Why do the Marines in Afghanistan keep etching their memories into their flesh to commemorate the good and the bad? A journalist who embedded in Helmand Province in 2010 shares rare moments of reflection from the front lines.
EUGENE, Ore. - My high school career guidance counselor told me I had skills that would lend themselves to one of three careers:
Football coach
Policeman
Working in the lumber mill
Admittedly I was a jock with a low C-...
Career advisors tell students they can be a scientist, or a lawyer, or a businessman, or a writer - whatever. But they never tell them they might end up being a professional skydiving instructor.
When the University of Oregon hosts the Oregon Associated Press Broadcasters Association Annual Awards Ceremony on April 16, there will be a lot of winners from the news operations at KVAL, KEZI and KMTR - but one of the top prizes will go to you.
KVAL.com carried a series of multimedia stories this week reported, written and edited on deadline by students in Dan Morrison's NewsLab class at the University of Oregon.
KVAL.com carried a series of multimedia stories this week reported, written and edited on deadline by students in Dan Morrison's NewsLab class at the University of Oregon.
Dean Rea launched NewsLab a few years back in an attempt to answer this...
In war, the line between a military camp and enemy territory is called "the wire." Two embedded KVAL journalists just returned from Afghanistan and as they learned, the wire can separate friend and foe but not always life and death.
As Americans observe Veterans Day, others are honoring those who are still serving. Two embedded journalists working with KVAL News are home in Oregon again after reporting from the front lines in Afghanistan.
When the contested elections in 2001 happened, photographer Tim Owen's work really picked up. When the tragedies of Sept. 11 happened, his workload increased even more.
Each week since June 2007, the Eugene Weekly has published the “War Dead” column with statistics on the casualties from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Women In Black’s Eugene chapter started in March 2003 as the United States prepared for the possibility of war in Iraq. More than 7 years later, they continue their weekly vigil.
Jeffrey Kincaid enlisted in the Army Reserve when he was 19 years old during the fall of his sophomore year at the University of Oregon. Soon after, he was deployed to Iraq.
Alexis Scully first took a few classes her freshman and sophomore years in the University of Oregon’s ROTC program. Now she is studying for a degree - and a commission as a 2nd Lt. in the Army.