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Volume 48 No. 5 | September 15, 2015

AEJMC Sponsors Second Annual News Engagement Day Oct. 6

Make plans now to participate in AEJMC’s second annual News Engagement Day Tuesday, Oct. 6. The goal of the one-day event is for as many people as possible, both nationwide and throughout the world, to engage with news and remember why news matters. Join the effort to make staying informed a national and international priority. AEJMC is working with schools and universities; local, social and national media; and civic, educational and community groups to continue to expand News Engagement Day. Campuses across the country are encouraged to participate and engage students with the news including on-campus events such as hosting special speakers from the media, producing news stories, actively engaging on social media and promoting why news matters. Media organizations are encouraged to work with local universities and community groups to encourage news engagement. The goals for the second annual News Engagement Day are (1) to be trending on social media nationwide and (2) have all 50 states plus the District of Columbia as well as countries around the world participate in activities and events that encourage news engagement. Use #newsengagementday on social media to help show current and future generations that being informed is empowering, enjoyable and essential for a healthy democracy. AEJMC founded News Engagement Day, an initiative of former AEJMC President Paula Poindexter, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. In 46 states, the District of Columbia, and at least seven countries, News Engagement Day had activities designed to encourage and increase the public’s engagement with news; the plan is to expand even more for this year. By involving every AEJMC member, every campus, and every state in News Engagement Day, AEJMC can make a difference today and tomorrow in journalism and communication education, the media and communications industry, and countries across the globe. For more information, visit www.newsengagement.org, @newsengagement on social media and use the event hashtag, #newsengagementday. For ideas about how to participate, visit www.pinterest.com/aejmc/

#AEJMC15 by the Numbers

AEJMC’s Aug. 6-9 San Francisco Conference at the Marriott Marquis achieved great success with a recordhigh number of research papers presented and more than 2,400 delegates attending: • 2,427 delegates

• 26 activities on pre-conference day • 377 sessions

• 943 accepted papers

• 9,102 page views in mobile app • 7,783 followers on Twitter

Approaching Deadlines:

• Abstracts for AEJMC/Kettering Foundation’s “Journalism, Citizenship and Democracy” Paper Call due Sept. 19 (see p. 10). • Applications for Emerging Scholar Grants due Oct. 1; applications for Senior Scholar Grants due Oct. 7.

• Book proposals for AEJMC/Peter Lang Scholarsourcing due Oct. 15 (see p. 8). • AEJMC oﬃcer nominations due Oct. 16 (see p. 3). • Tankard Book Award nominations due Nov. 13 (see p. 5).

FroM ThE PrESidENT By Elizabeth Toth 2014-15 AEJMC President University of Maryland

By Elizabeth Toth 2014-15 AEJMC President University of Maryland

Takeaways from AEJMC’s Global Bridges Conference ... and Final Thoughts

Along with over 2,400 participants, I was inspired and energized by a record number of 943 papers presented at our San Francisco Conference. AEJMC San Francisco offered new and long-time members alike, through its research, teaching, and professional freedom and responsibility missions, a rich variety of panels, paper sessions and professional development activities. Here are my takeaways... (1) Global Connections Through a “Global Connections” free chip competition, the Law and CTEC divisions sponsored international speaker Rigo Wenning, Lead Council for the WWW Consortium, who spoke on “Obscurity and the Right to be Forgotten: The Promise and Peril of Digital Ephemera, Focus on Europe.” The International Communication and Public Relations divisions brought us Adrian Edwards, head of news and spokesperson, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, who spoke on “Global Bridges Over Trouble Waters: Communication in the Wake of Humanitarian Crises.” We were especially enriched by the international presence of the: Chinese Communication Association Arab-American Association for Communication Educators Korean American Communication Association Meeting of the Southeast Initiative: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. (2) Classroom Use of Internet Tools The Standing Committee on Research sponsored the plenary panel on Big Data and its implications on journalism and mass communication. In a continuation from our Montreal Conference, the Teaching Standards Committee sponsored a competitively selected panel on best practices in teaching online and blended learning courses. Experts helped explain the journalist and communication uses of social media platforms and measurement and the uses of open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). For the sixth year, AEJMC worked with the Scripps Howard Foundation to provide six grants of $4,000 each for faculty to

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participate in a two-week visit to a media outlet and for the faculty to receive a campus visit by a media outlet professional. (3) How Net Neutrality Mission Survives after 20 Years Keynote speaker and Columbia University legal expert on Net Neutrality Tim Wu reminded us that the Internet, now 20 years old, has had eroded two of its original goals: from an elitist to a mass medium and from a government-focused to commercial enterprise. But through the commitment of activists such as Wu, the Internet has kept its mission of “neutrality,” that should deliver economically a platform facilitating the widest variety of interactions between people.1 (4) Equality and Diversity Furthered with the Institute for Diverse Leadership AEJMC San Francisco launched the Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication (IDL), with an inaugural class of eight competitively selected participants. IDL is a yearlong program of learning, mentoring and preparation open to minorities and women members who aspire to administrative positions, made possible by funds from AEJMC, ASJMC and MC&S. Quite simply, the Institute for Diverse Leadership hopes to increase the numbers of minorities and women journalism and communication adminisThe Standing Committee on Retrators in order to encoursearch sponsored the plenary age diverse facpanel on Big Data and its impliulty and cations on journalism and mass students in our classrooms who communication.” will become our future industry professionals. As part of this initiative, an oversight board appointed by AEJMC presidents will guide the evolution of IDL’s curriculum and selection process. New appointees are Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin; Julie Newton, Oregon; Raul Reis, Florida International; Phil Jeter, Winston-Salem State; Derina Holtzhausen, Lamar; Alex Tan, Washington State; and Elizabeth Toth, Maryland. (5) Top Books of our Discipline Tankard Book Award authors presented their top-ranked publications. Congratulations to Nikki Usher, George Washington, for her winning book Making News at The New York Times. Finalists were Burton St. John III, Old Dominion, Margot Opdycke Lamme, Alabama, and Jacquie L-Etang, Queen Margaret, for Pathways to Public Relations; and Margot Opdycke Lamme, Alabama, for Public Relations and Religion in American History: Evangelism, Temperance, and Business. Also, as an outstanding example of journalistic reporting, read the AEJMC-Knudson Latin American Prize winning book by Hector Tobar, Oregon — Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free! Continued on page 4

