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Volume 46 No. 4 | July 2013

Bergen Wins Vice President’s Slot in 2013 AEJMC Election

Lori Bergen, Marquette, has been elected AEJMC vice president for 2013-14. Bergen received 391 votes to the 384 votes received by Paul Parsons, Elon, in the election that ran from March 8 to April 8. She will become presidentelect in 2014-15 and president in 2015-16. Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin, will be installed as 2013-14 AEJMC president during the AEJMC Conference in Washington, DC, while Elizabeth Toth, Maryland, will become president-elect. Also in the election, Caryl Cooper was elected at-large to serve on the Accrediting Council on EduBergen cation in Journalism and Mass Communications. Cooper received 483 votes while Ed Adams, Brigham Young, received 216. Three AEJMC members were elected to serve on AEJMC’s Publications Committee from six candidates. Candidates elected include Maria Len-Rios, Missouri (374 votes); Michael Sweeney, Ohio (324 votes); and Jane Marcellus, Middle Tennessee State (302 votes). Also running were Phillip Jeter, Winston-Salem State (292 votes); Katerina Tsetsura, Oklahoma (279 votes); and Federico Subervi, Texas State San Marcos (263 votes). Three seats were also filled on AEJMC’s Professional Freedom and Responsibility Committee. Those elected to serve include Amy Weiss, San Diego State (427 votes); Tony Fargo, Indiana (300 votes); and Lee Hood, Loyola Chicago (296 votes). Other candidates were Scott Reinardy, Kansas (278 votes); Serajul Bhuiyan, Zayed (168 votes); and Tom Terry, Idaho State (161 votes). Three representatives were elected to fill seats on the Research Committee. Those winning election include David Perlmutter, Iowa (398 votes); Carolyn Byerly, Howard (376 votes); and Shannon Bowen, South Carolina (347 votes). Also running were Daniela Dimitrova, Iowa State (317 votes); Bastiaan Vanacker, Loyola Chicago (214 votes); and Ken Plowman, Brigham Young (178 votes). Three members were also elected to the Teaching Committee. Those include Charles Davis, Missouri (362 votes); Leslie-Jean Thornton, Arizona State (357 votes); and Catherine Cassara, Bowling Green State (342 votes). Also running were Jennifer Henderson, Trinity (284 votes); Lyle Olson, South Dakota State (194 votes); and Osabuohien Amienyi, Arkansas State (151 votes). All AEJMC regular, retired and international members in good standing were eligible to vote; 866 ballots were cast with a response rate of 34.1%. Members voted by using an online process. Those members whose email addresses weren’t filed with AEJMC or whose email addresses bounced back were mailed paper ballots.

AEJMC to Continue Centennial Celebration in Washington, DC

AEJMC will continue its Centennial Celebration when the association convenes in Washington, DC, Aug. 8-11. A display featuring newspapers, magazines, artifacts and food specialties from one hundred years ago will be included with conference exhibits. And during keynote, plenary and business meeting sessions, drawings will be held for giveaways featuring AEJMC throws, duﬄe bags, lanterns, and $100 gift cards from L.L. Bean (also founded in 1912). At these sessions, look for baskets where you can drop your business card to be entered in the drawings. The keynote (Thursday, Aug. 8, 6:45 p.m.) will feature Lord Anthony Lester QC of London who will compare the United States’ ﬁrst Amendment law with British law and outline new British reforms and their possible relevance to Americans. The plenary (Friday, Aug. 9, 10 a.m.), “Freedom Sings: Music Censorship, Social Change and the First Amendment,” will feature an acoustic concert presentation highlighting challenged and banned popular songs from 1864 to the present and the anthems that fueled social change. “Freedom Sings” will be narrated by Ken Paulson, Middle Tennessee State. The business meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m.

FroM ThE PrESidENT By Kyu Ho Youm 2012-13 AEJMC President University of Oregon youm@uoregon.edu

$100 for 100 Years: Our Centennial Fundraising

Two years ago, we launched a fundraising campaign, the first of its kind in our history. We called the campaign “$100 for 100 years” to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2012. My immediate predecessor, Linda Steiner (Maryland), noted in November 2011, “The Centennial provides an opportunity for us to think about what AEJMC has done for us, professionally and personally, both as an association and at the individual level and then to give back.” The Centennial Funds will help to complete endowments such as the James Tankard Award. The campaign will also help us prepare for the next 100 years by funding innovative initiatives that will keep our members on the cutting edge of journalism education in the United States and abroad. Since three AEJMC members first sent in their checks in June 2011, our Centennial Fundraising Campaign has been an exciting challenge for us. I am increasingly optimistic that our campaign will succeed. Now we need to raise only $14,000 to reach our goal of $300,000 before Sept. 1, 2013. More than anything else, our fundraising allows us to “give back” by supporting our organization with more than dues. “By giving beyond my membership dues at this important time in AEJMC’s history,” Marie Hardin (Penn State) stated recently, “I’m saying ‘thank you’ to the people who have encouraged, helped and supported me.” The AEJMC Board of Directors members have all contributed, and several have donated much more than $100—and more than once. A total of 26 past (and incoming) AEJMC presidents have responded to our fundraising calls with generous checks. Some outside organizations on the AEJMC Council of Affiliates have chipped in. The Scripps Howard Foundation and the American Journalism Historians Association are a case in point. Seihill Kim (South Carolina), president of the Korean-American Communication Association (KACA), said KACA made a donation because it has benefited a great deal from AEJMC conference sessions; KACA has been on the AEJMC program since the late 1970s. He’s confident of the crucial value of the AEJMC fundraising to expanding international exchanges in research and education.

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Many AEJMC divisions, interest groups, and commissions have helped maintain a momentum in our fundraising. Especially noteworthy was the Mass Communication and Society Division’s challenge pledge: MC&S will match contributions from anyone dollar for dollar up to $50,000. “The feeling of the past and present [MC&S] leaders—and all of us as division members—is that we’ve been blessed with a strong journal that prospers financially as it continues to grow in quality,” said Jennifer Greer (Alabama), the 2005-06 MC&S head, who proposed the $50,000 donation last August. “We just wanted to give back to the organization that allowed the Mass Communication and Society Division, as well as our journal, to become successful and be a leader in the field.” (For details on the MC&S contributions, see “MC&S Division Challenges AEJMC Groups with Fundraising Efforts,” p. 5.) In response to the MC&S challenge pledge of $50,000, two AEJMC members have contributed $15,000—and more. Most gratifying about our fundraising was the positive responses of individual AEJMC members and friends all over the world. AEJMC Fundraising Committee members have contacted thousands of members and friends individually. Fundraising Committee member Linda Steiner “In response to the MC&S (Maryland) noted challenge pledge of $50,000, that many decided to give back two AEJMC members have conto AEJMC betributed $15,000—and more.” cause the organization has helped not only journalism and mass communication education but also helped each of them personally. Not all the donors are necessarily active in AEJMC as researchers and educators. A good illustration is Kurt Wimmer, a partner at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C. Why did Wimmer, a leading American media law attorney, donate to AEJMC? As a first-time research presenter at the AEJMC convention of 1985, he received “such a warm welcome and thoughtful questions” from a group of media research experts. “I assume,” Wimmer said, “the organization has encouraged thousands of other young researchers in the same way over the years, and it has done a lot of good.” The significance of international members’ contributions cannot be overemphasized. I was profoundly touched by a contribution from a journalism professor in Mongolia. Given the GDP per capita of Mongolia, his contribution of $100 is equivalent to nearly $900 in the United States. As noted above, this fundraising campaign celebrates AEJMC’s enduring impact on journalism and mass communication education in the United States and globally. More importantly, however, your contributions will help provide for its future. As Judy V. Turk (Virginia Commonwealth), a former AEJMC president, put it eloquently: “My gift is a great investment in the future.” Continued on page 4

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Scripps Howard/AEJMC Announces 2013-14 Class of Social Media Externship Recipients

Selection of the 2013-14 class of Scripps Howard Social Media Externship recipients has been announced. The six AEJMC members who comprise the class include Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (C-SPAN, Washington, DC); Kelly Fincham, Hofstra University (KUT Radio, Austin, TX); Pam Fine, University of Kansas (DNAinfo, New York, NY); Byung Lee, Elon University (Des Moines Register, Des Moines, IA); Joseph Treaster, University of Miami (Knoxville News Sentinel/Scripps Networks Interactive, Knoxville, TN); and Leigh L. Wright, Murray State University (Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers, Ft. Lauderdale, FL). This opportunity allows journalism faculty to spend two weeks this summer learning first-hand how newspapers and broadcast stations use social media across multiple platforms. They will then take this knowledge into their classrooms while teaching during fall 2013 and winter/spring 2014. The second phase of the program provides funds for a professional from the media outlet to visit that professor’s campus for three to five days during the 201314 academic year. The professional will be available for a variety of activities while on campus, depending on the needs of the program. The Scripps Howard Foundation provides $3,000 for each faculty member’s travel, housing and other expenses for the two-week summer visit to the media outlet, as well as $1,000 for the media professional’s travel expenses to the faculty member’s campus. Applicants are evaluated by a panel of AEJMC members who score applications based on the value/need of the program for the applicant, impact of the visit on the applicant’s home campus, strength of ideas for the professional’s visit, and overall quality of the application. This is the third year that the Foundation has funded the program for AEJMC members. Last year’s externship recipients are sponsoring a panel during AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference that will focus on what they learned and how this experience improved their teaching. All Conference attendees are invited to attend the session scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9, 8:15-9:45 a.m.

