in director • Izzi Rassouli, producer • Casey Colombia. He will act as an English teaching assistant Minter, BS ’15, cinematographer for the 2016–17 academic year. OR Magazine won the Gold Crown Award presented Dawn E. Garcia, BS ’81, was named director of the by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships Program at Stanford. Micky Lee, PhD ’04, received the Top Poster Award in the Feminist Scholarship Division at the International The SOJC had three teams of winners in this year’s Communication Association conference in Fukuoka, Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 10 Mark of Japan, for her paper “Ada’s Algorithm: Reimagining Excellence Awards: the Machine as Texts”. • Fahmo Mohammed, BA ’15, Kyle Hentschel, Doctoral candidate Thomas Schmidt’s research and the staff of OR Magazine—Best Digital- paper, “Pioneer of Style: How the Washington Post Only Student Publication for OR Magazine, Adopted Literary Journalism,” was awarded the Spring 2015 issue Norman Sims Best Graduate Paper prize by the International Association for Literary Journalism • Cuba Creatives staff—Best Independent Online Studies. This is the second year in a row that Schmidt Student Publication for Cuba Creatives. received this award. Schmidt was also awarded the Gary Smith Summer Professional Development • Garrett Guinn, BA ’15, Dana Bredeweg, BA ’16, Award and a Graduate Research Support Fellowship and Andrew Spangler, BA ’16—Best Use of from the UO Graduate School. Multimedia for “Out of the Shadows: Cuban Improv Actor Carlos Borbon”

Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism Damian Shirley Chan placed in the top 20 in the Hearst Damian RadcliffeRadcliffe was selected as a 2016 Fellow by the Tow Journalism Awards competition in the Multimedia— Gordon FriedmanCenter for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Feature Writing category. Julia ReihsHis project (with Dr. Christopher Ali), “Local News in Hannah Goldena Digital World: Small Market Newspapers in an Era The Science and Memory team took first place in theof Digital Disruption,” examines how small-market Hearst Multimedia Team Reporting Competition.newspapers in the US are responding to the shift Team members include Melanie Burke, BA ’15;to digital technology in everything from editorial Emma Pindell; Kyra Bailey; Will Saunders, BS ’16;content to distribution to advertising. Hayla Beck; Evan Norton; Paige De Paepe;  Miro Merrill; Taylor Richmond, BA ’16; SpencerPublic relations student Keala Verigan and the rest Orofino, BA ’16; Ben McBee, BA ’16; of the UO Net Impact team were finalists in the Lili Bayarmagnai, BA ’15; Julia Reihs, BA ’15;2016 Toyota + Net Impact Next Generation Mobility Sierra Morgan, BA ’16; and Andy Abeyta, BA ’15.Challenge. Sam Katzman, BA ’15, and Reuben Unrau, BA ’15,Jarrat Taylor, MS ’15, won the Long-Form Nonfiction placed in the top 20 in the Hearst Journalism Awardsaward in the 2016 Northwest Regional College Feature Writing competition.Student Awards for Excellence for his film, Fitting theDescription in North Portland. Ryan Kang, BA ’16, placed in the top 20 in the Hearst Journalism Awards competition in the photographyDoctoral student Teri Del Rosso’s paper, division.“Intersectionality and LGBTQ Youth Advocacy: AnAnalysis of the Agenda-Building Strategies of the Justin Wise, BS ’16, took fifth place in theGSA Network and PFLAG,” was selected by the Public Hearst College Sports Writing Awards. His winningRelations Division as a Top Student Paper for the piece is a beautiful and sad piece about being a sportsNational Communication Association 102nd Annual fan and the death of his father.Convention. Will Saunders, BS ’16, and Kyra Bailey were in the topGordon Friedman, BS ’15, was named the Society of 20 winners in the Hearst Journalism Awards PhotoProfessional Journalists Oregon Territory Chapter Picture Story-Series competition.2015 Rookie of the Year. Friedman was a Snowdenintern at the Statesman Journal in summer 2015 and Hearst Intercollegiate Competitionwas offered a full-time position at the end of hisinternship. Often called “the Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program holds yearlong competitionsHillary Lake, MA ’02, PhD ’08, received a 2015 Emmy in writing, photojournalism, broadcast news,Award for Crime Reporting from the Northwest and multimedia for journalism undergraduates.Division of the National Academy of Television Arts Journalism schools accumulating the most pointsand Sciences. earned by their students in each category are designated the winners of the IntercollegiatePrapat “Jojoe” Nujoy, BA ’13, received the 2015 New Competitions. The Overall Intercollegiate winnersProfessional Award of Excellence from the Portland are those schools with the highest combined studentMetro Public Relations Society of America. points from a record 1,261 entries submitted this year.2015–16 Hearst Journalism Awards 1. The SOJC placed in the top 10 in the Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition.Kyle Hentschel took first place in the HearstMultimedia Enterprise Reporting Competition for 2. The SOJC placed seventh in the HearstRise Again, featured on nepal.uoregon.edu. Julia Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition.Reihs, BA ’15, took fourth place in this competitionfor her Journey of Jeopardy piece. 