UO School of Journalism and Communication, Damian Radcliffe

Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon

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How we consume and create media is changing faster than ever. The Hearst Demystifying Media Series from the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) at the University of Oregon explores these dynamics. With interviews and guest lecturers from leading media practitioners and scholars, it dives into the latest digital developments and their implications. Hosted by University of Oregon journalism professor Damian Radcliffe, each episode features leading experts—media practitioners, academics, and researchers— to talk about these global developments. Conversations and guest lectures are recor...

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#46 Communicating emerging science during a pandemic with Kathleen Hall Jamieson 20.11.2021 53:28

About Our Guest: Jamison is a Professor of Communication at he University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, and the co-founder of FactCheck.org , a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. She received the Public Welfare Medal from the National A...

#45 Creating compelling documentaries with Jake Swantko 22.10.2020 41:47

About our guest: Jake Swantko has worked on a number of films, shooting for the Associated Press, ESPN, HBO, National Geographic, PBS Frontline, Time Magazine, Passion Pictures, and Nike. He is a 2011 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. As director of photography, he has shown three films at Sundance: Entrapped (2016), Icarus (2017), and The Dissident (2020...

#44 Guest Lecture: A Masterclass in Documentary with Jake Swantko 15.10.2020 41:35

About our guest: Jake Swantko has worked on a number of films, shooting for the Associated Press, ESPN, HBO, National Geographic, PBS Frontline, Time Magazine, Passion Pictures, and Nike. He is a 2011 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. His new film, The Dissident, about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020. In this...

#43 Guest Lecture: Social Responsibility Reporting with Karen McIntyre 14.05.2020 40:10

Karen McIntyre is an assistant professor of multimedia journalism in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University and researcher of constructive journalism. In this lecture, Dr. McIntyre discusses her work and key lessons from her forthcoming book, Perspectives on Social-responsibility Reporting: Theory, Practice, and Effects, which is co-edited with Uni...

#42 Exploring constructive journalism with Karen McIntyre 14.05.2020 29:58

About our guest: Karen McIntyre received her PhD in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She previously served on the AEJMC's Electronic News Division and Newspaper and Online News Division. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth University, she worked for publications such as the The National Geographic Channel, News21, The Richmond Confidential, a...

#41 Guest Panel: Esports Journalism 05.03.2020 1:24:59

About our guests: Gaming is the fastest growing form of entertainment in the world, with the esports economy surpassing $1 billion for the first time in 2019. In this panel discussion, esports journalists Mitch Reames and Will Partin discuss the emerging field of esports journalism with moderator and SOJC Assistant Professor of Game Studies Maxwell Foxman. This event was part of a day-long confere...

#40 Media and the Esports Industry with Will Partin, Mitch Reames, and Maxwell Foxman 04.03.2020 37:12

About our guests: Mitch Reames graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in 2017. He has written about emerging technology and the esports industry for publications such as AdWeek, SportTechie, Blazer5 Gaming, and Dexerto, and is the founder of the Esportz Network podcast, which partners with Reuters to report on the biggest stories...

#39 Fighting a New Era of Disinformation with Claire Wardle 05.02.2020 27:17

About Our Guest: Claire Wardle is the co-founder and Executive Chair of First Draft, the world’s foremost nonprofit focused on research and practice to address mis- and disinformation. In 2017 she co-authored a report for the Council of Europe entitled, Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the Shorenstei...

#38 Guest Lecture: Community Engagement with Ashley Alvarado 08.01.2020 47:11

About Our Guest: Among Ashley's efforts to develop strategies and opportunities to engage new and existing audiences across platforms is the engagement-driven, community-centered live storytelling series Unheard LA, leading human-centered design projects, and Feeding the Conversation, an ongoing series of engagement-sourcing gatherings that bring together members of the community with KPCC journal...

#37 The evolution of community engagement with Ashley Alvarado 31.12.2019 33:59

#36 Guest Lecture: Fireside Chat with Matthew Winkler 26.12.2019 46:29

About Our Guest: Matthew Winkler, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and co-founder of Bloomberg News, answers questions from our journalism students in the studio during his visit to the University of Oregon in November. Find Matthew Winkler online: LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes: 01:12 - The Bloomberg Way 08:57 - Getting all sides of a story 11:54 - Showing not telling in data journalism 16:21 - Using statis...

#35 The ethics of reporting on your own newsroom with the 2019 Ancil Payne Award Winners 11.06.2019 30:01

About Our Guest: Each year, the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication recognizes the tough, ethical decisions made in the newsroom and in the field—decisions that make a difference in the community but are often invisible to the public. The Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism presents a $10,000 annual prize to a media organization or journalist who reports with integri...