Membership to Vote on Dues Increase

The AEJMC membership will vote on a dues increase proposal during the AEJMC Business Meeting Saturday, Aug. 10 during the Washington, DC, Conference. The AEJMC Board of Directors is proposing a $5 increase in regular, associate and international categories. There would be no change in dues for student, retired and spouse members. This would increase regular and associate member dues to $115 (from the current $110), and international member dues to $95 (from the current $90). International dues will continue to have a $25 air mail surcharge, which covers the cost of delivery of the JMC Directory. The reason for the proposed dues increase is the rising costs of resources needed to run the association. The last dues increase was in 2009, which increased dues by $5 for most categories. The proposed increase is part of a strategy developed by AEJMC several years ago to make dues adjustments in smaller increments so we can avoid major increases. Please direct any questions regarding this proposal to Paula Poindexter, Finance Committee chair, at paula.poindexter@austin.utexas.edu

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AEJMC 2012-13 Board of Directors

AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, University of Oregon President-elect Paula Poindexter, University of Texas-Austin Vice President Elizabeth Toth, University of Maryland Past President Linda Steiner, University of Maryland PF&R Committee Chair Dwight Brooks, Middle Tennessee State University Research Committee Chair Pat Curtin, University of Oregon Teaching Committee Chair Jennifer Greer, University of Alabama Publications Committee Chair Julie Andsager, University of Iowa Council of Divisions Chair Tony DeMars, Texas A&M University-Commerce Council of Divisions Vice Chair Bob Trumpbour, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Council of Affiliates Chair Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Florida International University ASJMC President Peggy Kuhr, University of Montana ASJMC President-elect Don Heider, Loyola University Chicago Commission on the Status of Minorities Chair Curtis Lawrence, Columbia University Chicago Commission on the Status of Women Chair Tracy Everbach, University of North Texas AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director Jennifer H. McGill

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Editors for Popular Culture Journal Seek Manuscript Submissions

The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal (The IJPC Journal), a peer-reviewed journal, seeks submission of original research papers that focus on the images of the journalist in all aspects of popular culture. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically as a Word document to any of the three co-founding editors: Joe Saltzman, Southern California (saltzman@usc.edu); Matthew C. Ehrlich, Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (mehrlich@illinois.edu); or Sammye Johnson, Trinity (sjohnson@trinity.edu). Issues of The IJPC Journal as well as style guidelines are available online at ijpc.org. “The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture Journal (IJPC Journal) is an online academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review,” wrote the three editors in their mission statement. “Its purpose is to further the mission of the Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture project to investigate and analyze, through research and publication, the conflicting images of journalists in every aspect of popular culture—from film, television, radio, fiction, commercials, cartoons and comic books to music, art, humor and video games—and explore their impact on the public’s perception of journalists.” The editorial board members are Maurine H. Beasley, Maryland; Bonnie Brennen, Marquette; Mary-Lou Galician, Arizona State; Howard Good, SUNY, New Paltz; Loren Ghiglione, Northwestern; Norma Fay Green, Columbia College, Chicago; Richard Ness, Western Illinois; Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana; Karen Miller Russell, Georgia; and Barbie Zelizer, Pennsylvania. IJPC founder and director Joe Saltzman says this research field is wide open: “There is a body of work analyzing the image of the journalist in motion pictures and some work done on the image of the journalist in fiction, but relatively little has been done on the image of the journalist in television, in radio, in video games, commercials, music, art, and other aspects of popular culture. We believe The IJPC Journal is rectifying that situation.”

From the President Continued from page 2

I wish I could ask each of you directly. While I can’t personally reach every one of you, I do ask you to take a moment to write a check or use your credit card to donate $100 to the AEJMC Centennial Campaign—yes, $100 for 100 years! And let me know by email why you are doing so. I’d like to hear from you so that I can personally thank you. For more information and to make a donation, the Centennial Fundraising website can be found at: http://www.aejmc100.org/campaign100/

Conference Attendees Can Access Mobile App for Program Details

AEJMC delegates to the August Conference will be able to download the AEJMC mobile app featuring the Conference program and maps of meeting rooms. The app will allow users to search the Conference program, build day-by-day schedules, view sessions by category and more. The app will be available via email at no charge to registered delegates by mid-July. The app will work on iPhones, iPads and Android phones; other mobile devices will be able to access a mobile schedule website.

Public Relations/Marketing Specialist Joins AEJMC Staﬀ

AEJMC announces the hiring of Samantha Higgins as public relations/marketing specialist. Samantha is taking over responsibilities for all of the organization’s social media efforts including the Twitter feed and Facebook account. She will also contact the membership through regular Constant Contact emails and create the official Conference App. “I am excited to be a part of the wonderful team at the AEJMC Central office and proud to be a part of the association and its efforts in the field of journalism,” said Samantha. Prior to joining the team at AEJMC, she was the public relations director for Children’s Chance, a nonprofit organization that helps children fighting cancer in South Carolina. Samantha is a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina’s Journalism & Mass Communication School where she received a Bachelor’s of Arts and majored in Public Relations. Welcome to Samantha as she becomes the newest staff member here at AEJMC!

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MC&S Division Challenges AEJMC Groups with Fundraising Eﬀorts

The Mass Communication and Society Division, long known and loved as MC&S, has not only stepped up to the AEJMC fundraising plate and scored a home run, but now is challenging other divisions, interest groups and commissions in AEJMC to do the same. Members of MC&S passed a resolution at the Chicago meeting agreeing to match every dollar donated by members of interest groups or divisions up to $50,000. Bu Zhong, the current head of MC&S, said, “It is a huge honor for me and my division to provide some help to AEJMC, a great organization we call as our academic home.” Linda Steiner, AEJMC past president, reiterated the plan: “If you give to the Centennial fundraising plan, MC&S will, too. We’ll all be ahead with the resulting total of $100,000. And AEJMC will do great things into its next 100 years, responding to the challenges of the 21st century.” Steiner urged divisions to donate divisional funds and individuals to give as well so that AEJMC can Steiner continue to move forward on its strategic plan. AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm said: “The generous commitment of MC&S to our ongoing fundraising campaign is extraordinary. I cannot overstate the positive impact of MC&S and its members on our fundraising endeavor: setting the bar high for all of us.” The Division began its journal, Mass Communication and Society, in 1998. The Division has done very well, both financially and intellectually, with the journal, which is now published by Taylor & Francis. Jennifer D. Greer, former MC&S head, explained that the Division has healthy reserves, in large part because of the journal. “We owe the MC&S officers and members a big thank-you,” said President Youm.

AEJMC to Honor Penn State with Equity and Diversity Award

The 2013 recipient of AEJMC’s Equity and Diversity Award is the College of Communications at The Pennsylvania State University. The award recognizes journalism and mass communication academic programs that have implemented innovative approaches to increasing racial, gender and/or ethnic equity and diversity over the previous three years. “This year we received several excellent Award nominations that represent the repertoire of innovations in enhancing educational equity and diversity in our field. We commend Penn State's College of Communications for achieving the gold standard in building a truly diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning environment,” said Deb Aikat, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who is chair of the Equity and Diversity Award Advisory Committee. “A culture of inclusivity is woven into the everyday fabric of our College,” stated one recommendation letter for Penn State. Its nomination packet outlined several key areas in its program that encourages equity and diversity: curriculum with more than 80 diversity-focused learning modules across the college; summer programs and community outreach designed with a priority on multiculturalism; an Office of Multicultural Affairs; and a sizable scholarship program for students of color. “Such accomplishments are significant when you consider Penn State’s location in Central Pennsylvania where the population is about 90 percent white and the number of media outlets are, at best, sparse,” Aikat said. “The Penn State College of Communications has fostered an inclusive curriculum, a diverse academic community and a supportive climate for research, teaching and public service.” The award will be presented Thursday, Aug. 8, at 6:45 p.m., as part of the keynote session of AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference.

Abstracts from 2013 AEJMC Conference Research Papers Available Online All abstracts from 2013 AEJMC Conference Research Papers may be found online by linking to http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/03/2013-abstracts/

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History Division to Present Two Awards at Meeting

AEJMC’s History Division will present two awards during its business meeting Friday, Aug. 9, 6:45 p.m., at AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference. The 2013 AEJMC History Division Book Award, honoring the best journalism and mass communication history book published in 2012, will be presented to Chris Lamb for his Conspiracy of Silence: Sportswriters and the Long Campaign to Desegregate Baseball (University of Nebraska Press). A professor of journalism at Indiana University School of Journalism at Indianapolis, Lamb is the author of several books, including Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons and Blackout: The Untold Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Spring Training. A panel of three distinguished media historians chose Conspiracy of Silence from a field of 25 entries. Calling this study “engaging and impressively researched,” the judges praised Lamb’s “detailed, anecdote-rich work” that contrasts sports writers for black and communist newspapers who called for integrated baseball a full decade before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with white sportswriters for mainstream newspapers, who as a group ignored race relations. The division’s other award, the 29th annual Covert Award in Mass Communication History, will be presented to Kathy Roberts Forde, South Carolina, and Katherine A. Foss, Middle Tennessee State, for their article, “‘The Facts—The Color!—The Facts’: The Idea of a Report in American Print Culture, 1885-1910,” Book History (2012), 123-151. The piece was selected from 10 articles nominated. The award, endowed by the late Catherine Covert, a professor of public communications at Syracuse University and former head of the History Division, goes to the article or chapter in an edited collection that represents the year’s best essay in mass communication history. This year’s Covert Committee members included Susan Henry, Cal State-Northridge (emerita), (1996); Elliot King, Loyola (2010); Lisa Burns, Quinnipiac (2011); and Nancy Roberts, chair, State University of New York at Albany (1992).

