Effective Communicators
A 10-week-long instructional course that’s based in Journalistic Learning, Effective Communicators asks students to investigate and report on issues and topics that interest them. In addition to giving students publishing and civic engagement experience, it teaches them media literacy, critical thinking skills, and essential writing skills.
AI-Powered Writing Coach
Co-created by JLI and Playlab Education, Inc. – Murrow is an AI-powered writing coach, available to use for free. Murrow offers suggestions to help students generate their own ideas and narrow in on a topic. It also offers feedback on their writing
Black Student Magazine
Black Student Magazine is a virtual after-school program that brings students of color and allies nationwide together to produce a digital magazine. Leading up to the annual publication, participants engage with industry experts weekly and receive coaching in small groups from undergraduate students of journalism at the University of Oregon.
The Student Voice
The Student Voice is a professional development program for high schoolers focused on providing practical, accessible journalism advising led by undergraduate students of journalism from the University of Oregon. With students’ consent, we publish selected content in The Student Voice Digest (digital and print) and work to have it republished by mainstream media organizations. We acknowledge excellent student work in our Student Voice Awards.
Language Arts in Action is a book that skillfully blends language arts and media literacy concepts together in a way that makes it possible for every secondary English teacher to engage with adolescent learners and their complex media environments. This book revolutionizes and reinvigorates journalism education at a time when it’s never been more important to untangle the blurring boundaries between information, persuasion, and entertainment.