Monthly Archives: January 2014

Call for submissions regarding preserving news content – Newspaper Research Journal

Newspaper Research Journal is seeking submissions for a special issue focused on the preservation of news content. “Capturing and Preserving the ‘First Draft of History’ in the Digital Environment” will focus on issues related to preserving content, particularly “born digital” content such as “big data” projects and interactive visualizations.

Special issue editors Kathleen A. Hansen and Nora Paul are looking for manuscripts that will provide insights into the challenges and issues news organizations are facing with respect to capturing the daily product, efficiently storing it and making it accessible to users. Social-scientific and critical-cultural approaches will be considered. Historical perspectives are welcome.

Deadline for submission is August 2, 2014, with publication in Summer 2015. Direct questions or submissions to Kathleen A. Hansen (k-hans@umn.edu) or Nora Paul (npaul@umn.edu) at the University of Minnesota. See the attached PDF file for more details.

Participants needed for AEJMC grant writing workshop

The History and Public Relations divisions are co-sponsoring a pre-conference grant writing workshop in conjunction with the 2014 AEJMC convention in Montreal, and participants are needed for part of the program.

The workshop will feature two panels. The first, “promoting our scholarship and ourselves,” has already been organized. The second panel session will focus on grant writing. Organizers are looking for some History Division members who’ve been successful in grant writing to join the panel.

The pre-conference workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 5 (the convention begins the next day). If you are interested in participating, contact Lisa Burns at Lisa.Burns@quinnipiac.edu. Include a brief bio about your experience with grant writing. Organizers are hoping to finalize the panel by mid-February.