3. The SOJC placed fifth in the Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition.Hannah Golden, BA ’16, took fifth place in the HearstPersonality Profile Writing Competition. 4. The SOJC tied for eighth place (with the University of Missouri) in the Hearst Intercollegiate Overall Competition. Lili Bayarmagnai 51

SethJoins LewisSOJC Electronicas Shirley Papé Chair in Media Story by Ben DeJarnette, BA ’13, MA ’15 As a rising star in mass communication challenges and opportunities that face Communication Association’s Journalism research, Seth Lewis grapples with many of journalism, as well as thinking about what Studies Division for his paper “Actors, the biggest issues facing the news media, the changing nature of technology means Actants, Audiences, and Activities in Cross- from the future of artificial intelligence in for the changing nature of journalism.” Media News Work.” He edited a 2015 special journalism to the relationship between news issue of the international peer-reviewed organizations and audiences. So maybe it’s Lewis—a former journalist turned PhD who journal Digital Journalism on the subject of a good thing that the SOJC’s newest faculty leaves a position as associate professor at “Journalism in an Era of Big Data,” co-edited member no longer has to lose sleep over the University of Minnesota—will begin the 2015 book Boundaries of Journalism: another thorny conundrum: Go Ducks, or teaching courses in the fall. Professionalism, Practices, and Participation, Go Beavers? and won the 2013 Outstanding Journal Lewis works at the intersection of digital Article of the Year in Journalism Studies “Growing up in Gresham, I had a split technologies, media sociology, and for “The Tension Between Professional allegiance between the Ducks and Beavers,” journalism studies. His research explores Control and Open Participation: he said. “I had no real dog in the fight, so I the digital transformation of news and Journalism and Its Boundaries” as well as kind of liked them both.” media work, with a focus on conceptualizing an honorable mention distinction in 2014 human–technology interactions and media for “Open Source and Journalism: Toward Lewis settled that problem by joining the innovation processes associated with data, New Frameworks for Imagining News SOJC as its inaugural Shirley Papé Chair code, analytics, social media, and related Innovation.” His 2012 coauthored article on in Electronic Media. In the new role, he phenomena. journalists’ use of Twitter is the most-cited will bring his award-winning research on article in the 16-year history of Journalism digital-era journalism to Eugene, where he’ll Drawing on a variety of disciplines, Studies. also teach courses that help students think theories, and methods, Lewis has published critically and creatively about the industry nearly 40 peer-reviewed articles and book Lewis is on the editorial boards of New they’re preparing to enter. chapters since 2010, covering a range of Media & Society—the top-ranked journal in sociotechnical development—from big communication—as well as Journalism & “A lot of students are being hired not only data and open-source software, to social Mass Communication Quarterly, Social Media for their skills practicing journalism, but also media and digital audience analytics. + Society, and Digital Journalism, among for their ideas about how to make it better,” In 2016, he received the Best Article of others. he said. “Part of that is understanding the the Year Award from the International52