UCF Will Present Two Awards

The Urban Communication Foundation (UCF) will present two awards as well as a panel, “The Journalist as an Urban Advocate,” when it convenes Friday, Aug. 9, at 5 p.m. during AEJMC’s Washington Conference. Neal R. Peirce, chairman of the Citistates Group, will be presented UCF’s 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award while Tom Condon, deputy editorial page editor at the Hartford Courant, will be honored with the 2013 Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award. Peirce is being honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award because of his “distinguished and extraordinary leadership as a journalist with an urban vision”; Condon is receiving the Burd Award because of what UCF’s jury called the “high critical standards” he uses to approach the urban landscape. Conference delegates are invited to the panel which will be held at the National Press Club. Panelists will include Peirce and Condon as well as two foundation members; they will address journalistic and design issues confronting today’s urban landscape.

Beasley Book Wins KTA Award

Maurine H. Beasley has won the Frank Luther Mott / Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for the best book on journalism and mass communication based on original research published in 2012. Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence recounts the journalists’contributions to journalism and politics “but more important, their determination, struggle, craftiness and indefatigable spirit,” writes Peter J. Gade, Oklahoma, one of the judges for the award. Beasley, professor emerita of journalism at the University of Maryland, will receive the $1,000 award Friday, Aug. 9, during AEJMC’s Washington Conference. The book is published by Northwestern University Press. Other ﬁnalists included Brooke Kroeger for Undercover Reporting: The Truth About Deception (Northwestern University Press); Jonathan M. Ladd for Why Americans Hate the Media: and How It Matters (Princeton University Press); and Tom Mascaro for Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News (Potomac Books).

Finalists Announced for Tankard Book Awards

AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research has announced the finalists for its 2013 James Tankard Book Awards:

• Women of the Washington Press: Politics, Prejudice, and Persistence by Maurine H. Beasley, Maryland (2012, Northwestern University Press) • Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington Documentary Unit Reinvented the News by Tom Mascaro, Bowling Green State (2012, Potomac Books) • Can Journalism Survive? : An Inside Look at American Newsrooms by David M. Ryfe, Nevada Reno (2012, Policy Press). The winner will be announced Thursday, Aug. 8, at a 3:15 p.m. session during AEJMC’s Conference in Washington, DC.

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AEJMC Members to Receive Awards at Business Meeting AEJMC will recognize the following award recipients at its Business Meeting Saturday, Aug. 10, at 10 a.m.

• The winner of the 2013 Baskett Mosse Award for Faculty Development is Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Texas at Austin. The award stipend will support his proposal titled “Faces of Tomorrow: Journalism Workshops for Underprivileged Latino Teenagers.” He will use the funds to conduct workshops this fall for Latino teenagers interested in media and journalism careers. A reviewer praised the plan to “pay it forward by exposing Latino youth to journalism and media while increasing diversity in our field.” Gil de Zúñiga will work with the teenagers in the use of video, helping to build upon or establish their multimedia skill set. This award was created by AEJMC and ACEJMC in memory of the late Dr. Baskett Mosse, executive secretary of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications for 26 years. The award recognizes an outstanding young or mid-career faculty member and helps fund a proposed enrichment, outreach or development activity.

• John C. Besley, Michigan State, will receive the 2013 Hillier Krieghbaum Under-40 Award. Besley is an associate professor and the Ellis N. Brandt Chair in Public Relations in MSU’s Department of Advertising and Public Relations. The Under-40 Award was created in the early 1980s by the late Hillier Krieghbaum of New York University to honor a journalism/ mass communication faculty member who has made outstanding contributions in AEJMC’s three key areas: teaching, research and public service. Besley served as head of AEJMC’s Communicating Science, Health, Environment, and Risk Interest Group in 2010-11. Prior to coming to MSU, he taught at the University of South Carolina for six years. He received his doctorate from Cornell University.

• The 2013 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education will be presented to Clint Wilson, Howard University. Created by AEJMC’s Minorities & Communication Division and the Commission on the Status of Minorities, the award recognizes outstanding individual accomplishment and leadership in diversity efforts within the journalism and mass communication discipline. The award honors Barrow’s lasting impact and recognizes others who are making their mark in diversifying JMC education. One of Wilson’s nomination letters cited his strong record of publications, which span five decades, and include seven books, two monographs, five book chapters, four reference works and at least 14 articles in professional and academic publications. Wilson is still publishing today with his newest book released this year titled Racism, Sexism and the Media: Multicultural Issues into the New Communications Age.

• The 2013 Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award will be presented to Brendan R. Watson, MinnesotaTwin Cities. Watson received his doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His dissertation is titled “Is Twitter a Counter Public? Comparing Individual and Community Forces that Shaped Local Twitter and Newspaper Coverage of the BP Oil Spill.” His dissertation chair was Daniel Riﬀe.

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Judy Turk Is Recipient of 2013 Bowles Public Service Award

AEJMC will recognize service to the association as well as the professions when it presents the second Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award to Judy VanSlyke Turk of Virginia Commonwealth University. Turk will receive the award during AEJMC’s Business Meeting in Washington, DC, at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. Turk served as AEJMC president in 1994-95 and was head of the Public Relations Division and the Commission on the Status of Women. She also served as chair of AEJMC’s Elected Standing Committee on Teaching and the Finance Committee. She has served as an ACEJMC representative. Turk has been active in PRSA and its certification program for public relations majors. She served as head of the Advisory Group for the Institute for Public Relations and on the Commission on Public Relations Education. As part of the selection process, Turk shared her views about public service: “It’s so simple to include community service in one’s research and teaching agenda: adopting local nonprofits as clients for public reTurk lations research and campaigns courses, bringing in guest speakers who represent community and nonprofit organizations and who serve as professional role models for students and, in my case, researching roles and responsibilities of public relations practitioners to help my students develop realistic expectations of their own public relations careers.... I have benefitted personally and I am certain the community with which I have had the pleasure to interact has also benefitted.”

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ASJMC Announces 2013 Gerald Sass Award for Distinguished Service

ASJMC will present Jan Watten, director of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program, with its 2013 Gerald M. Sass Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communication. The presentation will take place Saturday, Aug. 10, 8:15 to 9:45 a.m, during AEJMC’s Conference in Washington, DC. A panel session, open to anyone attending the AEJMC Conference, will feature the award presentation as well as a panel discussion led by Watten. The annual award given by ASJMC pays tribute to outstanding achievement and service to the field of journalism and mass communication. Watten has been with the Hearst Foundation for 30 years, becoming the director of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program in 1986. As director, she administers 14 monthly national competitions in writing, photojournalism, radio, television and multimedia categories open to students majoring in journalism and attending an accredited university within ASJMC. The program awards scholarships to students for outstanding performance in college-level journalism, with matching grants to the students’ universities. Last year the 52nd annual program offered up to $500,000 in awards. Watten also plans and administers the annual Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship, an event for the winning students in the monthly competitions in which they compete for additional awards. Students from across the nation gather in one location and spend a week producing spot assignments that Watten are again judged and awarded scholarships. “Whether a student wins first place or twentieth, the award can positively impact their life, giving them encouragement to continue a career in journalism,” Watten said. “I am honored to have been able to work all these years for this wonderful organization, and with the judges and finalists who inspire me.”

University of Oregon Dean Honored as 2012 Scripps Howard Administrator of the Year

Tim Gleason, Edwin L. Artzt Dean of the School of Journalism & Communication at the University of Oregon, has been named the 2012 Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism & Mass Communication Administrator of the Year. This award showcases excellence in the administration of a journalism and mass communication program, recognizing vision, leadership and creativity. Gleason will receive the award and a $10,000 cash prize at AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference Thursday, Aug. 8, during the keynote session. One of Gleason’s colleagues who recommended him for the award was Lorraine Davis, special assistant to the president and provost at the University of Oregon: “When Tim Gleason was officially appointed dean of the School of Journalism and Communication in 1998 (having served nearly a year as interim dean), he was quoted as saying his goal was ‘to help the faculty and students take the school to an even higher level of excellence and national recognition.’ He has never wavered from that stance, and he has accomplisehd what he said he would do and more. Given the constraints of budget and time as well as the increased demands of fundraising on any dean’s schedule, what he has accomplished is quite amazing.” Under Gleason’s guidance, student enrollment has increased from 1,059 undergraduate and 52 graduate students in 1998 to 1,982 undergraduate and 95 graduate students today. While dealing with continuous budget challenges, Gleason has worked to improve dramatically diversity recruitment and retention for Gleason faculty and staff, enhanced undergraduate advising and strengthened career counseling, according to Davis. Also under his leadership, the school has completed several phases of major structural renovation, a revision of its undergraduate curriculum, and the opening of a center in Portland that offers two professional master’s programs and an internship program. And when Gleason took over as dean, the school’s budget was $3 million; this year its budget will be over $10 million. As a member of ASJMC, Gleason has served two terms as a representative to the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications: “I personally am extremely grateful for the Dean’s service on the Accrediting Council,” said Peter Bhatia, editor and vice president of The Oregonian and ACEJMC president. “He always brought a common-sense approach to our deliberations. People listened carefully whenever he raised a point. He deserves specific credit for helping to tighten up ACEJMC’s scholarship standard, designing a new way for schools to report the research productivity of faculty. His term has ended and we miss him at the table.” Gleason came to Oregon in 1987 as an assistant professor. By 1991, he was an associate professor, and in 1998, he became a full professor. Gleason received his B.A. in Journalism/Communications from SUNY, Empire State College, and both his M.A. in Communications History and Law and Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Washington.

