Thursday, Aug. 5, virtual meeting

6:45 p.m. PT/7:45 p.m. MT/8:45 p.m. CT/9:45 p.m. ET

The virtual AEJMC history division meeting in early August included a summary of the division’s activities during 2020-21, leadership voting, transitions and information, and a presentation of the success of Journalism History and its affiliated activities. More details, including a review of the meeting minutes, follows below.

Brief end-of-year status report

The outgoing chair, Dr. Will Mari (Louisiana), called the meeting to order at 8:49 p.m., CST. Last year’s meeting minutes were approved (following a second by Dr. Cayce Myers, verbally) and Dr. Mari gave a brief 2020-21 year-in-review report. For research initiatives, he mentioned our journal having a new editor and book reviews moving online. He also discussed conferences being virtual and JJCHC being postponed. For PF&R/research, the division had a 9/11 panel, a NAJA panel, and a webinar with Jonathan Karl (ABC’s Washington correspondent). For research/teaching, we held a student podcast contest and our podcast downloads have tripled. For teaching/PF&R, highlights included a 9/11 essay series and increased media coverage. Other division activities included a new website and Facebook page. Outside of convention activities, 47 members were involved in a division role and there have been 69 Clio/website posts with new content since last August.

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