AnthonyJoinsWhittenSOJC asScholastic JournalismOutreach Coordinator Story by Andra BrichacekWhen Anthony Whitten was 11, he moved paths they might never have considered. digital natives. He will also act as executivefrom a majority black school in New Jersey In his role as advisor for Westfield High director of the Northwest Scholastic Press,to a primarily white school in Virginia. School’s yearbook and newspaper, he has a regional organization based in the SOJCIn high school, he struggled with feeling as guided student journalists to several honors, that organizes the annual Fall Press Day andif he belonged in a community where few of including this year’s elite Pacemaker Award. the Student Media Olympics.his fellow students looked like him. For the past two years, he has also served as a facilitator for the Journalism Education “Scholastic journalism serves an essentialThat all changed when he found journalism. Association’s Outreach Academy, where role for the SOJC as the leading school“It was the one place I felt really connected he trains other journalism advisors how to of journalism on the West Coast,” saidto school and myself,” he said. teach their subject to diverse populations. Regina Lawrence, executive director of The JEA awarded Whitten its Rising Star the SOJC’s Agora Journalism Center andAfter joining the yearbook staff his junior Award in 2013. George S. Turnbull Portland Center, whereyear, Whitten realized two things: the world Whitten’s position is based. “It’s part ofis full of possibilities—and stories—just Whitten’s latest adventure as the our mission to show young people thewaiting to be discovered. And he wanted SOJC’s scholastic journalism outreach importance of journalism to communitiesto be a teacher who could support other coordinator will allow him to match even and to democracy. And it’s a crucial pipelineminority students through the types of more high school students with life- to excite young people—especially thosechallenges he had faced. changing opportunities. In the new role, in underrepresented communities—about Whitten will visit Oregon high schools to journalism, pursuing college, and attendingWhitten, who has been a high school recruit students to the SOJC and teach the University of Oregon.”instructor in northern Virginia for the last other educators what he has learned about12 years, has made it his life’s mission to keeping journalism engaging and relevant tosupport young people and show them 53

JouAdrnvaalniscmemCeonutncil The Journalism Advancement Council provides advice and support to 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 to provide counsel regarding mission, goals, and strategic planning, and it assists with efforts to obtain financial support to enrich the student experience. Central to the role of the council members are advocating for the school and helping to strengthen its relationships with its various constituencies. Jon Anderson Julie Dixon Scott Reames, BA ’89 President/Publisher Cofounder (Retired) Corporate Historian Random Length Publications Sports Incorporated Nike Steve Bass Ken Doctor, MA ’79 Neal Rosen, BS ’74 President and CEO News Industry Analyst Owner Oregon Public Broadcasting Newsonomics Rosen Communications Scott Bedbury, BS ’80 Corey duBrowa, BA ’88 Betty Staniak, BS ’80 Founder/CEO SVP Global Public Affairs Sr. Writer/Producer Brandstream Starbucks Coffee Company State Farm Creative Barbara Blangiardi, BS ’79 Brian Erb, BS ’85 Gayle Timmerman, BA ’69 SVP Strategies & Creative Partnerships Partner (Retired) Classified Advertising Manager (Retired) FOX Sports Ropes & Gray, LLC The Oregonian Kari Boiler BA, ’93 Shirley Hancock, BS ’80 Tracy Wong, BA ’81 CEO JennaCooperPR Chairman, Creative Director Boiler Inc. Contributing Writer for 1859 Magazine WONGDOODY Former anchor/reporter KOIN-TV Therese Bottomly, BA ’83 Mark Zusman, MA ’78 (Chair) Anne Marie Levis, MBA ’96 Managing Editor Publisher/Editor The Oregonian President Willamette Week Funk/Levis Associates Tim Clevenger, class of 1986 Steve O’Leary, BS ’69 Vice President—Brand, Creative, and B2C Strategy & Integrated Marketing Chairman Cambia Health Solutions O’Leary and Partners John Costa Jim Pensiero, BA ’75 Editor in Chief Deputy Managing Editor (Retired) The Bulletin The Wall Street Journal54

Welcome newJAC Members Jon Anderson Jon is a former member and past chair of the UO Foundation Board of Trustees. He is the president, publisher, and sole owner of Random Lengths Publications, a privately held wood products industry newsletter and information service. Jon was a competitive long distance runner from 1966 to 1984 and a member of the US Olympic Team in 1972. He won the Boston Marathon in 1973. Jon began his running career in Eugene as a senior at Sheldon High School with legendary coach Bill Bowerman. Jon was immortalized as the first athlete to win an international event in Nike shoes. Barbara Blangiardi, BS ’79 Barbara is the senior vice president of strategies and creative partnerships for FOX Sports. She previously worked for NBC Universal, where she oversaw creative teams that produced branded content for all NBCU platforms and the consumer marketing campaigns for NBC Olympics. Barbara is a former member