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2012 Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year Announced

Jennifer George-Palilonis, George & Frances Ball Distinguished Professor of Multimedia in the Department of Journalism at Ball State University, has been named the 2012 Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year. Only one award is presented each year. George-Palilonis will receive the award and a $10,000 cash prize at AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference Thursday, Aug. 8, during the keynote session that begins at 10 a.m. The award recognizes a full-time faculty member teaching in a journalism and mass communication program who, over a period of years, has consistently demonstrated an environment of excellence by ongoing contributions to the improvement of student learning. George-Palilonis, who was nominated by Dan Waechter, interim chair of Ball State’s Department of Journalism, teaches upper-level courses in multimedia storytelling, information graphics reporting and special topics in visual journalism, and is the journalism graphics sequence coordinator. She is also the author of the new textbook The Multimedia Journalist: Storytelling for Today’s Media Landscape. “While she’s been an integral part of the department for the past 11 years, Jenn’s work the past twelve months has been exemplary,” said Waechter. “This isn’t just my opinion; her colleagues named her Ball State University’s Outstanding Teacher for the 2011-12 school year.” In 2012 alone, she was a co-teacher for Transmedia Indiana, an immersive partnership with the Indiana State Museum that brought 30 students together across two semesters to create a narrative tale George-Palilonis with websites and tablets; the leader of a team of 15 students who worked with more than 200 elementary-age students to create multimedia books; and the creator of “Design Interactive II,” a seven-unit interactive ViziSwap adopted for use in all of the department’s Introduction to Viscom classes. She also developed two new courses for the Digital Media Minor and three new courses for the school’s revised M.A. in Journalism. As part of the nomination process, George-Palilonis shared her teaching philosophy. “All knowledge is constructed, contextual and constantly changing. The best educators know this and nurture each student and every course with this in mind. Each classroom full of students is an opportunity to collectively construct new knowledge through shared experience,” she said. “Learning takes place in very speciﬁc contexts and regardless of whether they are teaching theory or practice, the best educators allow for the unique context of each learning experience to help shape the learning process. The best educators stay relevant by themselves remaining open to learning. The best educators demand excellence and hold themselves to the same standards they hold their students.” George-Palilonis completed her B.A. degree in Journalism and M.A. in English Composition & Rhetoric, both from Ball State, and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. there in Informatics–Human Computer Interaction.

Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research Goes to University of Georgia Professor

Lee B. Becker, a professor at The University of Georgia, is the 2013 recipient of the Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research. Becker directs the James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research within UGA’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The award recognizes Becker for a body of scholarship that spans four decades and includes six books, 35 book chapters and more than 60 peer-reviewed research articles. During his career, he has received more than $2 million in grants from government and private funders for his research on political communication, the sociology of media work and the development and training of journalists in the United States and abroad. The Deutschmann nomination letter noted that Becker’s scholarship has been consistently recognized for its impressive scope, its methodological rigor and its contributions to understanding political communication and democracy. Supporters of his nomination described Becker as a “true international scholar” whose career has been remarkable for the “consistent and prolific contributions to research and theory in this field.” Becker Within AEJMC, Becker is perhaps best known for his annual surveys of journalism and mass communication programs and graduates. His nomination letter described that research program as “an exceptional example of public scholarship that marries theory-based sociological investigation with service to both the academy and industry.” A special panel session to recognize Becker’s contributions to journalism and mass communication research is set for Saturday, Aug. 10, at AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference. The session is from 1:45-3:15 p.m. AEJMC has honored Becker twice in the past, first in 1985 with the Krieghbaum Under-40 Award and again in 2004 with its Presidential Award.

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Highlights of AEJMC’s Washington, DC, Conference

International Communication Division — Wednesday, Aug. 7, 12:30-3:00 p.m. “Beyond the Border: Teaching Journalism in the United States and Mexico”

This preconference panel will explore some unique journalism projects now underway at universities in the United States and Mexico. The panel will explore the role of bilingual and multimedia journalism education in geographical/imaginary border environments, the eﬃcacy of international U.S.-Mexico journalism programs along with the pedagogical pitfalls and best-practices for achieving student learning from these kind of exchanges, a framework of how to teach the practice of journalism in the ArizonaSonora borderlands, and how journalism educators in the United States and Mexico are training journalism students on how to cover traumatic news events along the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond. Attendees will gain new ideas and insights of pedagogical approaches to teaching journalism and its practice in these unique contexts. To register, go to this link: http://bit.ly/11r7IkV Media Ethics Division and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma — Wednesday, Aug. 7, 12:30 to 6 p.m. “Media Ethics Teaching and Trauma”

This pre-convention workshop is designed to give seasoned professors and new instructors tools to address the realities of trauma for their students. Nationally recognized author and Columbia University Professor Ari Goldman will help faculty identify essential competencies for students reporting on trauma. Ethics scholar Lee Wilkins will help faculty consider the ethics of deadline reporting for student journalists. Former America’s Most Wanted Publicist and Media Ethics Professor Jack Breslin will explore reality TV’s impact on students’ understanding of trauma and violence. Registration is limited to 30; cost is $50, $40 for graduate students. Please sign up for this workshop when registering for the AEJMC Conference. For additional information, contact Ginny Whitehouse at ginny.whitehouse@eku.edu. Task Force on AEJMC in the Global Century — Thursday, Aug. 8, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. “A Look at the Task Force Work”

Representatives of this Presidential Task Force will review their work from the last year, the rationale for an urgency for change, and the speciﬁc recommendations the Task Force will oﬀer the AEJMC Membership, Divisions, Board, and President. Charles C. Self, Oklahoma, is the Task Force chair and will be the moderator of the panel; other panelists include Alex Tan, Washington State, subcommittee chair; Elanie Steyn, Oklahoma, subcommittee chair; Margaretha Geerthsema-Sligh, Butler, subcommittee chair; Zeny Sarabia-Panol, Middle Tennessee State, subcommittee chair; and Robert Picard, Oxford, subcommittee chair. AEJMC — Thursday, Aug. 8, 1:30 to 3 p.m. “Health Literacy’s Horizons, Importance and Reach”

This special brieﬁng will outline the growing need for journalists to be able to explain and understand health issues. The session will explore the importance of health literacy in our overloaded information society. The panel of speakers from Washington, DC, offers a unique look at the issues from inside the beltway. AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon, will moderate, and panelists/topics include Gary Kreps, director of the Center for Health and Risk Communication, George Mason, “Similarities and Diﬀerences between Health Communication Campaign Research and Health Literacy”; Rob Logan, U.S. National Library of Medicine, “How Health Literacy Research Extends the Field of Mass Communication”; and Pat Theiler, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “The Growing Interest in Health Literacy in the Federal Government and the Health Care Delivery System.” AEJMC — Thursday, Aug. 8, 6:45 to 8 pm

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Keynote Session

AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon, will present the Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Awards and the AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award, followed by the keynote presentation, “Two Cheers for the First Amendment,” by Lord Anthony Lester, QC, London. The Opening Reception concludes the evening, featuring light hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. Free to all attending the conference, including family members; tickets are not required, but attendees are asked to wear name badges. AEJMC and Scripps Howard Foundation — Friday, Aug. 9, 8:15 to 9:45 a.m. “Scripps Howard Social Media Grants: Learning from the Pros and Bringing It to the Classroom”

Join AEJMC’s Scripps Howard Foundation 2012-13 Social Media Externs as they discuss their social media externships and how the experience improved their teaching. Keith Oppenheim, Grand Valley State, who worked at WEWS News, Cleveland, will moderate the panel; panelists will include Sue Bullard, Nebraska, who worked at The Chicago Tribune; Stephanie Bor, Utah, who worked at C-SPAN; Kay Colley, Texas Wesleyan, who worked at El Nuevo Herald, Miami Herald; and Susan Wiesinger, California State Chico, who worked at The Oregonian. AEJMC — Friday, Aug. 9, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Plenary: “Freedom Sings: Music Censorship, Social Change and the First Amendment”

Dwight E. Brooks, Middle Tennessee State, will moderate this session that includes “Freedom Sings,” an acoustic concert presentation featuring challenged and banned popular songs from 1864 to the present, and the anthems that fueled social change. Performers include Lari White, a versatile singer and actress who has starred on Broadway and appeared with Tom Hanks in the ﬁlm “Cast Away”; Don Henry, a Grammy-Award winning songwriter whose work has been recorded by Miranda Lambert and Ray Charles, among others; and Bill Lloyd, singer-songwriter and a member of the hit-making country duo Foster and Lloyd. “Freedom Sings” is narrated by Ken Paulson, dean of the Middle Tennessee State University College of Mass Communication, and a scholar at the First Amendment Center. Also during the session, the recipient of AEJMC’s First Amendment Award – the First Amendment Center – will be recognized and will be received by Paulson and Gene Policinski, First Amendement Center. Special thanks to the School of Journalism at Middle Tennessee State University for ﬁnancial support of this program. Small Programs Interest Group and Media Ethics Division — Friday, Aug. 9, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. “Race for News: Terrorism, Journalism and the Boston Marathon Bombing”

