School of Journalism and Communication

The Vision

• The School of Journalism (SOJC) has been exploring the idea of a Portland program since the early 1990s. With an anonymous gift of $4.5 million and a $4.5-million gift from Business Wire founder and CEO Lorry Lokey, that vision will soon become a reality.
• The SOJC will open the University of Oregon Journalism and Communication George S. Turnbull Portland Center in fall 2005 and plans to offer degree programs by fall 2006. A faculty committee is reviewing program options. In the planning stages are a masters program in management communications for working professionals as well as a “Senior Experience,” which would synthesize senior-level coursework with internships in public relations for the school's undergraduate and professional masters programs.
• The University of Oregon Journalism and Communication George S. Turnbull Portland Center will serve working professionals in Portland who wish to advance their careers and will create new opportunities in the state's media center for Eugene-based students.
• The ultimate vision for the center, which is expected to be fully operational by Fall 2007, is to draw on the school's strengths in all professional areas. The center will be located in the University of Oregon Portland Center at 722 SW 2nd Ave. until a permanent site is found.

Portland Ties

• The SOJC enjoys strong ties to the media and communication industries in Portland, with alumni in leadership roles in every communications arena. At least 2,000 SOJC alumni currently live or work in the greater Portland metropolitan area.
• In addition to building upon the school's already strong relationships with Portland media and business, the school looks forward to forging educational partnerships and collaborating with other institutions in the area.
• Roughly one third of the more than 1,400 undergraduate students enrolled at the SOJC in Eugene are originally from the Portland area.

School of Journalism and Communication Background

• The first professional journalism school in the Northwest, the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication offers students a broad-based liberal arts education and excellent professional preparation.
• The school, which started as a department in 1912 and became a professional school in 1916, is the only journalism program in Oregon to be accredited by the national Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
• In addition to undergraduate degrees in advertising, communication studies, electronic media, magazine, news-editorial, and public relations, the school offers masters and doctoral degrees in communication and society, a masters degree in literary nonfiction, and professional masters programs in news-editorial, magazine and advertising strategy and planning.