of the UOAA Board of Directors, mentors UO student athletes, and provides support for student athletic scholarships and experiential learning in the SOJC. Kari Boiler, BA ’93 Kari is the former president of Bugaboo Americas. Prior to working for Bugaboo, she worked at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland and Amsterdam, where she worked for such global brands as Nike, Coca-Cola, Audi, and Lego. After the birth of her first child, Kari found that her Bugaboo stroller was the center of attention stateside. She approached the small Dutch company with her ideas for launching and growing the Bugaboo Americas business. Bugaboo armed her with 15 strollers to execute an exciting marketing and business plan, and she moved back to Los Angeles in 2002. Jim Pensiero, BA ’75 Jim retired as deputy managing editor and talent editor for the Wall Street Journal in November 2015, capping a 31-year career at WSJ/Dow Jones. He’s now working as a consultant to the chief content officer of Gannett Co., advising on technology and management issues. The WSJ has created a summer internship in Jim’s honor—the F. James Pensiero Summer Reporting Internship. The first winner of the internship is SOJC graduate Dahlia Bazzaz, BA ’16, who worked for the WSJ’s New York bureau in summer 2016. Neal Rosen, BS ’74 Neal is a UO ambassador, former board chair, and member of the Journalism Advancement Council. He is also the owner of Rosen Communications, which provides public relations and strategic communications to public and pre-IPO companies. 55

Fred Crafts Comes Full Circle Story by Andra Brickacek Photo courtesy of Fred Crafts Some people are born knowing what they From Storyteller to Journalist close to hanging up on the man who turned want to do with their lives. Fred Crafts, Crafts has always been a storyteller, but he out to be my future boss. Talk about nearly BS ’63, is one of them. He just didn’t realize credits the J-School with turning his aptitude missing an opportunity.” it until he got to the University of Oregon. into a livelihood. “The SOJC gave me the The position turned out to be a dream job “When I was floating from major (music) to mechanism for telling stories effectively,” for Crafts: fine arts editor. He spent the major (geology) to major (political science), he said. “I learned how to craft a lead, tell next five years covering the bustling LA arts Dean John Hulteng encouraged me to a story, check my facts, meet a deadline, scene and meeting his heroes from every stay with journalism,” Crafts said. “One follow a style, give it my all. All the stuff I creative field, including Dave Brubeck, Little day he informed me that my eclectic life thought boring at the time has turned out to Richard, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Gregory journey was precisely the kind of liberal arts be incredibly important and useful.” Peck, Ansel Adams, and Ken Kesey. background a journalist needs.” After graduation, Crafts wasted no time Eventually, Crafts realized he felt most Crafts was way ahead of the dean. He landed putting his skills to use. He became a fulfilled in Eugene. “Eugene nourishes me in a job as a radio announcer at 16, and by the reporter at the Register-Guard, where a way no other place can,” he said. time he enrolled at UO, he was working full- another piece of his life puzzle fell into The city has benefited just as much from time as station news director for KERG-AM, place. “I did a lot of arts coverage,” he his homecoming. He is a sought-after now KRVM, in Eugene. says. “Recognizing that the arts were my commentator and arts judge, a former Lane true calling, I soon made it my sole area of Arts Council’s president, and winner of “Being a child of the 1940s, I grew up with coverage for the rest of my career.” the Eugene Arts and Letters Award. While radio,” Crafts says. “The only job I ever wanted was to be on the air.” Much like his love of radio, Crafts’ passion covering arts for the Register-Guard, he More than 50 years after Hulteng confirmed for the arts has been with him since started a novel, taught Reporting 101 in the Crafts’ life path, he has yet to stray from it. childhood. “I have always been interested in SOJC, and launched the Friday Art Walk. He’s won a number of journalism awards the arts,” he said. “I was lucky. My parents throughout his career, including a National took me to a lot of performances as a child. Recognizing Crafts’s unique ability to drum Newspaper Association award, the Birdland As a result, the arts are in my blood.” up excitement for the city’s burgeoning arts scene, Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy named him West Humanitarian Award, and an American