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Nominate Candidates Now for Next AEJMC Election

AEJMC is looking for candidates for the 2016 Election. A variety of seats on the AEJMC Elected Standing Committees will be open next fall. AEJMC will conduct an election to fill those seats in April 2016. In order to cast a wide net for possible candidates, AEJMC has set up an online process for nominating candidates for the association’s leadership positions. We welcome nominations of AEJMC members, as well as self-nominations. Nominations must be posted by Friday, Oct. 16. All current AEJMC members will receive an email with a link to the online nominations form in mid-September. The Nominations and Elections Committee will review nominations and develop a final slate of candidates. Last year more than 300 nominations were received, and all were considered. However, the number of candidate slots is limited so not everyone who is nominated will be asked to run. Nominees should be AEJMC members in good standing with the time and resources required to perform committee functions and travel to the conventions and meetings. The following officer slots are open: Leadership Ladder: AEJMC Vice President — Two candidates will be selected to run for the office of vice president, with the winner serving as vice president in 2016-17, becoming presidentelect in 2017-18, and AEJMC president in 2018-19. Our current president-elect, Paul Voakes, Colorado, will move up next year to the presidency, and current vice president, Jennifer Greer, Alabama, will move up to president-elect. Committee Seats: As you consider people to suggest, keep in mind that the following individuals already continue on one of our elected standing committees. Please do not re-nominate them or anyone from the same school for that particular committee.

Committee on Professional Freedom & Responsibility with three open seats — Continuing Members: Jane Singer, City University London (2017); Deb Aikat, North Carolina Chapel Hill (2017); Amy Reynolds, LSU (2017); Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Georgia (2018); Dean Kruckeberg, North Carolina-Charlotte (2018); Hong Cheng, Virginia Commonwealth (2018). Committee on Research with three open seats — Continuing Members: Kim Bissell, Alabama (2017); Victoria Ekstrand, North Carolina Chapel Hill (2017); Guy Golan, Syracuse (2017); Marcia DiStaso, Penn State (2018); George Sylvie, Texas at Austin (2018); Jisu Huh, Minnesota (2018).

Committee on Teaching with three open seats — Continuing Members: Earnest Perry, Missouri (2017); Natalie Tindall, Georgia State (2017); Anita Fleming-Rife, Northern Colorado (2017); Karen Turner, Temple (2018); Chris Roush, North Carolina Chapel Hill (2018); Mary Rogus, Ohio (2018).

Publications Committee with three open seats — Continuing Members: Julie Andsager, Tennessee (2017); Pat Curtin, Oregon (2017); Karen Russell, Georgia (2017); Daniela Dimitrova, Iowa State (2018); Carolyn Lin, Connecticut (2018); Scott Reinardy, Kansas (2018).

ACEJMC Representative with one open seat — Continuing Representatives: Tim Gleason, Oregon (2017); Carol Pardun, South Carolina (2018); Don Grady, Elon (2018). Please make your nominations as soon as possible, but no later than Oct. 16.

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AEJMC 2014-15 Board of Directors

AEJMC President Elizabeth Toth, University of Maryland President-elect Lori Bergen, Marquette University Vice President Paul Voakes, University of Colorado Past President Paula Poindexter, University of Texas at Austin PF&R Committee Chair Lee Hood, Loyola University Chicago Research Committee Chair Kimberly Bissell, University of Alabama Teaching Committee Chair Chris Roush, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Publications Committee Chair Maria Len-Ríos, University of Georgia Council of Divisions Chair Bob Trumpbour, Pennsylvania State University-Altoona Council of Divisions Vice Chair Chris Roberts, University of Alabama Council of Affiliates Chair Chris Barr, Knight Foundation ASJMC President Ann Brill, University of Kansas ASJMC President-elect Brad Rawlins, Arkansas State University Commission on the Status of Minorities Chair Sharon Stringer, Lock Haven University Commission on the Status of Women Chair Katie Place, Quinnipiac University AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director Jennifer H. McGill

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Hopkins Awarded Bowles Public Service Award

W. Wat Hopkins, Virginia Tech, is the recipient of AEJMC’s 2015 Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service. The award recognizes an AEJMC member who has a sustained and signiﬁcant public-service record that has helped build bridges between academics and professionals in mass communications. Hopkins received the award during AEJMC’s business meeting Aug. 8 at the San Francisco Conference. Hopkins’ research focuses on the constitutional protections for free speech and a free press. He has published books on libel law and the free speech contributions of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.; he has also written a number of journal articles and is co-author and editor of a communication law textbook. Hopkins is editor of Communication Law and Policy, a law journal that publishes research on free speech issues.

Stonecipher Award

Baskett Mosse Award

Kim Smith, North Carolina A&T State, has been awarded the 2015 Baskett Mosse Award for Faculty Development. The award recognizes an outstanding young or midcareer JMC faculty member and includes a stipend to be used toward work on teaching enrichment.

Kim Smith

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(6) AEJMC Investments Yield First Income AEJMC investments started in April 2015, with Janney Montgomery Scott, yielded first dollars in July after Janney invested approximately 40 percent of an initial $575,400 from reserves and $233.877.32 from the endowments. Half of the income from the reserve accounts will be paid to AEJMC on a quarterly basis, while the other half of these funds will be re-invested. Proceeds from the endowment accounts will also be paid to AEJMC on a quarterly basis, with these monies going to pay for the purpose of each endowment. AEJMC’s investment strategy is to create a stream of income from company dividends rather than income connected to stock market pricing. The national board will review its first-year portfolio when it meets with Chris Smith of Janney at the December 2015 winter meeting. I could have added many other noteworthy experiences from our San Francisco Conference, such as wonderful sessions by the Senior Scholars and Emerging Scholars whose research was partially funded by AEJMC. I met amazing graduate students who with the help of AEJMC travel grants were able to come to San Francisco and present their work. We celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Public Relations Division. Congratulations to Fred Williams for his 30 years of service to AEJMC! Thank you to Fred for helping to move AEJMC from campus to hotel conference venues. We remember those summer campus dorms. Fred has made sure that our conference locations, which are negotiated four years in advance, meet our

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Wat Hopkins

Jane Bambauer, Arizona, College of Law, has been awarded the ﬁrst Harry W. Stonecipher Award for Distinguished Research on Media Law and Policy. Administered by AEJMC’s Law & Policy Division, the award recognizes the top scholarly article on mass communication and free speech.

