Teaching Materials

Materials – slides, syllabi and student work – from my teaching at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) 2015-present.

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Syllabi (University of Oregon)

• J463/J563: Social Media for Journalists, Fall 2022, also available on Academia.edu 
• J562: Reporting II, Fall 2022, also available on Academia.edu 
• J563/463 Social Media for Journalists, Winter 2022, also available on Academia.edu
• J463/563: Audio Storytelling, Fall 2021, also available on Academia.edu
• Study Abroad: Social Media For Journalists, London, Summer 2021 (hybrid learning due to COVID-19), also available on Academia.edu
• J463: Social Media Journalism, Spring 2021 (class taught online only due to COVID-19), also available on Academia.edu
• J562: Reporting II (grad only class), Fall 2020 (class online-only due to COVID-19), also available on Academia.edu
• J463/563: Audio Storytelling, Fall 2020 (class online-only due to COVID-19), also available on Academia.edu
• J408: Journalism in New York, Spring 2020, also available on Academia.edu
• J463/563: Audio Storytelling, Spring 2020, also available on Academia.edu
• J462: Reporting II, Spring 2020, also available on Academia.edu
• J462: Reporting II, Winter 2020, also available on Academia.edu
• J463: Social Media for Journalists, Fall 2019, also available on Academia.edu
• Social Media for Journalists, (taught in London, as part of a Study Abroad program for U.S. students), Summer 2019, also available on Academia.edu
• J408/508: Journalism in New York / New York Experience, Spring 2019, also available on Academia.edu.
• J462: Reporting II, Spring 2019, also available on Academia.edu.
• J463: Audio Storytelling, Spring 2019, also available on Academia.edu.
• J462/562: Reporting II, Winter 2019, also available on Scribd and Academia.edu. 
• J463/563: Audio Storytelling, Fall 2018, also available on Academia.edu.
• J611: Mass Communication & Society (Fall 2018), also available on Scribd and Academia.edu. The core reading list – and a supplementary list (which is added to all of the time) can be found on Medium. 
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling (Spring 2018, v.16th May 2018), earlier versions available on Scribd and Academia.edu.
• J408: Journalism in New York (Spring 2018), co-taught with Lisa Heyamoto
• J408: Demystifying the Media (Spring 2018)
• J463/J463: Top Audio Storytelling (Winter 2018), also available on Scribd, how this supports AEJMC  professional values and competencies   
• J408/J508: Demystifying the Media (Winter 2018), also available on Scribd, how this supports AEJMC  professional values and competencies   
• Social Media for Journalists London (Summer 2018), also available on Scribd.  
• J462: Reporting II (Spring 2017), also available on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling (Spring 2017), also available on Scribd.
• J408: Super-J in NYC (Spring 2017), also available on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling (Winter 2016-17), also available on Scribd.
• J408: Social Media for Journalists (Spring 2016), also available on Scribd.
• J408: Journalism Today Syllabus (Spring 2016), also available on Scribd.
• J408: Super-J in NYC Syllabus (Spring 2016), also available on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling Syllabus (Winter 2015-16), also available on Scribd.
• J462: Reporting II (Fall 2015-16), also available on Scribd.

End of term round-ups

• J463: Social Media for Journalists (Fall 2019), also available on Scribd.
• J462: Reporting II, What did we do? (Spring 2017), also available on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling end of term recap (Spring 2017), also on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling end of term recap (Winter 2017), also on Scribd.
• J463: Top Audio Storytelling end of term recap (Winter 2015-16), also on Scribd. 
• J462: Reporting II end of term recap (Fall 2015-16), also available on Scribd.  

Class blogs

• Journalism Today: Spring 2017
• Social Media for Journalism: Spring 2017
• Top Audio Storytelling: Winter 2015-16, Winter 2016-17
• Super-J in NYC Experience: Spring 2016 and 2017

