School of Journalism and Communication
The forum for the future of local news and civic health
We invited an inspiring group of “Doers” to share their projects and visions for transforming our relationship with the land, our natural resources, and each other. The event offered the opportunity to explore promising community-centric approaches to funding and equitable resource distribution.
17 students in DeVigal’s engaged journalism class used the Generative Dialogue Framework (GDF) to host small-group conversations with folks across the U.S., asking them about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and their perspectives on the new vaccine.
The project and platform help make journalism more responsive to the public’s needs and more inclusive of the public’s voices and diversity, helping journalists, educators, and students find each other, resources and mentorship.
This project captures the experiences and perspectives of 19 Oregon-area journalists who covered the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Its intent is to contribute to the national conversation about mass shootings.
January 17, 2016 // What does it mean to listen before a story is written? In collaboration with Flux, the award-winning magazine produced by students at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, the Agora Journalism Center helped
What is possible when the public and journalists engage to support communities to thrive? This question guided Experience Engagement, a four-day working conference that convened journalists, organizers, artists, educators, researchers, funders, technologists, students, and civic practitioners in a shared space.
At our Storytelling with Data at Build-a-Thon, interdisciplinary teams were recruited within the community to produce data-driven stories inspired by themes around some of the biggest issues facing Portland and Oregon. Each team was comprised of journalists, developers, designers, subject matter experts and students.
Front 50 marked the Agora Journalism Center’s inaugural gathering, serving as a foundational event to listen, learn, and establish our direction. We convened 50 community leaders, journalists, technologists, philanthropists, and civic innovators from across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Our objective was not to provide definitive answers, but to identify the most pressing questions.