Jane Bambauer

ever-evolving needs; and has represented us well at other association meetings. We are indebted to the AEJMC Headquarters staff, led by Executive Director Jennifer McGill, for making AEJMC’s San Francisco Conference operate seamlessly behind the scenes. Thank you staff! AEJMC International Regional Conference Set for Santiago, Chile, Oct. 15-17

AEJMC is set to hold its first international regional conference in Santiago, Chile, Oct. 15-17. The event, chaired by Ingrid Bachman, Universidad Católica, and Paula Poindexter, Texas at Austin, will introduce AEJMC to Latin American journalism and communication academics and professionals. The conference panels and paper sessions will be trilingual — Spanish, Portuguese and English — and will be held at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s main campus in downtown Santiago. Keynote speaker Pablo J. Bonczkowski, Northwestern University, will discuss the transformation of print culture in the digital age. Thank you to all of the Council of Divisions leaders and division and special interest groups members for your yearlong contributions. Finally, to AEJMC, it has been my great honor to serve as your 2015-16 president!

Wu, T. (2003). Network neutrality, broadband discrimination. Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law, 2, 141-149. 1

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Nominate Now for 10th Tankard Book Award

AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research invites nominations for the 2016 Tankard Book Award. The Tankard Book Award will celebrate its 10th year in 2016; to commemorate the award’s first decade, past award recipients will be honored and recognized at AEJMC’s Minneapolis Conference next August. Authors who are AEJMC members as of Nov. 13 may self-nominate any first-edition scholarly monograph, edited collection or textbook published in 2015 that is relevant to journalism and mass communication. (The copyright MUST be 2015.) Nominated books may be co-authored or co-edited and must be well-written and break new ground. Nominations are due Nov. 13. Coming up on a Decade The three finalists will discuss their works at an awards panel at AEJMC’s of Tankard Awards .... 2016 Minneapolis Conference. Following the discussion, the 2016 Tankard Book Award winner will be announced. Finalists must agree to be present at the 2015 — Making News at The New York Times Tankard panel and register for the AEJMC conference. Finalists will be notified Nikki Usher, George Washington 2014 — Shaping Immigration News: A Frenchby early June 2016. American Comparison To nominate a title for the award, submit the following to Jennifer McGill, Rodney Benson, New York AEJMC, 234 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia, SC 29210-5667, for receipt by Nov. 2013 — Into the Fray: How NBC’s Washington 13: (1) a nomination letter that includes the book’s title, author(s) or editor(s), copyright date, publisher, ISBN and an explanation of the book’s contribution to the field of journalism and mass communication; (2) the author’s mailing address, telephone number and email address; (3) specific language stating “As the author/editor of this title nominated for the 2016 Tankard Book Award, I guarantee that if my book is chosen as a finalist, I will attend the Tankard Book Award panel at the 2016 AEJMC conference in Minneapolis as a registered participant”; and (4) six copies of the book to be considered for the award. Six copies of publisher’s page proofs may be submitted, but only if the book will be in print by Dec. 31 and will carry a 2015 copyright. Entries that are not in print by Dec. 31 will be disqualified.

Documentary Unit Reinvented the Newsby Tom Mascaro, Bowling Green State 2012 — Radio Utopia: Postwar Audio Documentary in the Public Interest Matthew C. Ehrlich, Illinois 2011 — About to Die: How News Images Move the Public Barbie Zelizer, Pennsylvania 2010 — Journalism’s Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting John Maxwell Hamilton, Louisiana State 2009 — The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy Mark R. Neuzil, St. Thomas 2008 — Dark Days in the Newsroom: McCarthyism Aimed at the Press Edward M. Alwood, Quinnipiac 2007 — The African-American Newspaper: Voice of Freedom Patrick S. Washburn, Ohio (ﬁrst)

Given the large number of nominations each year, only complete nomination packets will be considered. The Standing Committee on Research reserves the right not to present the award in any given year. First presented in 2007, the award is named in honor of Dr. James Tankard, Jr., posthumous recipient of AEJMC’s 2006 Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award, former editor of Journalism Monographs and a longtime University of Texas at Austin journalism professor. Queries about the award should be directed to the chair of the award committee, Tori Ekstrand, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, at torismit@email.unc.edu.

Tankard Award Winner Announced

Nikki Usher, assistant professor in George Washington’s School of Media and Public Affairs, has been named the winner of AEJMC’s 2015 Tankard Book Award for her book Making News at The New York Times [2014, University of Michigan Press]. Usher received the award Aug. 6 during AEJMC’s San Francisco Conference. She is pictured here after receiving the award along with last year’s Tankard Book Award winner, Rodney Benson. Usher’s book is an in-depth look at how the nation’s premier newspaper is blending its print and online operations and changing with the digital media evolution. She spent months in its newsroom and was given unfettered access to its daily operations. Other finalists for the 2015 award include Pathways to Public Relations, edited by Burton St. John III, Old Dominion, Margot Opdycke Lamme, Alabama, and Jacquie L’Etang, Queen Margaret [2014, Routledge]; and Public Relations and Religion in American History: Evangelism, Temperance, and Business, by Margot Opdycke Lamme, Alabama [2014, Routledge].

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Nikki Usher (left) and Rodney Benson (right)

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Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professor Experiences First-Hand Value of Multi-Platform Skills By Battinto L. Batts Jr.