Published student work

• Analysis: The trouble with Main Street, Claire Shanley, The Chronicle, 09 February 2023
• Five tips for aspiring foreign correspondents, Madison Temmel, journalism.co.uk, 28 April 2021
• Reporting on under-represented voices: five key questions journalists need to ask themselves, Mia Ryder-Marks, journalism.co.uk, 09 February 2021
• How to kick-start your freelancing career during the pandemic, Sean Knox, journalism.co.uk, 29 January 2021
• Six ingredients for a perfect audio story, Mia Ryder-Marks, journalism.co.uk, 22 January 2021
• Make the most of informational interviews with these tips, Elizabeth Groening, IJNet and IJNet Español, 06 January 2021
• A beginner’s guide to moving from written journalism to audio storytelling, Grace Murray, journalism.co.uk, 05 January 2021
• It’s possible to mask up and exercise ($), Elizabeth Groening, Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico), 14 December 2020
• What’s it like to be a woman in media? Four women share their experience, Destiny Alvarez, IJNet, 15 October 2019
• One Home at a Time, Jade Stewart, Eugene Weekly, 08 August 2019
• The problem with climate change reporting — and six tips to change it, Destiny Alvarez, IJNet, 16 July 2019
• Seven tips for student journalists covering climate change, Destiny Alvarez, University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication, 05 June 2019
• Eight newsroom beats you did not know covered climate change, Destiny Alvarez, journalism.co.uk, 20 May 2019,
• Proposed Title IX guidelines: What might change, and what this might mean, Renata Geraldo, The Daily Emerald, 13 May 2019
• A beginner’s guide to audio storytelling: what you need to know, Anna Lieberman, What’s New in Publishing, November 2018
• Getting used to the sound of your own voice: 4 tips for podcasting beginners, Sam Smargiassi, journalism.co.uk, June 2018
• There are no limits to audio storytelling: 10 tips for podcasting beginners, Delainey Garland, journalism.co.uk, May 2018
• Landing your dream internship: 3 tips from WSJ’s Ryan Knutson, Francesca Fontana, journalism.co.uk, July 2017.
• 5 ‘must dos’ for producing captivating podcasts, Jackson Phonsopha, journalism.co.uk, June 2017.
• Stop and listen: A beginner’s guide to planning and recording an audio story, Kenzie White, journalism.co.uk, March 2017.
• How Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Measure Engagement, Kira Hoffelmeyer, MediaShift, June 2016
• Making Sense of Engagement Editors, Social Metrics and Analytics, Kira Hoffelmeyer, MediaShift, May 2016
• A global tragedy on a journalist’s doorstep, Ruben Garcia Jr, BBC Online, January 2016.
• The mainstreaming of data reporting and what it means for journalism schools, August Frank and YingYing Yang, with Damian Radcliffe, journalism.co.uk, December 2015.

My Slides and Class Notes

Top Audio Storytelling (Winter 2016-17)

• 9 seminal moments and format types
• How to tell audio stories: 8 top tips
• Audio links from Professor Rob Quicke
• Audio Market Overview 2017 (Slides on SlideShare)
• Short-form audio storytelling: 10 format ideas

Journalism Today (Spring 2016)

• Understanding Digital Disruption
• Understanding Audiences
• Content Innovation

• 11 examples of video innovation

Social Media for Journalists (Spring 2016)

• Social Media in 2016: key stats and trends
• 10 things we learned on Day One of J408 “Social Media for Journalists”
• 11 things we learned on Day Two of J408 “Social Media for Journalists”
• Social Media: 10 essential tools and life lessons for journalists

Top Audio Storytelling (Winter 2015-16)

• Class notes: Week 1, Market Context
• Audio and Podcasting in the US
• Class Notes: Week 2, Inside KLCC, Tech and Radio Theatre
• Guest Speaker: 10 takeaways on podcasting from journalist Abigail Edge
• Guest Speaker: 12 lessons about live radio from Wendy Pilmer
• Short-form audio storytelling: 5 format ideas
• 30 things we’ve learned so far about Top Audio Storytelling
• Top tips from Kim Fox on Audio Storytelling
• The one where we went to the Museum
• The day that changed Grantham

Reporting II (Fall 2015-16)

• Introduction to Public Affairs and Community Reporting
• Identifying sources
• Live Blogging
• Understanding Human Interest stories
• Health Journalism: a short primer
• Creating a professional online journalism portfolio
• Court records and reporting
• Police and Crime Reporting: Part 1
• Police and Crime Reporting: Part 2
• Introduction to Data Journalism
• Data Journalism: Inside the global future
• 10 good habits for reporters and journalists

