University of Oregon professor earns national teaching award

Nicole Dahmen, a professor at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication, was named the Scripps Howard 2021 Teacher of the Year (https://scripps.com/fund/news/scripps-howard-foundation-announces-winners-of-69th-scripps-howard-awards/). This national award recognizes a full-time faculty member teaching in a journalism and mass communication program. Dahmen is one of the leaders of the Catalyst Project, which created the first solutions journalism academy for educators in 2018. She also teaches a stand-alone course in solutions journalism.