While still reporting for the Register-Guard, its first ambassador for the arts in 2008. “I’m Political Science Association award. He’s Crafts began doing broadcast news stories not a performer in the usual sense,” he said. a well-known national commentator and on the side for CBS Radio. “My first national “I don’t crave being onstage. But I champion advocate for the arts. And he has remained story was a piece for CBS Radio Sports—an all art forms.” active in radio throughout his life. interview with Terry Baker, Oregon State’s Radio Redux quarterback who had just won the 1962 Heisman Award,” Crafts said. “I was hooked. At 76, Crafts is retired from journalism, but I covered everything—sports, politics, crime, not from the passions that have shaped his natural disasters, you name it.” life. In 2009, he founded Radio Redux, a By the late 1960s, Crafts’s star was rising repertory acting company that re-enacts the fast. He continued to do radio stories for historic radio programs broadcast between the major networks and published articles 1935 and 1960, such as “War of the Worlds” in some of the biggest print outlets in the and The Maltese Falcon. Crafts writes for, nation, including the Associated Press, produces, acts in, and directs Radio Redux’s United Press International, the New York 30-person cast, which performs regular Times, Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, and seasons celebrating radio’s heyday. San Francisco Chronicle. In 1967, he landed a “We are not only an entertainment vehicle job as an anchorman and reporter for a CBS but a historical preservation project as Radio station in Los Angeles, and he hosted well,” Crafts said. “We’re helping to save and produced a national radio program the wonderful storytelling medium of the called Youth Scene that chronicled the social ‘theater of the imagination.’” revolution of the 1960s. Radio Redux lets Crafts pursue his interest in “Having close contact with leading historical radio while keeping his journalistic figures of the ’60s movement— skills sharp. “Radio Redux is like coming full especially the rock music circle,” he says. “My journalism background innovators—gave me an entirely new comes to the fore in editing scripts and way at looking at art,” Crafts said. writing press releases.” The Road Back Home It all comes down to powerful storytelling. Crafts continued building his “My passion in Radio Redux is telling great portfolio until he received a stories as effectively as possible,” Crafts mysterious phone call in 1983. “One said. “A good radio story is just like a good news story: it has a catchy lead, a powerful day I got a call asking if I wanted forward motion sparked by curiosity, and a to work for the LA Times,” Crafts triumphant ending. That’s Journalism 101.” said. “Thinking it was a friend56 playing a joke on me, I came

Corey duBrowa Opening Doors for First-Generation College Students Story by Andra BrichacekCorey duBrowa’s, BA ’88, father did not have it easy growing up. Orphanedat a young age, Michael DuBrowa was raised by a distant relative in animpoverished part of Los Angeles. And yet, despite these challenges, hebecame the first in his family to attend college, which he funded throughan athletics scholarship for swimming and diving. After graduation, theelder DuBrowa became a lifelong educator and coach who, among manyother achievements, trained Olympic diver Greg Louganis in his youth andestablished Junction City High School’s state-champion soccer team.“The fact that he was able to accomplish so much, coming from so little, ishumbling to think about and a great testimony to his perseverance, smarts,and guts,” said Corey duBrowa, senior vice president of global communications and international public affairs for Starbucks. To honor his late father, Corey and his wife, fellow SOJC alumna Courteneay duBrowa, BA ’88, recently established the Michael T. DuBrowa Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship gives preference to SOJC students majoring in advertising or public relations who, like Corey’s father, are first- generation college attendees with a demonstrated financial need. The new scholarship is the latest in a long history of gifts, in both time and money, the duBrowas have contributed to the SOJC and the UO. Corey served on the UO Alumni Association Board of Directors for seven years, including a two-year term as chair, and has been a member of the Journalism Advancement Council since 2013 as well as its chair in 2014–15. He has also visited campus often to offer support and guidance to the SOJC’s public relations and advertising students. Corey emphasizes teamwork and giving back—values he credits his father with instilling—in his professional life as well as his personal life. “His approach deeply influenced who I am as a person: working hard, together, and leaving everything out on the field is the greatest way to honor your teammates and the ‘sport’ you are playing,” he said. “I’ve seen for decades how this mindset also applies to the business world. To me, it’s less important to be recognized for some particular achievement than it is to ‘grow the pie’ and make our profession interesting for future generations. Growing the next generation of leaders will help carry our work forward and keep it alive.” 57

