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Journalism History and American Journalism Invite Applications for Microgrants to Support Research Related to Diversity and Media History

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Journalism History and American Journalism are offering a combined $4,800 in microgrant funding to encourage research relating to the intersection of diversity and media history. The microgrants are sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s History Division and the American Journalism Historians Association, respectively. Topics should incorporate any of the following or an intersection of the following with media history: race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, religion, disability, mental health, and/or rural populations. Topics related to public relations and advertising diversity history are also welcome.

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Call for Nominations: Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award

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Nominations are open for the AEJMC History Division’s 2025 Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award. This division honor will recognize an individual for excellence in research on the history of journalism and mass communication. Nominees must have a minimum 15-year academic career and a record of division membership. To submit a nomination, please compile a single PDF file with the following items:

  • Cover letter that explains the nominee’s research contributions
  • Minimum of two letters of support
  • Nominee’s current C.V.

Self-nominations, with the accompanying supporting materials, are welcome. Nomination packets should be sent to committee chair Matthew Pressman at matthew.pressman@shu.edu. The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2025.

Panel Proposals for AEJMC 2025 due October 7

The History Division welcomes panel proposals for the 2025 AEJMC conference in San Francisco, Calif., August 6 – 10. The theme for next year’s event is “Leading in Times of Momentous Change: Individual and Collective Opportunities.” Panel proposals can be submitted via this link.

The History Division is one of the original divisions of AEJMC, having been established in 1966, and supports research into a variety of topics related to the journalism and mass communication industry, including but not limited to:

  • the newspaper industry (newspapers, editors, publishers, and reporters)
  • the broadcasting and cable industry (individual networks, stations, anchors, and reporters)
  • photojournalism and photography
  • advertising (advertising agencies, practitioners, campaigns)
  • public relations ( agencies, corporations, campaigns, practitioners, techniques and tactics)
  • media technologies (computerization, emerging digital technologies, and the early Internet)

Some History Division members focus on the history of media relationships with the government and other power-wielding entities, and some members focus on the histories of technologies from the printing press, the telegraph and the typewriter, to the Internet, while others focus issues of culture, power, and longstanding inequities around race. 

The History Division generally accepts and hosts or co-hosts three types of panel proposals each year: Professional Freedom & Responsibility (PF&R), Teaching, and Research. 

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Paper Call: 43rd Annual American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) Convention

In May, the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) will begin accepting paper entries, panel proposals, and abstracts of research in progress on any facet of media history for its 43rd annual convention in Pittsburgh, PA, from Oct. 3-5, 2024. The deadline for all submissions is June 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. (EST).

A full version of AJHA’s 2024 call can be found here.

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Award Call: Jinx C. Broussard Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Media History

This award is presented to the winners of the AEJMC History Division’s teaching competition. Members may submit an innovative teaching technique to the contest, which is judged by a committee each spring.

Teaching ideas should be original, tested, and creative techniques used by the author in teaching media history and could be used by other instructors or institutions. The competition welcomes a variety of teaching ideas, including those taught across a quarter/semester or taught as a module within an individual course. Of particular interest are teaching ideas that help instructors address one or more of these pedagogies: diversity, collaboration, community, or justice. The 2024 deadline for submissions is May 8.

The applications should be submitted as one document saved in a PDF format to aejmchistory@gmail.com using the subject line “Jinx C. Broussard Award” and should include:

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Award Call: Covert Award in Mass Communication History, Entries Due March 31

AEJMC’s History Division announces the 40th annual competition for the Covert Award in Mass Communication History for entries published in 2023.  

The Covert Award recognizes the author of the best mass communication history article or essay published in the previous year. Book chapters in edited collections published in the previous year are also eligible. The AEJMC History Division has presented the award annually since 1985.

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Award Call: Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award, Entries Due March 1

Nominations are open for the AEJMC History Division’s 2024 Donald L. Shaw Senior Scholar Award. This division honor will recognize an individual for excellence in journalism history research who has a minimum 15-year academic career and a record of division membership. To apply, the nomination packet should include these items:

· Cover letter that explains the nominee’s research contributions to journalism history
· CV
· Brief biography
· Minimum of two letters of support

Self-nominations, with the accompanying supporting materials, are welcome. Letters may be addressed to Committee Chair Amber Roessner.

If you have been nominated in the past two years, you do not need to reapply since your nomination remains in the pool. Email nominations to aejmchistory@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. Central Time March 1, 2024.

Award Call: Best Journalism and Mass Communication History Book, Entries Due February 1

The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s History Division is soliciting entries for its annual award for the best journalism and mass communication history book. The winning author will receive a plaque and a $500 prize at the August 2024 AEJMC conference in Philadelphia. Attendance at the conference is encouraged as the winner will be honored at a History Division awards event. The author also will be invited to discuss the winning book during a live taping of the Journalism History podcast, which traditionally takes place during the reception.  

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Journalism History Offers Grants to Stimulate Diversity Research

Journalism History, the journal of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), is offering microgrant funding to encourage research relating to the intersection of diversity and media history. Proposed topics should incorporate any of the following or an intersection of the following with media history: race/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, class, religion, disability, mental health, and/or rural populations. Submissions related to public relations and advertising diversity history are also welcome.

To apply, write a one-page description of your research project proposal that includes a brief description of your budget. The maximum grant request is $1,250.

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