For five days in April we all were riveted to our smart phones, iPads, computers and TV sets as unbelievable news erupted in Boston—bombings at the storied marathon, a desperate manhunt in a locked-down city, and the search for clues that extended to Russia and beyond. Now conference delegates can hear first-hand from the journalists who worked the stories at this signature Hot Topic panel. Five seasoned journalists will participate. • Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen had covered terrorism in Northern Ireland, war in the Balkans, and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, but after 2:49 p.m. April 15 the story was at home and visceral for him. He not only covered the story extensively for the Globe, but also became the voice of Boston’s grieving and angry everyman in multiple national media appearances—with CNN, Fox, CBS and NPR. • Boston journalist Teresa Hanafin has covered breaking news for years for the Boston Globe, and directed boston.com’s social media and liveblogging, working non-stop after the first bomb went off. • John Hanc of New York Institute of Technology – a SPIG stalwart, competitive distance runner and journalist – brings a unique perspective. He wrote the history of the Boston Athletic Association, the 125-year-old organization that founded the Boston Marathon, ran the race on April 15 and reported on it afterward for Newsday. (His fitness helped him clock a time of 3 hours, 19 minutes, which meant he crossed the finish line about an hour and a half before the bombs exploded.) • The Poynter Institute’s Kelly McBride has plenty of hard-news experiences, and has become the go-to expert on media ethics and the issues that arise as new technology helps transform journalism. • National Public Radio’s Dina Temple-Raston has been covering terrorism as part of her FBI beat for years, and quickly jumped

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on the latest case. She’s also written several books about foreign and domestic aﬀairs, civil liberties and terrorism, including an account of the prosecution of suspected New York state terrorists in The Jihad Next Door. Task Force on AEJMC in the Global Century — Friday, Aug. 9, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. “Worldwide Expansion of Journalism and Mass Communication Education — The Case of Asia”

This panel will examine evidence of a rapid expansion of journalism and mass communication education across the globe by focusing speciﬁcally on Asia. Representatives of the World Journalism Education Council and educators from important regions of Asia will update the status of JMC education. Charles C. Self, Oklahoma, is the Task Force chair and will be the moderator of the panel; panelists include Joe Foote, president of the World Journalism Education Council; Jeong Tak Kim, president of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (KSJCS); Ke Guo, president of the Chinese Journalism Education Association and professor at Shanghai International Studies University; Jyotika Ramprasad, vice dean for graduate studies, interim director for the Knight Center for International Media, Miami; and Peng Hwa Ang, director of the Singapore Internet Research Centre and professor of Journalism and Publishing, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University. AEJMC — Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Presidential Panel: “Mass Communication Law in Teaching, Research, and Public Service: Its Past, Present and Future in JMC Education in the U.S. (and Abroad)”

The panel, to be moderated by AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon, will focus on the past, present, and future of mass communication law in teaching, research, and public service. It also will serve as an AEJMC forum to honor the late Prof. Don Gillmor's enduring legacy for media law, as well as recognize the 40th anniversary of the AEJMC Law and Policy Division. Panelists include Angela Campbell, Georgetown; Everette E. Dennis, Northwestern at Qatar; Tim Gleason, Oregon; and Dwight Teeter, Tennessee-Knoxville. AEJMC — Friday, Aug. 9, 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. “Research in Progress: Project Reports from 2013 Emerging Scholars and 2013 Senior Scholars”

Join AEJMC’s 2013 Emerging Scholars and 2013 Senior Scholars as they present progress reports on their research grants. David Mindich, St. Michael’s, will moderate this high density research session. Senior scholars include Sheri J. Broyles, North Texas, and Alice Kendrick, Southern Methodist, who will discuss their research, “Nation Building through Advertising: A Look Inside Communist Cuba,” and Heloiza G. Herscovitz, California State Long Beach, who will discuss her research, “Media, Democracy and the State: Brazil’s Daily Battleﬁeld.” Emerging Scholars who will participate include Marcia DiStaso, Pennsylvania State, and Marcus Messner, Virginia Commonwealth (“Turning to the Wiki-Doctor? A Study of Wikipedia Health Information Use and Perceived Credibility by Internet Users and Doctors”); Miao Guo, Ball State (“Double Vision: Examining Second Screen Usages and Impacts in a Social Television Viewing Environment”); Beth Knobel, Fordham (“The Watchdog Still Bites: How Accountability Reporting Is Evolving in the Internet Era”); and Jingsi Wu, Hofstra (“Entertainment and Public Sphere in Contemporary China”). Florida International University and AEJMC — Friday, Aug. 9, 5 to 6:30 p.m. “The Future of Mass Communication Research in Latin America: Assessing Where We Are and Where We Will Be in the Next Decade”

This panel brings together established and up and coming Latin American media scholars from the United States and South America to discuss the current situation and the future of mass communication research in and about that region of the world. With

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so much emphasis being placed here and abroad on issues such as press freedom; media regulation, ethics and policies; media use by immigrant communities; journalistic practices; and international news coverage, among others, these distinguished colleagues will look into their “crystal balls” and provide a sense of where Latin American media studies is going in the next decade. Moderator will be Raul Reis, Florida International, and presenters include Sallie Hughes, Miami; José Carlos Lozano, Texas A&M International; Joseph Straubhaar, Texas at Austin; and Leonardo Ferreira, Florida International. Urban Communication Foundation and AEJMC — Friday, Aug. 9, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the National Press Club (followed by a reception) “The Journalist as Urban Advocate”

This panel will discuss how the eye of the architectural and urban journalist transforms the often mundane into critical issues that count. The advocacy of the urban journalist is particularly significant at a time when “the right to the city” has developed into an international movement embraced by activist organizations seeking to empower urban dwellers. David Harvey, defined “the right to the city” as an individual right associated with the right to change the city and in so doing change ourselves. Conceptualizing the city in terms of a basic human right presents an interesting parallax through which to view the role of the urban journalist. The distinguished tradition of the urban journalists is now subjected to stress and transformation as newspapers are buffeted by winds of economic and technical change. This panel explores the changing role and climate of the journalist as an urban advocate. Session Moderator will be Gary Gumpert, Urban Communication Foundation, with participants Tom Condon, Hartford Courant; Neal R. Peirce, Citistates Group; and Charles Self, Oklahoma. Susan Drucker, Hofstra, will participate as respondent. AEJMC Task Force on Academic Diversity — Saturday, Aug. 10, 8:30 to 10 a.m., at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (This is not a tour.) “Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom: Common Ground between Professionals and Academics?”

When a professional makes the transition to higher education, it can mean landing in strange territory, where expectations about faculty governance and tenure may seem like impediments to getting the job done. This panel discussion is intended to smooth that transition for professionals of color and others who have made the jump or might consider it. Distinguished panelists start the conversation by explaining what is at stake for professionals and academics when it comes to freedom of speech and the press and academic freedom. They will be looking for common ground that can make these two worlds more understandable to each other. Moderator will be Lana Rakow, North Dakota, who is co-chair of AEJMC’s Task Force on Academic Diversity with panelists including Dwight Brooks, Middle Tennessee State (chair, AEJMC Committee on Professional Freedom and Responsibility); Gene Policinski, Diversity Institute president and executive director of the Freedom Forum’s First Amendment Center; Martin Snyder, senior associate general secretary of the American Association of University Professors; and Ingrid Sturgis, Howard, who is former editor-in-chief of Essence.com. AEJMC — Saturday, Aug. 10, 10 a.m. to Noon AEJMC Business Meeting

AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon, will preside during the association’s annual business meeting. Association awards will be given, and annual association business will be conducted. Incoming AEJMC President (Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin) will be installed. Knight Foundation/Missouri School of Journalism — Saturday, Aug. 10, 1:45 to 3:15 p.m. “How’s this for digital lesson design?”

A team of doctoral students and educators assembled by the University of Missouri will demonstrate lesson plans and teaching resources delivered through an unusual format: a responsively designed HTML 5 website that connects the teaching and learning recommendations to the primary text at the paragraph level. The project is a joint venture of the Knight Foundation and the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president at the Knight Foundation, wrote the primary text; the Missouri-led team created the “Learning Layer.” Text topics include the issue of change, the teaching hospital model, protection for student journalists, public policy, journalism and mass communications research. The session will include a demonstration of the HTML site.

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AEJMC Leadership through the Years

As part of our centennial celebration, we continue to highlight our leadership from the past. Our former presidents have guided us well during the past century, each bringing his/her unique skills and ideas into play as our association has grown and prospered. “We must ﬁnd new ways to deﬁne ourselves more clearly within academic settings if we are to remain what we are — more than 400 viable campus units. We must show administrators that we are central, not peripheral, to the mission of higher education.” —Maurine Beasley, University of Maryland, AEJMC president in 1993-94 (AEJMC News; November 1993, p. 16)

Beasley

•••••• “I hold at least a tie for the shortest presidential address. When time grew short at the opening session of the Fort Collins convention, I simply called off my speech. That may well have been the most popular decision of my AEJ presidency.” —R. Neale Copple, University of Nebraska Lincoln, AEJ president in 1972-73 (When I was AEJMC President, booklet; August 2001, p. 7)

Copple

•••••• “An association like AEJMC thrives because of exceptional leadership at many levels. To all of you who contribute to making AEJMC an intellectually vibrant and humanly enjoyable association, merci beaucoup!”

—Terry Hynes, California State University, Fullerton, AEJMC president in 1991-92 (AEJMC News, September 1992, p. 10)

Hynes

•••••• “I believe research by AEJMC members can play an important role in promoting better understanding of media and possibly better performance by the media…Society requires an unconstrained discussion of media roles and performance if it is to continue as a democracy. Scholarship must be part of that debate, and our Association can help in that direction.”

—Stephen Lacy, Michigan State University, AEJMC president in 1997-98 (AEJMC News, November 1997, pp. 2 and 8)

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1982

1985

Conven-on held in Norman, OK

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1988

Information comes from: AEJMC News, Vol. 18, No. 4, January 1985, p. 1; AEJMC News, Vol. 17, No. 7, April 1984, p. 2; AEJMC News, Vol. 21, No. 1, October 1987, p. 3; AEJMC News, Vol. 21, No. 7, September 1988, p. 2.