Editor’s Note: Battinto L. Batts Jr., Hampton, is a member of AEJMC’s 2015-16 class of Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professors in Social Media; as a participant in the program, he had the opportunity to work this past June at the Scripps Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C., and experience first-hand how digital media are transforming information and news delivery. Prior to entering higher education, he worked in newspapers for 20 years at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Daily Press of Newport News, Virginian-Pilot and Tampa Bay Times.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Miranda Green stood in the middle of the E.W. Scripps Co.’s newsroom, peered into a television camera and delivered the details of a medical marijuana bill that was in Congress. She seemed at ease bathed in lights and talking into the camera, though a relative novice at broadcast journalism. But while she was a student at nearby George Washington University, Green took it upon herself to learn some tools of video production. “When I was in school, I didn’t choose between broadcast or print,” she said. “I took video classes to learn broadcast. It was instilled in me that I had to choose between the two, but I have found that not to be the case. Media companies want jacks of all trades.” Green’s preparation at GWU has turned her into a valuable member of the Scripps team, just three years out of college. In addition to being a writer for the company’s DecodeDC blog, Green has become a regular on Scripps’ news stations via her stand-up interviews, known as “talk backs.” She also contributes to the DecodeDC podcast, drafts and promotes the DecodeDC newsletter and maintains its Twitter and Facebook accounts. Green is an example of what many news organizations are looking for: people who have storytelling skills across multiple platforms and understand the use of social media as a distribution and engagement tool. I observed Green’s work during the two weeks I spent in the E.W. Scripps Washington Bureau this summer through the Scripps Howard Foundation Visiting Professors in Social Media Program. My assignment was to work on a multimedia package examining the role of social media in the 2016 presidential election. But the overall experience was much deeper and more valuable than that. It convinced me that the concept of teaching students to become masters of a singular discipline, such as broadcast, print journalism or photography, is obsolete. Multiplatform storytelling is certainly not new, but it has become a necessity, as audiences get their information from a variety of sources, platforms and devices. The media industry’s response is reflected in hiring, training of personnel, newsroom layout, technology and the news decisions.

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The Scripps Washington Bureau is an example. The newsroom bore some resemblance to the one I worked in at another company a decade ago. However, I was struck by the number of younger staffers, like Green, who are in high profile positions. I was surprised to see so much space devoted to audio and video editing equipment. And, when I sat in on story meetings, it was interesting to hear how coverage is developed through a multimedia approach. Phil Pruitt, the director of digital content in the bureau, has watched this transformation over several decades in the industry and has a grasp on what it takes for journalists to succeed in the current environment. “In terms of the technical skills, it is important that they are able to write, to edit audio, use social and be proficient in video,” he said. “I wonder if that is asking too much of students, for them to learn to think of executing story ideas in text, audio, video, but that is what we are needing.” Pruitt cited another recent example of Green’s work. “We did a podcast on reality TV that was a set-up for the GOP debate. The premise was that Donald Trump’s experience with reality TV Miranda Green would help him in the debate,” Pruitt said. “Miranda did a podcast, a video, wrote text and then to top it off, did a talk-back. This is a good case study of what is expected in a modern newsroom.” Pruitt said although Green is able to do many things, she is still developing a mastery for techniques. “But she has a sense for how it all works together.” The capacity and desire to learn and try new tools is also important, said Ellen Weiss, vice president and bureau chief at the Scripps Howard News Service. Weiss said she has tried to build a newsroom that is staffed with a mixture of people with experience, expertise and potential. “The combination of experience and potential is an interesting thing,” she said. “I walked into something that was legacy print, and the bureau had never thought about broadcast as part of its mission; digital was not on the radar screen at all beyond taking what was in the newspaper and on TV and putting it on the web and calling it digital. “We are not afraid to try new things. We are not afraid to lower the bar to entry. Like our data reporter doing a podcast in collaboration with another network. Those are three barriers

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AEJMC’s Top 10 in 2015

1. The AEJMC San Francisco Conference featured a record number of submitted papers — 1,906 — and a record number of accepted papers — 943. 2. Scholarsourcing Book Proposal project — This new program resulted in two AEJMC members being asked to create a book for Peter Lang Publishing. The association received 26 short proposals that were reviewed by AEJMC members.

3. AEJMC’s first News Engagement Day was a success last fall with a special website and participation by 46 states and 7 countries. The 2015 News Engagement Day will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 6. This program, which will be an ongoing AEJMC program, is an initiative of AEJMC Past President Paula Poindexter. 4. AEJMC began The Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication at the San Francisco Conference. Eight members were selected to participate in this year-long program, which features special administrative training sessions and matches each fellow with an administrative mentor for the year of the program.

5. AEJMC Trailblazers of Diversity Oral History Project — AEJMC continued its project to collect oral histories from the many members and professionals who worked through the years to diversify the discipline, the professions and the association. The histories will be housed at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.

6. Visiting Professors in Social Media Grants — For the sixth year, AEJMC worked with the Scripps Howard Foundation to offer six grants of $4,000 each for faculty to explore how media outlets are using social media. The grants fund a two-week visit to a media outlet for the faculty and a visit by a professional to the faculty’s campus. 7. Adjunct Membership — This new category began Oct. 1, 2014, and has 27 members.

8. Registration has opened for the AEJMC International Regional Conference in Santiago, Chile, which will take place Oct. 15 to 17. Expected attendance is around 200 people.

9. Knudson Latin America Prize — This award, in its second year, recognizes a publication that helps U.S. students and the public better understand the culture or history of Latin America. The winner this year is a book by Hector Tobar, Oregon, that tells the story of 33 Chilean men who were trapped in a mine several years ago. A movie about this event will be in theaters this fall.

10. AEJMC Global Connections Panels — Two special panels were funded at the San Francisco Conference to encourage a longterm connection between divisions and international groups. AEJMC covered the cost for an international speaker to keynote each panel. Sponsoring groups were Law and Communication Technology divisions, and Public Relations and International Communication divisions.