Top Students Awarded Prestigious Hall of Achievement Scholarships The Hall of Achievement Student Fund was established in 2002 to celebrate—and better acquaint students with—the SOJC’s history and 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 supported by annual gifts and proceeds of the annual HOA dinner. Francesca Marie Fontana CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Kaylee Euh Na Domzalski 2016–17 WINNERS Noah Stephan McGraw Samuel Key Higdon CIVIC AND WATCHDOG JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP Francesca Marie Fontana ANN CURRY SCHOLARSHIP Shirley L. Chan ROBERT B. FRAZIER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Kaylee Euh Na Domzalski JOHN L. AND ELIZABETH R. HULTENG SCHOLARSHIP Francesca Marie Fontana KEN METZLER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Angelina Marie Hess LYLE M. NELSON SCHOLARSHIP Noah Stephan McGraw GEORGE PASERO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN SPORTS JOURNALISM Joseph Maxwell Thornberry, class of 2016 WARREN C. PRICE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Rachel LaChapelle RANDY M. SHILTS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Mia Lee Vicino JACK AND MARCI WILLIAMS SCHOLARSHIP Zoe Haakenstad BILL WINTER ADVERTISING SCHOLARSHIP Samuel Key Higdon DEAN REA SCHOLARSHIP Christopher Huntley Bower HALL OF ACHIEVEMENT SCHOLARSHIPS Jack Whitman Butler Emma Marie Decker Kaylee Euh Na Domzalski Grace Virginia Hashiguchi Angelina Marie Hess Samuel Key Higdon Jessie Rae Price Robert Michael Schenk Scholarships enable us to recruit top students and keep Oregonians in state. They also help us ensure no deserving student is denied the opportunity to earn an SOJC degree because of financial circumstances. Scholarships also make it possible for students to participate in life-changing experiences, such as travel, internships, research, and special projects. Scholarship resources help improve our award-winning programs, recruit great faculty members, and improve the experience of all students. For information about giving to the SOJC, go to page 60.58

RecognizingExcellenceThe following awards were presented at the SOJC Honors and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, June 12, 2016.Commencement Standard Bearer Julianne Newton and Molly HoverTevin Tavares, BS ’16 Brent Walth and Jonathan Bach Peter Laufer and Samantha EdgePhyllis Van Kimmell Bell Leadership Award Dean Mundy and Andrew RogersCourtney Mains, BA ’16Janice E. Rianda Outstanding Student AwardMolly Hover, BA ’16William Gurney Memorial Outstanding Student AwardAndrew Rogers, BA ’16Outstanding Journalism Graduate­—Academic ExcellenceJonathan Bach, BA ’16Outstanding Journalism Graduate—LeadershipSamantha Edge, BA ’16Outstanding Journalism Graduate—JournalismDahlia Bazzaz, BA ’16Willis Winter Award for Outstanding Scholastic andProfessional Service in the Field of AdvertisingChristopher Puma, BS ’16Roy Paul Nelson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advertising DesignLisa Donato, BS ’16W. L. Thompson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Advertising CopywritingKatharine Rohrich, BA ’16, and Guy Olson, BA ’16Maxwell Award for Creative StrategyMadison CameronLiz Cawood Public Service AwardMaritza RendonJack Ewan Award for Outstanding Public Relations GraduateSophie Lair, BA ’16Public Relations Duck AwardAndrew Rogers, BA ’16Media Studies Best Essay AwardJames CrossPrice Award for Outstanding Journalistic History PaperElizabeth Seelinger, BS ’16Outstanding Doctoral Student Teaching AwardJeremy Swartz, BA ’00, MS ’10, PhD ’16Outstanding Master’s Student Teaching AwardJ. D. SwerzenskiT. Neil Taylor Award for Outstanding Master’s ThesisAleah Kiley, MS ’16Outstanding Strategic Communication ProjectEllen Payne, MS ’16 59