• Conference was held in Washington, DC • Media Management and Economics Division created

1989

Desktop publishing began for all AEJMC journals. The associa-on purchased an Apple Macintosh SE computer for each editor

• AEJMC published its 75-Year History as a Journalism & Mass Communica on Monographs, wri.en by Ed Emery and Joe McKerns • Desktop publishing of the AEJMC Newsle.er began using an Apple Macintosh SE computer • Last university conven-on held at Trinity University in San Antonio

1986

• A er decades of conven-ons on college campuses, the associa-on held its Memphis’ conven-on at the Crown Plaza Holiday Inn and the Sheraton Downtowner • Hotel rate was $45 per night

AEJMC published the ﬁrst Journalism Directory

1983

Associa-on added “and Mass Communica-on” to its name

1984

• Four AEJMC members appeared before the U.S. Senate Commerce Commi.ee to tes-fy on the Freedom of Expression Act of 1983 (Bill Chamberlin of North Carolina, Richard Cole of North Carolina, Willard Rowland of Illinois, and Vernon Stone of Southern Illinois) • First Nafziger-White Disserta-on Award presented

• AEJ Central Oﬃce established at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC • First Krieghbaum Under 40 Award presented

1980

• Membership was 1,682 • Membership dues for faculty were $50

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1993

1994

Religion & Media Interest Group created

1999 • AEJMC had 3,343 members •AEJMC purchased an oﬃce building for the Central Oﬃce in Columbia, SC • Media Ethics Division was approved

[Information from AEJMC Executive Committee minutes, AEJMC Executive Director reports, and AEJMC News No. 32 No. 1.]

First AEJMC website created

1995

1997

1998

AEJMC held a PhD Summit at the Bal%more Conven%on. The number of doctoral programs in JMC increased from 17 in 1979 to 37 in 1998

• AEJMC Chicago Conference had a record 2,001 a&endees • The conference featured the Reverend Jessie Jackson as the keynote speaker

1996

• Civic Journalism Interest Group created • Small Programs Interest Group created • Internships & Careers Interest Group created

• Membership approved adding “and Mass Communica%on” to all journal names (Change began with 1995 volumes) • Communica%on Technology & Policy Division created • Graduate Educa%on Interest Group created

1992

• AEJMC Conven%on held in Montreal • Task Force on Educator and Professional Alliances created

• AEJMC held a special research conference in recogni%on of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights • Science Communica%on Interest Group created

1990

• AEJMC had 2,662 members • Members approved crea%on of a Commission on the Status of Women and a Commission on the Status of Minori%es

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TEAChiNg TiPS CorNEr By Amy Falkner AEJMC Standing Committee on Teaching S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications apfalkne@syr.edu Twitter: amyfalkner

What are your TLOs for DC?

Learning is good. I don’t mean just for your students. I’m talking about you. The AEJMC Conference in Washington, DC, presents you that opportunity and I encourage you to take full advantage. We all know how important it is to have clear student learning outcomes on our syllabi. My university’s Senate Committee on Curricula has put a big push on these in the last academic year. They’ve bounced back numerous new course proposals in an attempt to get faculty to make crystal clear on their syllabi what exactly students will know or be able to do as a result of a learning activity or course or program. Make these measurable, they say. Express the outcomes using action verbs as knowledge, skills or attitudes. Ok, then. Let’s turn this on its head. What are your teacher learning outcomes (TLOs) for this conference? Strategize about this before you go. What is it that you want to learn? Incorporating diversity into your courses? Better use of social media? Best practices in developing an online course? All of these topics will be profiled during the Conference. Seek out these opportunities and be ready to capitalize. Have your business card ready for the presenter and write down on the back of it, as an example, “pls send Twitter assignment.” My TLO is to collect five such skill-based assignments or exercises during the course of the conference. Action verb? Check. Measurable? Check. New knowledge? Check. The Standing Committee on Teaching has put together a perfect slate of programming for you to start your pre-gaming. I’ll explain it below. But also know that the divisions and interest groups have plenty of teaching programming that is disciplinespecific. Most of them also make it a point to bring in some industry professionals either for a special panel or a mixed panel with academics. I find these particular panels especially helpful to learn what’s the latest industry trend, skill needed or problem to solve. What you learn will help your students, and that should always be your goal. So here is the line-up for the programming from the Standing Committee on Teaching. It’s a great place to start your conference to-do list. Thursday, Aug. 8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. — “2013 Best Practices in Teaching with Tools and Technologies”

You could get your entire list of TLOs simply by attending this session. The call for entries specified a search for innovative

ways tools and technologies were integrated into the learning environment, either as used by instructors in presenting materials or by students in learning new tools. The Committee has held this competition eight years in a row and this one was one of its most highly competitive. Nearly 30 entries were judged and three winners were selected, plus an honorable mention. Winning entries utilized geo-tagging, cloud-based research tools, Google Forms, YouTube, social media and more. Interested? Attendees receive a booklet with the winning entries, so that makes it super easy to accomplish your TLOs. Friday, Aug. 9, 1:30 to 3 p.m. — “Doctors Are In” session

This will mark the seventh year of this popular session, where you are essentially speed dating, but for ideas: participants move from table to table, with each table responsible for a different topic that keeps teachers, new and experienced, up at night. Originally, the intent of this session was to reach those new to academe, but we’ve discovered over time that both newbies and long-time faculty wanted a safe place to ask questions, share concerns and gather new ideas. This year’s topics are sure to provide a springboard for ideas for your classes with proven classroom management tips and suggestions on how to teach large lecture classes, in addition to the topics of social media, diversity and teaching online mentioned above. And for your own personal TLOs, there are sessions on creating a teaching portfolio for tenure and promotion and the secret to balancing research, teaching and service.

Saturday, Aug. 10, 3:30 to 5 p.m. — “Transforming Teaching Failures into Teaching Successes”

The Committee schedules a “faculty concerns” session each year, and utilizing the long teaching careers — and goofs — of several Committee members (yours truly included), we have a panel session on transforming those errors into a positive experience in the end for your students. This is the ultimate TLO. It’s also a little-discussed part of being a professor, but it happens. The key is to recognize something went wrong and how you can recover from it. We’ll also suggest some red flags that may indicate a classroom crisis is ahead. Being prepared is half the battle.

Saturday, Aug. 10, 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. — “Top Papers from Research on Teaching Paper Competition”

New this year, the Committee, in conjunction with Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, sponsored a special paper call for research related to teaching. We received so many papers we had to recruit extra judges. It’s a good problem to have! The top papers discuss three topics near and dear to all: strengthening basic writing skills, integrating team-based learning and the gaps between journalism and practice in the digital age. Talk about TLOs. You can’t miss with this session. Hope to see you at these sessions and that you’ll be pleased with what you learned. Your students thank you in advance.

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AEJMC to Award Senior Scholar grants

The AEJMC Senior Scholar Research Program will award up to two $4,000 grants to senior scholars to fund innovative and timely research projects in journalism and mass communication. This is a project of the AEJMC Strategic Plan. Senior scholars who are AEJMC members may submit proposals for these grants in the fall of 2013, and selections will be announced by early January 2014. The AEJMC Senior Scholar Research Program is designed to support researchers in a wide area of study. These funds may support research assistants, travel to research centers or relevant locations, or pay for supplies and services associated with the research. This program seeks to recognize senior (typically tenured) scholars who aim to engage in extended research projects. For at least one of the two awards, priority will be given to a project that requires travel. Members holding an endowed professorship or an endowed chair are not eligible to apply. Proposals should outline the applicant’s significant research project. Proposals may also be submitted by a team of scholars who would share the award if selected. AEJMC will showcase initial results from the projects selected for the 2014 grants at a special session at the AEJMC 2014 Conference in Montreal, Canada. In addition to the $4,000 grant, AEJMC will also provide $750 for each selected proposal to assist scholars with travel expenses to that conference. Deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, Oct. 7, at 4:59 p.m. Eastern Time. All application materials should be emailed as attachments to Jennifer McGill at AEJMCHQ@aol.com (attachments MUST have a document suffix, such as .doc, .docx or .pdf). All material should come in ONE file in the order outlined under the “Application Process” section of this call. Incomplete proposals will NOT be reviewed. PROPOSAL CRITERIA

• The proposed topic should center on Journalism and Mass Communication and related disciplines. Topics in related disciplines should also include a central element within mass communication. • Applicants must be current AEJMC members. Check your membership status before you submit your proposal. Proposals submitted by non-members, or members whose memberships are not current, will be eliminated from the competition. • Only one proposal per person will be considered. (If you submit as part of a team, that is the only proposal you may submit.) • The program is looking for proposals from senior faculty members teaching full-time (preferably tenured). • The proposal should include a demonstration of past research success and the likelihood that this project can be completed by February 2015. • For the proposals selected, a ﬁve-page interim report is due to AEJMC by July 15, 2014, and will be part of the 2014 Conference session. Applicants should submit proposals for projects on which they would be able to make signiﬁcant progress by that time.