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that had not been crossed yet. It helped to expand our toolset. It helped to make our story better, and it helped scale our journalism at the end of the day.” This means something for educators who are responsible for developing students to succeed in such media environments. We must adjust our curricula and programs to emphasize the importance of seeing stories across these multiple platforms from the very beginning, not as an afterthought. Each platform should be considered integral and strategic to connecting with the audience and telling the story. We are addressing this at the Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton University through curricular changes and additions designed to provide students an immersion into multi-platform and digital storytelling. The goal is for students to see the multi-platform possibilities for the stories, imagining them in print, on website, on TV, on the radio or a podcast, in graphics and in pictures. Ideally, they will be

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able to do this on the front end. We are also exploring how to utilize social media and other tools to engage audiences and distribute content through our Center for Innovation in Digital Media, which has received funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and 21st Century Fox. Students must be able to communicate via print, video, audio, graphics and photography; and they must know how to leverage social media to engage an audience. Those who are equipped to develop effective strategies for this going into an assignment will be marketable and in demand. This will most likely require additional expertise among the faculty, which could present a challenge in that there aren’t as many experts in multi-platform media within academia. This only increases the value of faculty training programs such as this one funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation and administered by AEJMC, as well as the Digital Journalism Faculty Workshop at Western Kentucky University sponsored by the Dow Jones News Fund that three of my Hampton colleagues attended. It is abundantly clear to me that the paradigm shift in the industry is not merely underway. It has already taken place. Higher education as a whole needs to catch up quickly.

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Blum Research Award Seeks Nominations

Nominations for the 2016 Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award will be accepted until Dec. 9. The Blum Research Award was created to recognize people who have devoted substantial parts of their careers to promoting research in mass communication. It is named in honor of its first recipient, the late Eleanor Blum, a long-time communications librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Blum Award is not necessarily given every year, but nominations received by Dec. 9 will be considered for a 2016 award. Nomination packets should include a letter describing the nominee’s contributions in the area of the award, the nominee’s C.V. and at least five additional letters of support (preferably more) from colleagues who can attest to the candidate’s qualifications. Nominators should represent a range of institutions and perspectives on the nominee’s accomplishments. Previous winners include 2014 Dan Riffe, North Carolina; 2008 Maurine Beasley, Maryland; 2007 Patrick Washburn, Ohio; 2006 James W. Tankard, Jr., Texas at Austin (posthumously); 2005 Margaret Blanchard, North Carolina (posthumously); and 2004 Everette E. Dennis, Fordham. Nomination letters and packets for the Blum Award should be sent to Shannon A. Bowen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina, 800 Sumter Street, Room 120, Columbia, SC 29208. Please direct any questions to Bowen at 803-777-3764 or sbowen@sc.edu.

Submit Book Proposals Now for Scholarsourcing

AEJMC members are invited to submit abbreviated book proposals for year two of Scholarsourcing — a joint book publishing venture between AEJMC and Peter Lang Publishing. Based on the concept of crowdsourcing, Scholarsourcing reimagines the way scholarly books are proposed, peer-reviewed and approved for contract. AEJMC members Debashis “Deb” Aikat, North Carolina Chapel Hill, and Alexis Tan, Washington State, were recipients of book contracts in the first year of the Scholarsourcing initiative. Oct. 15 is the deadline to submit an abbreviated book proposal for the first round of Scholarsourcing. The proposed book should be based on original research; it should not include previously published material. The abbreviated book proposal of no more than 500 words must include the following:

• book title (indicating clearly what the book is about); • rationale and synopsis of the book; • one or two sentences highlighting the book’s uniqueness; • a brief explanation of how the book speaks to the mission of AEJMC, specifically related to no more than two of the following mission statements: to promote the highest possible standards for journalism and mass communication education; to cultivate the widest possible range of communication research; to encourage the implementation of a multi-cultural society in the classroom and curriculum; and to defend and maintain freedom of communication in an effort to achieve better professional practice and a better informed public. The abbreviated proposal should be emailed as a Word attachment to Mary Savigar, Peter Lang Senior Acquisitions Editor at mary.savigar@plang.com no later than 11:59 p.m. Oct. 15. Please put “Scholarsourcing” in the subject line of the email followed by the book title. Please include your full name, affiliation, position, and email address in the main body of the email as well

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as confirmation of your AEJMC membership. No author identifying information should be contained in the proposal document. The proposals will be uploaded to the AEJMC online system which will allow AEJMC members to browse, comment and vote on proposals between Nov. 15 and Jan. 15, 2016. Authors will be notified by Feb. 5, 2016, if their proposals received enough votes by the AEJMC membership. Those authors will advance to the second round where they will be invited to submit a complete book proposal using the Scholarsourcing proposal guidelines (the guidelines will be issued at this time). Complete book proposals must be submitted to the Peter Lang Senior Acquisitions Editor by April 1, 2016. Complete book proposals will be reviewed by the AEJMC Scholarsourcing editorial committee and rank ordered to determine which author(s) should receive a book contract. All authors will receive detailed reviews and notified of the outcome by June 1, 2016. The AEJMC Scholarsourcing Editorial Committee which was appointed by 2013-14 AEJMC President Paula Poindexter who developed the Scholarsourcing book venture with Mary Savigar, Peter Lang’s Senior Acquisition Editor, includes Jane Singer, City University London, Series Editor; Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul University; David Perlmutter, Texas Tech University; Paula Poindexter, University of Texas at Austin; and Richard Waters, University of San Francisco. Members of the editorial committee are not eligible to submit proposals to the series and they do not have access, nor do the authors, to the proposals in Round 1. Questions should be directed to Mary Savigar, Peter Lang’s Senior Acquisition Editor, at mary.savigar@plang.com.

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Call for Papers on Journalism, Citizenship and Democracy An AEJMC Presidential Initiative in partnership with the

Revitalizing the Bonds of Journalism, Citizenship and Democracy An Initiative to Encourage Scholarship that Explores the Crucial Relationships between Journalism Education and Practice with Citizenship, Communities and Democracy in the Digital Age

The field of journalism is in transition as trust in news organizations has declined, media forms have exploded, and journalistic ethics are in flux. The challenges to the field call for a focused attention on why journalism exists at all, and what role it plays in a democratic society. Through this presidential initiative, AEJMC is calling on its members to conduct and share research on the changing field of journalism and its role in democracy.

