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Jon Palfreman

Jon Palfreman, a 2006 Nieman Fellow, is KEZI Distinguished Professor of Broadcast Journalism at the University of Oregon. A veteran of both U.K. and U.S. television, he has made more than 40 BBC and PBS one-hour documentaries including the Peabody Award-winning series “The Machine That Changed the World,” the Emmy Award-winning NOVA program “Siamese Twins,” and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Silver Baton winner “Harvest of Fear.”

Jon Palfreman, NF '06, investigates Parkinson's disease as both author and subject

Jon Palfreman, NF ’06, investigates Parkinson’s disease as both author and subject

My life changed on a cold, dark, rainy January morning in 2011. Worried about a modest tremor in my left hand, my doctor had referred me to a neurologist. At…
September 16, 2015

A Journalist’s Letter From Academia

Making the switch from full-time journalist to tenured professor is more challenging—and rewarding—than one might think.
March 11, 2011

Dealing With Disruption

As digital media gets ‘better, faster and cheaper. … [there is] little time for long-established human institutions like journalism to adapt.’
September 16, 2009

Caught in the Web

As journalists, we think about what the Web means for work we do in reporting and disseminating news and information. Given its transformative capacity, we can regard the Web as…
December 15, 2006

Bringing Science to a Television Audience

Too often, spectacles—like mummies and volcanoes—triumph over the reporting of modern science.
September 15, 2002