Working at a university offers employees the opportunity to engage in academics and continuous learning in unique ways regardless of their role and responsibilities. As an institute of higher education, the University of Oregon regularly hosts lectures and presentations beyond the classroom to promote an intellectually stimulating environment and to engage faculty, staff and students in current events and interesting topics. Many of these opportunities are open to all to attend and the UO community is encouraged to participate.
One such opportunity offered by the Global Studies Institute invites the UO community to a symposium featuring international journalists, writers in exile and scholars of journalism telling stories of reporting in the face of extreme dangers and threats to their voice and journalistic integrity.
The symposium, titled Extra! Extra! Don’t Kill the Messenger — Migrating to Stay Alive, takes place April 4-7 in the Erb Memorial Union Ballroom and features more than 20 talks, workshops, screenings and listening sessions.
A documentary and a talk feature the plight of Mexican journalists Juan de Dios García Davish and MarÍa de Jesús Peters who fled Chiapas, Mexico, for Arizona in 2022 after their reporting on government corruption and narcotics trafficking resulted in credible death threats.
The event will help improve understanding of the impact of news reporting on conflict, and the impact of conflict on news reporting. Panelists and hosts include UO faculty, administrators and students, as well as journalists and writers from around the globe.
There is no cost to attend, and attendance on all four days is not required to participate. A complete agenda and registration instructions are available at the symposium's website. The event is hosted by the Global Studies Institute through the Global Justice Program and supported by the UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies, and the Oregon Humanities Center.
Similar events and opportunities take place across UO campuses throughout the academic year. Employees can learn about other enriching and unique symposiums, presentations, performances and events by visiting the UO events calendar, reading Workplace newsletters regularly, and visiting the websites of schools and colleges, which also promote their special events.