Guest Lectures, University of Oregon 

• J100, Media Professions. (Ed Madison, Fall 2018).
• J100, Media Professions. (Troy Elias, Winter 2018).
• J100, Media Professions. (Lisa Heyamoto, Spring 2017).
• J207, Gateway 3 (Lisa Heyamoto, Winter 2017)
• J207, Gateway 3 (Mark Blaine, Winter 2017)
• J495, Communication, Ethics and the Logic of Inquiry (Carl Bybee, Winter 2017)
• J463, Data Journalism. (Scott Maier, Winter 2017)
• J361, Reporting I. (Kathryn Their, Winter 2017)
• J480, Top Strat Social Media (Kelli Mathews, Winter 2017)
• J100, Media Professions. (Ed Madison, Spring 2017)
• J100, Media Professions. (Kathryn Kuttis, Fall 2016)
• J412, Top Campaigns Communication. (Autumn Shafer, Fall 2016)
• J462, Reporting II. (Brent Walth, Fall 2016)
• J462, Reporting II. (Lori Shontz, Fall 2016)
• J361, Reporting I. (Lori Shontz, Fall 2016)
• J100, Media Professions. (Lisa Heyamoto, Spring 2016).
• J474, Magazine Industry & Strategies.  (Tom Wheeler, Winter 2016.)
• J463, Data Journalism. (Scott Maier, Winter 2016.)
• J399, Smartphone Photography. (Sung Park, Winter 2016.)
• J350, Principles in Public Relations. (Connie Chandler, Fall 2015.)

Guest Lecturers in my classes (roles may have changed since) 

• John Baron, Hull School of Art & Design  (Reporting II, Fall 2015)
• Kevin Anderson, Gannett Wisconsin (Reporting II, Fall 2015)
• Brent Walth, UO, ex. Oregonian, Willamette Week etc. (Reporting II, Fall 2015)
• Todd Milbourn, UO, ex. Sacramento Bee and others (Reporting II, Fall 2015)
• Irene Awino, UO, on being a journalist in Kenya (Reporting II, Fall 2015)
• Abigail Edge, ex. journalism.co.uk (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Tom Lundberg, UO, (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Don Hein and Tripp Sommer, KLCC (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Wendy Pilmer, BBC Media Action / Local (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Catherine Miller, BBC Radio 4 Today program (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Kim Fox, American University in Cairo (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16).
• Sung Park, UO, (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Professor Rob Quicke, Founder College Radio Day, William Paterson University (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2015-16)
• Thomas Schmidt, UO (Journalism Today, Spring 2016)
• Yvonne Leow, Vox (Social Media for Journalists, Spring 2016)
• Gordon Friedman, Salem Statesman (Social Media for Journalists, Spring 2016)
• Chris Sutcliffe, TheMediaBriefing (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Kira Hoffelmeyer, KSL (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Tom Lundberg, UO (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• John Stark and Tripp Sommer, KLCC (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Wendy Pilmer, BBC Media Action / Local (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Professor Rob Quicke, Founder College Radio Day, William Paterson University (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Kim Fox, American University in Cairo (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17).
• Elizabeth Jensen, NPR (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17).
• Corinne Podger, Fairfax Media (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17).
• Marc Johnson, Many Things Considered (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2016-17)
• Rachael McDonald, KLCC (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• Kira Hoffelmeyer, KSL (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• Professor Rob Quicke, Founder College Radio Day, William Paterson University (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• Allison Frost, OPB (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• Marc Johnson, Many Things Considered (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• John Hockenberry, NPR/WNYC (Audio Storytelling, Spring 2016-17)
• Samantha Matsumoto, The Oregonian (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
• Dahlia Bazzaz, The Seattle Times (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
• Kevin Anderson, freelancer (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
• Jonathan Bach, Statesman Journal (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
• Stacy Marie Ishamel, BuzzFeed/Knight Fellow, Stanford (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
  Sami Edge, Santa Fe New Mexican (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17) 
• Caitlyn May, Cottage Grove Sentinel (Reporting II, Spring 2016-17)
• Samantha Matsumoto, OPB (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018)
• Kira Hoffelmeyer, Park Record and KSL (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018) 
• Franziska Monahan, NPR (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018) 
• Terry Gildea and Rachael McDonald, KLCC (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018)
• Ashley Alvarado, KPCC (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018) 
• Allison Frost, OPB (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018) 
• Bill Siemering, Developing Radio Partners (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018)
• Meerah Powell, Eugene Weekly (Audio Storytelling, Winter 2018)

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