Our Team

Nicole is a professor at the University of Oregon Clark Honors College and the School of Journalism and Communication. She’s earned a national and international reputation for her scholarship and expertise in visual journalism, ethics, and contextual reporting. In sum, her research seeks to advance public-interest journalism—reporting that holds the powerful accountable, elevates underrepresented voices, and makes a positive impact in society. She is co-editor (with Karen McIntyre Hopkinson) of Reporting Beyond the Problem: From Civic Journalism to Solutions Journalism (Peter Lang, 2021), an in-depth examination of socially-responsible news reporting practices. In 2021, Nicole received the 2021 Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year Award, a national honor. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Brent is an associate professor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, a UO alum, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist. Brent has worked as a staff writer and the managing editor for Willamette Week, as Oregon State Capitol correspondent for the Eugene Register-Guard, and as a Washington, DC correspondent and senior investigative reporter for The Oregonian. He is also the author of Fire at Eden’s Gate: Tom McCall and the Oregon Story, a portrait of the state’s most influential governor. He holds a master of fine arts degree from Warren Wilson College.

Kathryn is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, where she focuses on how the emerging practice of solutions journalism can promote pro-social outcomes, particularly in addressing climate change and other health issues. Kathryn has worked as a journalist for Newsday and The Charlotte Observer, and as an instructor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Kathryn is a leading expert in solutions journalism education, teaching the first-ever solutions reporting course and leading the Solutions Journalism Educators Academy. She holds a PhD in Communication from the University of Maryland.