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Applications should contain ﬁve sections and include the following materials: I. A cover sheet that lists the following information: (a) name, address, telephone number and email address; (b) a 200-word bio of applicant(s); and (c) a 300-word abstract of the project. II. A proposal written for a general mass communication scholarly audience, of no more than 1,500 words (excluding endnotes) describing the project, which must include the following: (a) scope and purpose of project; (b) how the project will expand knowledge; (c) detailed description of the project, including methods,survey information (if used), etc.; (d) current status and timeline for completion; (e) anticipated outcomes; (f) a list of potential publication venues for the ﬁnished project. (Proposals that exceed this word count will NOT be reviewed.) III. A one-page, detailed budget that fully explains the expenses necessary to complete the project. Maximum grant amount is $4,000. Funds may not be used for university indirect costs or PI stipend. If project will cost more than the maximum grant amount, explain where you will get the remaining funds to complete the project. IV. One letter of support from your immediate supervisor V. A three-page curriculum vitae SELECTION PROCESS

All proposals will undergo peer review by JMC scholars. After a two-stage judging process, applicants will be notiﬁed of the status of their proposals by early January 2014. Questions about the AEJMC Senior Scholars Program should be directed to Jennifer McGill at AEJMCHQ@aol.com or 803/7980271.

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Emerging Scholars Program Seeks Applicants

The AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program will award $2,500 research and teaching grants to up to four research or teaching proposals to encourage innovative and timely projects in journalism and mass communication. This is a project of the AEJMC Strategic Plan. AEJMC members may submit proposals for these grants in the fall of 2013, and selections will be announced by early January 2014. Deadline for submitting proposals is Tuesday, Oct. 1, 4:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program is designed to develop and nurture JMC teachers and researchers by fostering an intellectually stimulating environment. This program’s mission is to identify, encourage and recognize some of AEJMC’s most promising emerging scholars by providing funding for research or teaching projects. If requested, proposals selected for funding will be matched with a recognized scholar to serve as a mentor throughout the project. The mentor would serve as a resource and sounding board for the project. Proposals should outline an individual’s own significant research or teaching project. Proposals may also be submitted by a research team, which would share the award amount if selected. AEJMC will showcase initial results from the 2014 grants during a session at AEJMC’s 2014 Conference in Montreal, Canada. In addition to the $2,500 grant, AEJMC will also provide $500 for each selected proposal to assist with travel expenses to the Conference. Criteria and the application process are outlined below. All application materials should be emailed as attachments to Lillian Coleman at aejmcnews@aol.com (attachments MUST have a document suffix, such as .doc, .docx or .pdf). All material should come in ONE file in the order outlined under the “Application Process” section of this call. Incomplete proposals will NOT be reviewed.

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• The proposed topic should center on Journalism and Mass Communication and related disciplines. Topics in related disciplines should also include a central element within mass communication. • Applicants must be current AEJMC members. Check your membership status before you submit your proposal. Proposals submitted by non-members or members whose memberships are not current will be eliminated from the competition. • Only one proposal per person will be considered. (If you submit as part of a team, that is the only proposal you may submit.) • The program will not provide support for dissertation research. • Graduate or undergraduate students are not eligible for this program. • The program is looking for proposals from junior faculty members teaching full-time who have not yet achieved tenure, who are likely at the assistant professor level. Media professionals who have recently transitioned to full-time work in the academy are also welcome to apply. • Proposals for teaching projects must include a research component or be research-based. This research component must be specifically explained in the proposal. • For the proposals selected, a five-page interim report is due to AEJMC by July 15, 2014, and will be part of a Conference session. Applicants should submit proposals for projects on which they will be able to make significant progress by that time. Projects must be completed by Feb. 7, 2015. APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications should contain five sections, which should include the following materials: I. A cover sheet that lists: (a) name, address, telephone number, email address; (b) a 200-word bio of applicant; and (c) a 300word abstract of project. II. A proposal written for a general mass communication scholarly audience, of no more than 1,500 words (excluding endnotes) describing the project, which must include: (a) scope and purpose of project; (b) how the project will expand knowledge; (c) detailed description of the project, including methods, survey information (if used), etc.; (d) current status and timeline for completion; (e) anticipated outcomes; (f) a list of potential publication venues for the finished project. (Proposals that exceed this word count will NOT be reviewed.) III. A one-page, detailed budget that fully explains the expenses necessary to complete the project. Maximum grant amount is $2,500. Funds may not be used for equipment, software, PI stipend, university indirect costs or conference travel. If project will cost more than the maximum grant amount, explain where you will get the remaining funds to complete the project. IV. One letter of support from your immediate supervisor. V. A three-page vita — edit it so it is only three pages. SELECTION PROCESS

All proposals will undergo peer review by JMC scholars. After a two-stage judging process, applicants will be notified of the status of their proposals by early January 2014. Questions should be directed to Jennifer McGill at AEJMCHQ@aol.com or 803/798-0271.

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Poynter Institute Oﬀers Resources to Journalism Educators

What does journalism’s future look like? Is it news circulated at lightspeed on Twitter, longform stories read online or in print, updated Facebook statuses or statistics creatively visualized? This is a critical time for journalism education. As the media industry transforms, educators are challenged to keep their courses relevant and their students engaged. As schools face slashed budgets and shrinking endowments, many instructors are finding themselves managing larger classes with fewer resources. As the demands of administrators grow, educators are finding themselves pulled in many directions, with little or no time for planning, let alone strengthening teaching skills and exploring new curricula. The face of journalism’s future is the face of educators—those who will give students the skills to find great jobs and excel at them. Whether you are creating a course from scratch, reimagining a course or developing your own skills, you can find what you need through The Poynter Institute and its e-learning platform, News University.

The Future of Journalism Education

As a teaching organization that values learning on all levels, Poynter NewsU has asked educators, students and professional journalists about the future of journalism education. This survey, a follow-up to our 2012 research, attempts to see whether attitudes have shifted regarding the importance of a journalism education. We will share the results of that study Thursday, Aug. 8, from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m., during the Poynter session at AEJMC’s Washington Conference.

Digital Tools for the Digital Journalist—and Educator

Looking for a guide to the latest software and services that you and your students can use for newsgathering? Our Digital Tools Project showcases tools and tutorials from Atavist to Zeega. The project is a partnership of the American Press Institute and The Poynter Foundation, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The Digital Textbook for the Digital Student

The number of students who have taken online or have online access to courses from high school to college continues to grow. Even students who haven’t taken a formal online course are using informal e-learning, such as the thousands of video tutorials on hundreds of subjects on YouTube. To engage students who are increasingly comfortable with online training, Poynter NewsU has combined e-learning courses with assessments to create Digital Course Packs and Certificates—the new textbooks for our digital world of teaching. Course packs and certificates can be customized to accompany your syllabus this fall on topics from reporting, writing and editing, to social media, to entrepreneurial and leadership skills. You conduct the teaching and coaching, and NewsU provides the readings, activities and assessments. Students can find journalism training on YouTube and other sites, but Poynter NewsU provides focused, effective, trackable teaching that you can trust to deliver expertise and engagement. Find out the Latest News @ NewsU

NewsU, home of the world’s largest online journalism curriculum, is adding new resources and courses to its curriculum of more than 300 free and low-cost online courses, including: The Language Primer; Fair Use and Copyright in an Open-Source World; Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News; and Financial Literacy Basics. Highlights will be announced during the Poynter session at AEJMC. Learn more

You can learn more about all of the offerings featured here in three ways: • Come see us at our booth or during our Thursday, Aug. 8, session at the AEJMC conference; • Learn about all of our tools for educators at www.newsu.org/tools; • Contact us via www.newsu.org or www.poynter.org.

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Arthur Page Center Seeks Grant Proposals

From inactive publics to brand ambassadors, organizations must consider how best to communicate with a variety of stakeholders. With the growth of social media, ethical engagement with stakeholders has become more challenging. Engagement implies a two-way exchange, if not necessarily a meeting of minds, then certainly a swapping of ideas and opinions, listening and talking, and stakeholders have expectations that require ethical standards. The Arthur W. Page Center seeks grant proposals that address the issues of ethical stakeholder engagement. Research projects should deepen the field’s understanding of the issues with a focus on real-world solutions for practitioners. Submissions should clearly demonstrate how the research will benefit the practice of public relations and how the authors intend to disseminate findings to the field. Grants will range from $1,000 to $5,000. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): Measuring the impact of stakeholder engagement Benefits or challenges of ethical stakeholder engagement Online stakeholder engagement Engagement with specific audiences such as: Activists Elderly Employees Investors International groups LGBT Youth The research conducted from approved proposals will be evaluated for a special issue of the Public Relations Journal guest edited by Marcia W. DiStaso. Authors of successful submissions may also be asked to participate in a webinar or conference panel and/or make their work available for distribution through a website. Deadline for proposal submission is Sept. 1. Proposals should be submitted through the Page Center website (http:// thepagecenter.comm.psu.edu/, click on Page Legacy Scholar Grants). Questions should be directed to Marcia W. DiStaso at mwd10@psu.edu or 814/863-9874.