#34 Guest Lecture: How climate change can be part of any beat with Rosalind Donald 03.06.2019 50:15

About Our Guest: Rosalind Donald is a PhD candidate in Communications at Columbia University. She researches community understanding of climate change in Miami, focusing on the way the city’s politics, infrastructure, and environment influence the way climate change is interpreted in policy and popular imagination. Alongside her research, she has also taught media studies methods and production at...

#33 Guest Lecture: How news organizations can fight misinformation with Mandy Jenkins 03.06.2019 34:43

About Our Guest: Before Storyful, Mandy was part of the ground up teams at TBD.com, Digital First Media’s Project Thunderdome, and the Cincinnati Enquirer. She is also President of the Online News Association and sits on the board of directors for the American Society of News Editors. Find Mandy online: Twitter LinkedIn Website Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you...

#32 Guest Lecture: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse with Sue Robinson 03.06.2019 39:19

About Our Guest: Robinson's 2018 book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Progressive Communities, explores how digital platforms enable and constrain citizens – especially those in marginalized communities – who produce and share information in the public sphere about racial achievement disparities in the K-12 education system. The book is meant to be a guide for journali...

#31 Guest Lecture: The music business as a petri dish for journalism innovation with Cherie Hu 03.06.2019 58:27

About Our Guest: Hu writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken at over 25 conferences to date, including but not limited to SXSW, Midem, Music Biz and the Web Summit, and appears regularly as an expert commentator for the likes of CNBC and CGTN America. In...

#30 Understanding power and privilege with Sue Robinson 30.05.2019 24:31

About Our Guest: The SOJC welcomes journalism researcher Sue Robinson to this episode of the Demystifying podcast. Sue joined the faculty at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in January 2007 and now holds the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism research chair. As a scholar, she explores how journalists and news organizations adopt new information communication...

#29 Guest Lecture: Knowing & Checking Your Data with Jennifer LaFleur 25.05.2019 46:20

About Our Guest: Jennifer LaFleur is a data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop and an instructor of data journalism at American University. Previously, she was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, managing data journalists, investigative reporters and fellows. She also contributed to or edited dozens of major projects while at Reveal, one of which was...

#28 Fact-checking your data with Jennifer LaFleur 18.05.2019 26:43

Joining us for this podcast is Jennifer LaFleur, data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop and an instructor of data journalism at American University. Previously, LaFleur was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, managing data journalists, investigative reporters and fellows. She also contributed to or edited dozens of major projects while at Reveal, on...

#27 How news organizations can fight misinformation with Mandy Jenkins 16.05.2019 27:26

About Our Guest: Before Storyful, her roles include being the managing editor of the Project Thunderdome newsroom for Digital First Media, as well as coordinating the Off the Bus citizen journalism program as a social news editor for politics at The Huffington Post, and working as social media editor for TBD, a Washington, D.C.-area local news startup. Mandy is also President of the Online News As...

#26 Guest Lecture: An Evening with Tom Bowman 16.05.2019 58:45

About Our Guest: Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon. In his current role, Bowman has traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan often for month-long visits and embedded with U.S. Marines and soldiers. Before coming to NPR in April 2006, Bowman spent nine years as a Pentagon reporter at The Baltimore Sun. His coverage of racial and gender discrimination at NSA led to a Pentagon...

#25 How climate change can be part of any beat with Rosalind Donald 09.05.2019 29:55

About Our Guest: Rosalind's work focuses on the way the city’s politics, infrastructure and environment influence how climate change is interpreted in policy and the popular imagination. Also in the room are Hollie Smith, Assistant Professor of Science and Environmental Communication at the University of Oregon’s Media Center for Science and Technology, and Destiny J. Alvarez, a graduate student a...

#24 How the music business is a petri dish for journalism innovation with Cherie Hu 17.04.2019 30:12

#23 The evolution of journalism with Tom Bowman and Brigid Schulte 12.03.2019 41:10

About Our Guest: Bowman's previous reporting at The Baltimore Sun on racial and gender discrimination at the National Security Administration led to a Pentagon investigation in 1994. Before joining New America, a non-partisan think tank, Schulte was an award-winning staff writer for The Washington Post, where she served for almost two decades. Schulte is also the acclaimed author of the New York T...

#22 Google and Journalism with Richard Gingras 20.02.2019 30:47

About Our Guest: In this special edition, we are joined by Richard Gingras, Vice President of News at Google. He and host Damian Radcliffe discuss Google's role in supporting journalism, how the internet has disrupted the business model, and what skills young journalists need to develop. Find Richard online: Twitter LinkedIn Show notes: 0:45 - Richard explains his current role at Google 1:53 - Dif...