Michael Sweeney
Ohio University
Head/Program Chair
sweenem3@ohio.edu
Doug Cumming
Washington and Lee University
Vice Head/Research Chair
cummingd@wlu.edu
Erika Pribanic-Smith
University of Texas at Arlington
Secretary/Newsletter Editor
epsmith@uta.edu
The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is soliciting entries for its annual award for the best journalism and mass communication history book of 2016.
The winning author will receive a plaque and a cash prize at the August 2017 AEJMC conference at the Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Hotel in Chicago, where the author will give a short talk about the experience of research and discovery during the book’s composition.
The competition is open to any author of a media history book regardless of whether he or she belongs to AEJMC or the History Division. Only first editions with a 2016 copyright date will be accepted. Edited volumes, articles, and monographs will be excluded because they qualify for the Covert Award, another AEJMC History Division competition
Entries must be received by February 3, 2017. To enter, submit four copies of each book — along with the author’s mailing address, telephone number, and email address — to:
John P. Ferré
AEJMC History Book Award Chair
Department of Communication
310 Strickler Hall
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Please contact John Ferré at 502.852.8167 or ferre@louisville.edu with any questions.
The Fall 2016 edition of Clio is ready for downloading.
This issue features a roundup of History Division activities at the annual AEJMC convention in Minneapolis, including the minutes of the annual division members meeting. The issue also features a couple of pages of photographs of members participating in convention activities.
In addition to the convention roundup, new division head Mike Sweeney outlines some possible options for a relationship between the division and the Journalism History journal, PF&R chair Tracy Lucht provides some historical context of harassment faced by women in broadcasting, and the member spotlight features Jane Marcellus of Middle Tennessee State University.
You can view the Fall 2016 issue of Clio here, or you can find it on the Clio page.