FIU to Sponsor Hispanic Marketing Communication Conference

Florida International University’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC) is sponsoring the Hispanic Marketing Communication: Bridging Culture and Behavior Conference on Nov. 7 – 8 at its Biscayne Bay Campus. The conference is the second event to stem from the SJMC’s Hispanic Communication Studies Conference Series which launched in fall 2012. For 2013, the series will focus its attention on Hispanic marketing communication industries to better understand trends and dynamics in a variety of contexts. The event plans to bring scholars and industry leaders from around the country with ties to the public relations, marketing and advertising fields to share insights through open-forum panel discussions. “With this conference, academics and professionals alike will have an incredible opportunity to not only share information, but also learn new means for effectively communicating with one of the nation’s most influential ethnic groups,” said Raul Reis, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The presentations will provide in-depth analysis on the strategies used to relay political, environmental and health related content, among others, to Hispanic audiences. This event will also give marketers the unique opportunity to hold a focus group with Hispanic FIU students. A poster exhibit from university students nationwide will highlight current research being done regarding Hispanics and communication industries. “This event is a necessary platform for strengthening the relationship between the marketing communications industry and the scholars who study it, so we can consolidate a greater yield of knowledge about the Hispanic consumer,” said Alejandro Alvarado, chair of the conference and program director of the Telemundo Hispanic Media Futures Program. Academics and industry professionals from across the nation are invited to contribute papers that provide insight on the topic while graduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit research posters. For more information on the event, including the Call for Proposals and Research Poster Session, visit http://journalism.fiu.edu/lib/doc/hcscs/2013/Call _for_Papers.pdf

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tach a CV that includes employment history (including dates of employment) and three professional references with contact information. Application materials should be emailed to: Sharon Brown, Search # SS-0034-23 sharonbrown@boisestate.edu Review of applications will begin September 15th, 2013. •••• Kennesaw State University, the third largest university in the University System of Georgia, invites applications for Department Chair in the Department of Communication, beginning July 1, 2014. This is a 12-month, tenure-track position with possibility of tenure upon appointment. Located on an attractive campus in suburban metropolitan Atlanta, KSU enrolls 24,000 traditional and nontraditional baccalaureate, master, and doctoral students. KSU offers a fast-paced, dynamic environment with opportunities for innovation. KSU faculty members are engaged in an impressive array of research and professional service initiatives on regional, national, and international levels. The Department of Communication houses the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Endowed Chair in Communication; an undergraduate program featuring concentrations in Public Relations, Media Studies, Journalism and Citizen Media, and Organizational Communication; undergraduate minors in both Public Relations and Crisis Preparedness; an undergraduate certificate in Multiplatform News Reporting; and the Master of Arts in Integrated Global Communication graduate program and forthcoming Graduate Certificate in Digital and Social Media. The undergraduate program has 22 full-time faculty members currently serving almost 1,400 undergraduate students. The department seeks a dynamic and innovative Chair who has worked in a shared governance environment and who values collaboration and collegiality. The ideal candidate will articulate a clear and compelling vision for the department's future, and be capable of leading a diverse team of faculty and staff in a well-estab-

lished department that is experiencing rapid growth and programmatic expansion. The Chair is expected to help strengthen the department’s ties with the professional communication community and cultivate external support for departmental activities. The Chair is also expected to facilitate synergy among the various programs and concentrations, facilitate enrollment management strategies, promote research, demonstrate a commitment to technology-enhanced learning, and build and maintain successful teams. In addition to departmental administration, the Chair carries limited teaching responsibilities. A doctorate in a Communication discipline is required. A complete application requires a letter addressing the candidate’s qualifications for the position, including teaching philosophy, administrative philosophy, and scholarship activity; evidence of teaching effectiveness; a current curriculum vitae; a list of three professional references; and unofficial graduate transcripts. Send application materials electronically to: https://facultyjobs. kennesaw.edu/. To learn more, visit us at the Job Hub at the AEJMC convention. To ensure consideration, applications must be received by November 1, 2013. It is our policy to hire individuals with a strong commitment to intercultural competence to work in a global environment with a diverse student body. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, especially those from members of underrepresented and marginalized groups. •••• Professor of Practice, Lehigh University. The Department of Journalism & Communication invites applications for a Professor of Practice in Journalism to begin January 2014 or August 2014, depending on the schedule of the candidate. The professor will teach three courses each semester. One of those courses each semester entails advising the print and digital versions of the campus newspaper, published twice weekly since 1894. Experience with advising college newspapers is required and experience with design

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and administration of content management systems is a plus. Other courses may include writing for media, editing and reporting. The candidate should have relevant professional and teaching experience. A relevant Ph.D. or Master’s degree is required by appointment start date. This non-tenure-track position has an initial appointment of three years and is renewable upon completion. Salary and benefits are highly competitive. The department has served a small undergraduate program of superior quality since 1927. It has six full-time and five part-time faculty. With major programs in journalism and journalism/science and environmental writing, it enrolls about 150 majors and minors. http://www.lehigh.edu/journalism The department is also active in numerous interdisciplinary initiatives in global studies, environmental studies, health, American Studies and more. Lehigh University ranks 38 among national universities in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report ratings and is in the most competitive category in both Peterson’s Guide and Barron’s Profile of American Colleges. Lehigh is located on a scenic, 1,600-acre campus in historic Bethlehem in eastern Pennsylvania, adjacent to Allentown and Easton, and about one and one-half hours from New York and Philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley is an attractive place to live and work with reasonable cost of living, easy commuting, good schools and abundant cultural activities. Application requirements can be found at the submission site, Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/ 2666 The review of applications will begin August 15. Deadline for applications is September 15. The chair and faculty will be available to discuss the position at the August AEJMC conference in Washington, DC. Inquiries can be addressed to Professor Jack Lule, Department Chair and Chair of Search Committee, Department of Journalism & Communication: jack.lule@lehigh.edu. The College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University is committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and curriculum. Candidates who can con-

tribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths or experiences in this area. Lehigh University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and Lehigh offers excellent benefits including domestic partner benefits. Please also see Lehigh Work/Life Balance for Faculty: http://www.lehigh.edu/~ inprv/work_life_balance.html •••• University of Alabama — The Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication and Information Sciences is seeking an outstanding individual to fill a tenure-track assistant professor position in our nationally recognized public relations program. The ideal candidate will have expertise in the conceptualization, development, and innovative use of digital and social media in a marketing and/or corporate communication context. A focus of his/her scholarly agenda should be digital media. Once hired, this faculty member will be expected to teach in the department’s curriculum. The ability to help integrate digital media elements and teaching into the APR curriculum is a plus as is the ability to teach PR writing, management, and campaigns. (Note: The department’s one-year professional and two-year traditional thesis-oriented M.A. programs combine advertising and public relations.) Opportunities exist for teaching in the college’s interdisciplinary mass communication curriculum as well as in the college’s doctoral program. An earned doctorate or other terminal degree in mass communication or related discipline is preferred and must be completed prior to the start date. Applicants must demonstrate high potential to establish a scholarly research program. Previous successful teaching and/or professional experience is desired. Salary is open and based on qualifications. Upload application, resume, cover letter and three letters of recommendation at https://facultyjobs.ua.edu to apply. Applications will be accepted until position is filled, but review process begins September 15, 2013. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Questions regarding the search should

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be directed to Dr. Bill Gonzenbach (gonzenbach@apr. ua.edu) Search Committee Chair, University of Alabama, Box 870172, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172. •••• University of Alabama — The Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the College of Communication & Information Sciences seeks an outstanding colleague for a tenure-track assistant professor position beginning August 15, 2014. An earned doctorate is required by date of appointment. Applicants must demonstrate high potential to establish a strong scholarly research program. Prior teaching experience is preferred but not required. Ability to teach undergraduate advertising management is necessary. Other teaching interests must include advertising strategy and research courses, such as media planning, advertising campaigns, consumer insights and basic research methods. We welcome globally diverse perspectives in our curriculum, as well as expertise in emerging media environments. Teaching opportunities are also possible in the department's one-year and two-year master's program, as well as the college-wide doctoral program. Salary is open and based on qualifications. To apply, upload application, vita and cover letter at https://facultyjobs.ua.edu. Three letters of recommendation are also required. Letters should be mailed to Dr. Lance Kinney, Search Committee Chair, Box 870172, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0172. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled; however, review of applications will begin September 15, 2013. Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged. The University of Alabama is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Questions regarding the search should be directed to Dr. Lance Kinney (kinney@apr.ua.edu). •••• Washington and Lee University, Journalism and Media Ethics – Washington and Lee University’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communications is seeking a senior colleague to hold the John S. and James L. Knight Chair in journalism and media ethics, beginning in Fall

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Continued from page 23 2014. Teaching applied ethics has been a fundamental component of the department’s curriculum for four decades. We seek a colleague who is eager to ensure that our curriculum addresses the challenges of digital media. In addition to teaching courses in applied ethics, the new chair holder will also promote and advance scholarship in the academy and the journalism and mass communications professions. Our new Knight Professor will also work closely with the university’s newly established interdisciplinary Roger Mudd Center for Ethics. An extensive academic or professional background in ethics, an advanced degree and leadership in the journalism or mass communications professions are required. The Ph.D. is desirable but not required. Washington and Lee University is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Re-

view of applications will begin on Oct. 1, 2013. The Department of Journalism and Mass Communications is the nation’s only accredited journalism program in a highly competitive liberal arts university. Detailed information about the University is available at www.wlu.edu and about the department at www.wlu.edu/ x52070.xml. For further information or to submit an application contact Dr. Brian E. Richardson, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450-0303; 540-458-8430; richardsonb@wlu.edu. •••• Washington and Lee University seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications to teach multi-media news producing and supervise The Rockbridge Report, the department’s online and broadcast news laboratory. Students in several classes contribute to The Rockbridge Report, which covers and serves the local community. We are seeking a candidate with professional newsroom experience and a vision for adapting news

delivery to rapidly changing technologies, including mobile, tablet and social media. Prior teaching experience is a plus. Candidates must also be able to teach more general mass media survey and seminar courses in a rigorous liberal arts environment. Our new colleague will become a member of a close-knit eight-person faculty supported by a full-time manager of technical operations. An appropriate advanced degree is required, with the Ph.D. preferred but not essential. The position will be available July 1, 2014. For more information about the department and Rockbridge Report, see: http://journalism. wlu.edu. Washington and Lee University is an equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Applicants should submit a cover letter, vita or resume and reference list to: Prof. Pam Luecke, head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Reid Hall, Washington and Lee University, Lexington VA 24450, or to lueckep@wlu.edu. Preliminary interviews will take place at AEJMC’s meeting in August. ••••

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