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.

 

Winter 2014 Clio is available

Get the Winter 2014 edition of Clio, the history division newsletter. In this edition:14winterclioscreenshot

  • Consideration of the need for a focused history of our field from division head KathyRoberts Forde
  • Thoughts on journalism history textbooks from teaching chair Doug Cumming
  • An examination of some pioneering journalists and the First Amendment
  • Information about travel grants for media history research
  • The call for papers, reviewers and award entries for the annual convention

Download the Winter 2014 edition here, or from the Clio page.

History Division website now includes syllabi, sample assignments

A new teaching resource has been added to the History Division website.

History Division members have contributed items to create a collection of syllabi and sample assignments for courses related to journalism history. The collection includes syllabi for courses focusing broadly on journalism history as well as courses on specific areas like electronic media or legal history. There are syllabi for both undergraduate and graduate classes, and some members have contributed sample assignments as well.

The collection of syllabi and assignments is linked from the Resources page.

Members can contribute additional items by emailing website administrator Keith Greenwood at greenwoodk@missouri.edu.

 

Call for book award entries

The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication is soliciting entries for its award for the best journalism and mass communication history book of 2013.  The award is given annually, and the winning author will receive a plaque and a cash prize at the August 2014 AEJMC conference in Montréal.  The competition is open to any author of a relevant history book regardless of whether he or she belongs to AEJMC or the History Division. Authorship is defined as the person or persons who wrote the book, not just edited it. Only those books with a 2013 copyright date will be accepted. Compilations, anthologies, articles, and monographs will be excluded because they qualify for the Covert Award, another AEJMC History Division competition. Continue reading →

Fall 2013 issue of Clio now available

The Fall 2013 edition of Clio, the history division newsletter, has been published. This issue features a wrap-up of the annual convention in Washington, D.C., including photographs of panels, posters and award winners. New division head Kathy Roberts Forde begins a discussion of the role of theory in historical research, and there’s information about the March 2014 Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference. You’ll also find the division goals for this year.

Download the current issue here, or from the Clio page.

Call for panel proposals – Montreal 2014 conference

The History Division is seeking panel proposals for the 2014 AEJMC national conference in Montreal. The division aims to offer a diverse program that represents the depth and breadth of our members’ research, teaching and professional interests.

Members are encouraged to submit proposals that take advantage of the conference’s location in Montreal. Panel proposals are due by September 30 and should include the following information:

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Get involved in the division mentorship program at the annual convention

Please get involved in the upcoming conference as a mentor or mentee. The AEJMC’s mentorship program will enter in its second year of operation with the August 2013 Conference. So far we have matched three mentors and mentees, and we are looking to make more connections.

The program is very straightforward. Each Division/Group identifies first-time conference attendees and matches them with members who are willing to serve as mentors. All who participate in the program are asked to attend the new member breakfast during the conference. Beyond that, each mentor is asked to provide first time attendees with any information that will make their experience less intimidating. Guy Golan, the AEJMC Membership Committee chair, said the idea behind the program is a simple one. “We hope to match first time conference attendees with seasoned AEJMC conference veterans who will show them the conference ropes and make their experience less intimidating.” Please consider being a part of this program in 2013 on behalf of the History Division. You may contact me at gustaf13@u.washington.edu to sign up as a mentor or to be matched as a mentee!