to the University of Oregon’s Giving School of Journalism and Communication 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 in the midst of disruption, 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. Journalism Fund The Journalism Fund is one of the most important ways you can support the SOJC. The flexibility of this fund is invaluable. Each year, the dean allocates gifts from this fund to support top priorities in the school, including scholarships, innovative academic programs, faculty research, and student organizations. Last year, your gifts helped fund additional student scholarships and allowed students and faculty to travel to places such as Cordova, Alaska, for the Science and Memory program and Chicago for the PR Duck experience. Your investments enable us to respond quickly to new opportunities, support innovative projects, and nurture great ideas. The Journalism Fund’s impact is built on the collective strength of your support. Every gift matters. Student Scholarships Scholarship support is a cornerstone of our fundraising efforts. For the SOJC, our ambitious student-support goal involves doubling investment from nearly half a million dollars to one million dollars a year, all for SOJC students. Scholarships help us recruit and retain top students. 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. Second Century Fund Give the School of Journalism and Communication a 100th birthday present. Your contribution to the Second Century Fund helps us provide students with an education based on ethics, social responsibility, and public interest combined with experiential learning, thereby producing graduates who will go on to thrive in an ever-changing media landscape. Help us continue our legacy of funding access and excellence. For more information and details about how you can support the SOJC, please contact Katie Underwood, assistant director of development, donor relations, and stewardship, at 541-346-3819 or by e-mail at krc@uoregon. University of Oregon School of 2016 Yearbook Staff Journalism and Communication Publisher: Amy Pinkston Juan-Carlos Molleda, Edwin L. Artzt Dean Editor: Andra Brichacek Leslie Steeves, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Art Director: Keith Van Norman Tom Bivins, Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs Contributing Writers: Andra Brichacek, Rosemary Camozzi, Amy Pinkston Janet Wasko, Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Affairs Photographers: Charlie Litchfield, Jack Liu, Daniel D. Morrison, Emma Oravecz, Amanda Smith, Dustin Whitaker Program and Area Directors Proofreader: Scott Skelton Interns: Karly DeWees, Johhny Hammond, Nikki Kesaris, Jacob Mehringer, Nicole Rideout Mark Blaine, MS ’00, Journalism Area Director SOJC Yearbook is an annual publication of the University of Oregon School of Journalism Deborah Morrison, Advertising Area Director and Communication, 1275 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1275; 541-346-3738, Peter Alilunas, Media Studies Area Director journalism.uoregon.edu, [email protected]. Kelli Matthews, BA ’01, MS ’04, Public Relations Area Director Donna Davis, Strategic Communication Master’s Program Director ©2016 University of Oregon. The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative- Gabriela Martínez, Journalism Master’s Program Director action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Sung Park, Multimedia Journalism Master’s Program Codirector Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats upon request. Wes Pope, Multimedia Journalism Master’s Program Codirector60

The SOJCproudlypresents as the 2017 Rleuchtul rer Ta-Nehisi Coates—one of the most original and perceptive Black voices today and “the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States,” according to the New York Observer—is the author of Between the World and Me, the #1 New York Times bestseller that Publishers Weekly calls “a classic of our time” and Toni Morrison calls “required reading.”February 3, 20176 p.m. University of Oregon, Eugenephoto by Nina SubinThe University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity andcompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This publication will be made available in accessible formats uponrequest. Accommodations for people with disabilities will be provided if requested in advance by calling 541-346-2494.

fi“rAssa t-generation,financiallyindependent student,I couldn’t bemore grateful forthe school’s recognition and support. The SOJCscholarshipsI’ve received in the pastthree years have helped metake internship opportunitieswhile achieving my dream of”getting a college degree.FrancescaFrancesca Fontana is the 2016 recipient of the Civic and WatchdogJournalism Scholarship and the John L. and Elizabeth R. Hulteng Scholarship. Help us meet our goal of doubling our scholarship investment from nearly half a million dollars to one million dollars a year. Contact the SOJC Development Office at 541-346-3819 for more information.