Undergirding this call for papers is a particular understanding of democracy. In this definition of democracy, the role of the citizenry is key for democracy to work effectively. Citizens (residents of a place with a civic responsibility for ensuring its effective governance) need not only to understand the issues at hand, but also to talk with others about what should be done, and work their way through to some judgment about what is important to them. Developing this judgment through these democratic practices then enables citizens to be active in addressing the problems that concern them through political actions or their own collective efforts.

What role does journalism play in such a democracy? This view of democracy sees citizens as more than informed voters who elect someone else to represent them, so journalism must do more than merely inform. What relationship should journalists have with citizens as they work to produce information and arrive at judgment? What would a curriculum for journalism students look like that better aligns journalism practice and citizen democratic practice?

This call for papers asks questions on two fronts: journalism education and scholarship about citizen-centered journalism practice. We are particularly interested in papers that: develop and test a new curriculum, or experiment with a practice innovation in the newsroom or in other media. Examples of questions that might be explored include: • What are effective ways that journalism educators inspire and prepare students to contribute to productive democratic and community life? • What new educational approaches might produce journalists who have a broader concept of the work citizens do in a democracy and a deeper commitment to serving citizens in their work in communities?

• What journalism practices recognize the central role citizens play in a democracy, and how might journalism education prepare students to engage in these practices? • What professional journalistic ethics are essential in ensuring a healthy democracy?

Scholars are encouraged to submit abstracts of no more than 1,500 words by Sept. 19 that clearly state: (1) the objective of the work and how is it relevant to the intention of this call; (2) the methods you will use to examine the question or topic; (3) what you expect to discover; (4) and what will be the expected significance of your work.

Authors of the top 20 abstracts will be notified by Dec. 1 and required to submit completed papers by April 15, 2016. The top five completed papers will be selected and announced June 1, 2016, for presentation at the 2016 AEJMC Conference in Minneapolis. The top two papers will receive $5,000 and three others will each receive $2,500. AEJMC will provide free conference registration for the first author of these five papers. The top five papers also will be published in an appropriate venue to be determined. In addition, a “research in brief” summary of several other completed papers will be published. Questions may be directed to Lori Bergen, AEJMC president-elect, at Lori.Bergen@colorado.edu, Jennifer McGill, AEJMC executive director, at Jennifer@AEJMC.org or Paula Ellis, Kettering Foundation associate, at paulalynnellis@gmail.com.

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TEAChiNg TiPS CorNEr By Amy Falkner AEJMC Standing Committee on Teaching Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University apfalkne@syr.edu

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This is my last Teaching Tips column and I couldn’t be more jazzed. Not because I’m almost done — writing 800 words every once in awhile isn’t too taxing — but because of what I learned at the AEJMC San Francisco Conference. I am cycling off the Standing Committee on Teaching after two wonderful terms where I had an opportunity to think, discuss and judge great teaching. But, mostly, learn a lot. To wit, I will share with you some great teaching resources and insights from the San Francisco Conference. If you are like me, your head was spinning when you got back with all the things you heard that you wanted to immediately incorporate into your fall courses. I’m writing this in mid-August but you are reading this in September and hopefully well on your way. If not, there is always time to adjust. This dizzying effect may have taken hold while trying to follow #aejmc15 on Twitter during the conference. Yes, we were trending at one point. The good news is all those thousands of tweets are still available and — after you sort out the snapshots of the Golden Gate Bridge — very valuable. They are chock full of links to terrific graphics, articles and complete presentations as well as pithy food for thought on what we should be talking about in the classroom. One of your pit stops should also be the AEJMC website and the Teaching Resources link (under the “Resources” heading). There you will find the last nine Best Practices in Teaching booklets, including the latest on Best Practices in Teaching Online and Blended Learning. The conference presentations by this year’s winners blew me away. Perhaps it is also because my school has just launched a new online master’s program and I have been wrestling this summer while planning my course with the what-do-I-teach-live versus recorded question. I am fortunate that the platform we are using is super interactive, but if you are at a school where that is not the case, the innovations of the winning professors (listed in box, right) will provide inspiration. There are tools you would expect — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google Hangouts, Wordpress, Blogger — with inventive means to an end. I also heard about new ways of student learning from Ron Yaros, Maryland, one of the contest winners, who teaches using

an app called Nearpod that his students access during live class on tablets or smartphones. No laptops allowed. On purpose. Ron has been testing how students best learn and some of that is to eliminate multitasking and distractions. So maybe the device du jour is changing and that is part of our challenge — both in what we teach and how we teach it. Do we need to learn every new app and teach it in Best Practices in Teaching Winners class? No, we’d lose our family, offline First Place: “Engaging an Open Online Class in friends and probably Global Service Learning Projects,” by our sanity if we inMarcus Messner and Jeanine Guidry, vested every waking Virginia Commonwealth hour to that. But getting a handle on what Second Place: new (and potentially “Twitter Party Q/A with Local Newspafree) tools our stuper Reporters for the JOU1100 News dents can use related Reporting Hybrid (Blended) Class,” by to analytics and, in par- Rebecca Newman, Valencia ticular, measuring soThird Place: cial media was a theme “Beyond the Basic Blend: Synthesizing I heard echoed in sevSocial Media, Mobile Devices and Coleral panels and across laborative Learning in Project-Based disciplines. Journalism Course” by Ronald Yaros, Full disclosure: I Maryland am in the Advertising Division so my POV on Honorable Mention: POE (point of view on “Online Fridays: Engaging Journalism History Students,” by Jennifer Moore, paid, owned, earned Maine may differ from yours) but a fascinating panel on that topic put together by Patricia Mark, South Alabama, gathered quite a crowd at 8:15 a.m. on Friday of the conference. Penn State’s Marcia DiStaso made a great presentation titled “Data Science Changes in the Classroom” that included free analytical tools such as SimplyMeasured, Followerwonk, SumAll, Quintly, Cyfe and Keyhole that may (or may not) be familiar to you. Her slide on this has been tweeted and retweeted for good reason, including by me (@amyfalkner if you need it). The last panel I will mention was led by (shameless plug alert) Newhouse’s Beth Egan on the topic of native advertising, which is Beth’s area of expertise and fertile ground for debate among the Ad, PR and journalist types in the room. The panel included Steve Rubel, EVP of Global Strategy and Insights at Edelman, who basically told the crowd that native is (and has been) happening for years, and too bad if we don’t like it. He also said publishing companies don’t matter much, mobile is the sun and all other platforms are planets, and that consumers will sort out the ethics of native advertising. That last snippet caused a kerContinued on page 12

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AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize Seeks Submissions

AEJMC is calling for books and manuscript-length non-fiction reporting projects (including multi-media) for the AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize. This annual award is given to a book or project concerning Latin America or coverage of issues in Latin America. The work must make an original contribution to improve knowledge about Latin America to U.S. students, journalists or the public. The submission should either be journalistic or educational in nature, or both. The submission may be the result of one author or a team’s work. The work must have been published in English. Only one submission is allowed per person. AEJMC does reserve the right to not present an award. Topics are open, but preference will be given to works on civic issues or topics that promote social change and that break new ground. Works must have been published in 2015. Entries should include six copies of the work as well as a narrative putting the work in social, political and cultural context. The winner must attend the AEJMC Conference in Minneapolis, MN, in August 2016 to receive the award. The winner will be notified by mid-June 2016. Questions may be directed to Jennifer McGill at aejmchq@aol.com or 803-798-0271. To submit a work for the AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize, submit the following to Jennifer McGill, AEJMC, 234 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia, SC 29210 -5667, for receipt by Tuesday, Dec. 1:

(1) a nomination letter that includes the work’s title, author(s) or editor(s), copyright/publication date, publisher, and an explanation of the work’s contribution; (2) the author’s mailing address, telephone number, and email address; (3) specific language stating “As the author/editor of this title nominated for the AEJMC-Knudson Latin American Prize, I guarantee that if I am the award winner, I will attend the prize presentation at the 2016 AEJMC Conference in Minneapolis, MN, as a registered conference participant”; and (4) six copies of the work to be considered for the award.

This award was endowed by the late Jerry Knudson, an emeritus professor at Temple University. Knudson was a long-time AEJMC member whose research and publications focused on Latin America.

WJEC Accepting Abstracts for Next Conference The fourth World Journalism Education Congress is inviting academic paper abstracts related to the wider issue of journalism education for presentation as refereed research papers at its conference scheduled for July 14-16, 2016, at the Auckland University of Technology in Auckland, New Zealand. With the support of journalism education organizations worldwide, the Congress is designed to provide a discussion forum on common issues and interests and a foundation for supporting the continuing development of journalism and journalism education around the globe. Abstracts will be accepted on topics related to mass communication, but submitters are encouraged to focus their submissions on the broader conference theme, “Iden-

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tity and Integrity in Journalism Education” and to specifically relate their work to: mobile/social/user-generated media and journalism; research trends in journalism; utilizing the professional connection in journalism education; 21st century ethical issues in journalism; journalism education and an informed citizenry; journalism programs offered by the industry; journalism education in the South Pacific; and journalism education in Asia. Abstracts (minimum 500 words, maximum 800 words) are due Dec. 1; full papers are due June 1, 2016. For more information and detailed instructions, go to www.wjec.aut.ac.nz, or contact the Paper Competition Chair, Elanie Steyn, at elanie@ou.edu, or Steering Committee Chair, Verica Rupar, at Verica.rupar@aut.ac.nz.

Continued from page 11 fuffle. Is that the job of consumers? Shouldn’t we be teaching students the ethics of this? So that trail eventually led to a discussion among the Teaching Committee to consider “teaching ethics in relation to emerging media” as our next teaching contest. It isn’t finessed or finalized yet, but look for the call explaining the next topic in the near future. Then mark your calendars for Aug. 4-7, 2016, in Minneapolis and be sure to add the Best Practices in Teaching session to your mobile app schedule. As for me, I will not need to attend another 7 a.m. meeting for this committee (the only happy part about my term ending), but I will definitely be at that session. #aejmc16 #loveteaching

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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona — 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 91768 JOURNALISM Assistant Professor COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT We invite applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Journalism. Duties and Responsibilities: Teach undergraduate multimedia journalism courses that cover beginning, intermediate, and advanced reporting; and some combination of the following courses: print and online magazine journalism, new media and digital platforms, desktop publishing, data journalism, investigative reporting, and additional courses in the candidate’s areas of expertise. Position requires excellence in teaching and advising, research and publication, and service to the Department, the College, and the University. Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Journalism by September 1, 2016. Previous teaching experience. Demonstrated potential for continued scholarly research and publication. Demonstrated ability to be responsive to the educational equity goals of the University and its increasing ethnic diversity and international character. Date of Appointment: Fall 2016. First consideration will be given to completed applications received no later than October 5, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. EOE/Minorities/Females/ Vet/Disability. An online application process will be used. To apply, please go directly to http://www.cpp.edu/~class/open-positions/ applications/com-journalism.shtml. For any

additional inquiries or assistance, e-mail vmkey@cpp.edu. •••• California State University, Fresno — Advertising - Assistant Professor, Vacancy # 12675 The Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at California State University, Fresno seeks applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position as an Assistant Professor in Advertising. The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses in advertising, which may include: advertising procedures, advertising media, advertising copywriting, advertising sales, and strategic advertising campaigns. Other courses taught may stem from the candidate’s specific area of expertise and/or the department’s needs. The successful candidate will advise advertising students, supervise the advertising curriculum sequence, advise the College Chapter of the American Advertising Federation and the university’s entry in the National Student Advertising Competition. Faculty are also expected to engage in scholarship or creative activities and participate in service activities at all levels of the university. Specific assignments will depend on department needs. The successful candidate will also establish connections between the advertising program and the local and regional advertising industry and appropriate organizations. Required Education: An earned master’s degree in advertising or other closely related discipline from an accredited institution (or equivalent) is required. Required Experience: 1) Successful teaching experience at the undergraduate level; 2) Professional experience in the field of advertising; 3) Evidence of publications in scholarly journals and/or adjudicated creative work, and; 4) Ability to demonstrate a commitment to working effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Preferred Qualifications: An earned Ph.D. in advertising or other closely related discipline from an accredited institution (or equivalent). Review of applications will begin October 1, 2015, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information and to apply, visit http://apptrkr.com/660724. EOE •••• California State University, Fullerton Department of Communications

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Continued from page 13 https://www.facebook.com/aejmcGSIG. California State University, Fullerton celebrates all forms of diversity and is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment within which students, staff, administrators and faculty thrive. Individuals interested in advancing the University’s strategic diversity goals are strongly encouraged to apply. For additional information: Dr. Douglas J. Swanson, APR, Professor and Search Committee Chair Department of Communications California State University, Fullerton dswanson@fullerton.edu •••• Lehigh University — Department of Journalism & Communication Assistant Professor in Data Journalism The Department of Journalism & Communication invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in data journalism. This position is part of a major interdisciplinary strategic hiring initiative at Lehigh University called Data X (http://lehigh.edu/datax). Lehigh is also hiring a complementary position in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Qualifications: While the primary research focus of this position is journalism and mass communication, the successful candidate will be dedicated to research and teaching at the intersections of journalism, data and computer science. Relevant areas of journalism and mass communication research can include data visualization, data-driven investigative reporting, data mining, storytelling with data, social network analysis, and data analysis focusing on privacy and veracity. Relevant areas of computer science interests can include, but are not limited to, data mining, natural language understanding, machine learning, graphics and visualization, human computer interaction, and data analytics, all within the context of journalism and mass communication. Professional experience in journalism and mass communication related fields is a plus. A Ph.D. is required by the appointment start date. Duties: The candidate will teach two courses per semester, advise students, participate in departmental service, and conduct an active, high-quality research program that leads to publications in major academic journals. This person also will actively engage in the Data X initiative, including possibly offering graduate courses. Salary and benefits are highly competitive.

Application Process: Applicants should apply at Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/5678. Required materials are a cover letter, curriculum vita, statements on research and teaching and three letters of reference. Statements should include information about both journalism and computer science areas of interest. Applications should arrive by September 30 to receive best consideration. About Us: The Department of Journalism & Communication (http://lehigh.edu/journalism) has offered an undergraduate program of superior quality since 1927. It has eight fulltime faculty who have won numerous teaching and research awards, serve on the editorial boards of international publications, and been elected to major positions in academic societies. With major and minor programs in journalism, science and environmental writing, and mass communication, it enrolls about 125 majors and minors. Lehigh University is among the nation's most selective, highly ranked private research universities. Its four colleges provide graduate and undergraduate education to approximately 7,000 students. The university is located on a scenic, 1,600-acre campus in historic Bethlehem in a region of eastern Pennsylvania known as the Lehigh Valley. It is about one and one-half hours from New York and Philadelphia. The Lehigh Valley is an attractive place to live and work with reasonable cost of living, easy commuting, good schools, and abundant cultural activities. Inquiries can be addressed to Prof. Sharon Friedman, Department of Journalism & Communication, smf6@lehigh.edu, 610-758-4179 or Prof. Michael Spear, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, spear@lehigh.edu, 610-758-3285. Lehigh University is committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths or experiences in this area. The University is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and Lehigh offers excellent benefits including partner benefits. Please also see Lehigh Work/Life Balance for Faculty: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/worklifebalance.html. •••• North Carolina State University Department of Communication seeks applicants for tenure-track/tenured Assistant or Associate Professor in public relations, beginning August 2016. The candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate public relations courses, publish communication research, participate on graduate committees and provide other service. Teaching opportunities in the professor’s specialty possible.

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Preference: Ph.D. in Communication or a related field. Desirable: teaching experience, public relations experience, and expertise in new technologies. While open to candidates representing the broad spectrum of public relations research, the committee will give special consideration to candidates pursuing research in science, technology, health, or environmental communication, and/or minority perspectives on these issues. Located in North Carolina’s capital city, NC State anchors one corner of the Research Triangle Park, which houses more than 170 global companies dedicated to innovative research and development. This fast-growing area consistently ranks as one of the best places to live and work. A plethora of organizations provide student internship and job opportunities, along with partnerships and sites for faculty and graduate research. Application review begins September 15, 2015. Women and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. NC State University welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. For ADA accommodations contact Human Resources at (919) 515-2135. AA/EOE. Apply at http://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings. •••• Oklahoma State University — School of Media & Strategic Communications Director Start date: Fall 2016 The School of Media & Strategic Communications at Oklahoma State University invites applications and nominations for the position of Director, to begin Fall 2016 or as negotiated. As chief academic and administrative officer, the Director works with the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences as well as the School’s Associate Director, faculty and students to stimulate excellence and growth in a dynamic program. The Director administers fiscal, curricular and personnel matters for the School. Duties include budget management, development and fundraising, supervision and evaluation of faculty and staff, and advocacy of the School’s interests internally and externally. The Director reports directly to the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Salary is competitive and commensurate with credentials and experience. Application requirements The successful candidate will have earned a Ph.D., J.D., or related terminal degree and will have a record of achievement that warrants appointment with tenure. Preferred candidates should have a record of successful teaching at the university or college level and a record of active, continuing scholarship and creative activities. The successful candidate will also display effective administrative, interpersonal and communication skills, and a willingness to foster relationships with

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alumni, donors and industry experts. About the School of Media & Strategic Communications The School of Media & Strategic Communications, an ACEJMC-accredited program since 1948, offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in Multimedia Journalism, Sports Media and Strategic Communications. We offer an M.S. degree in Mass Communications with emphases in Media Management, Sports Media and Strategic Communications Management. We are in the development stages of a Ph.D. program, which the new Director is expected to facilitate. The School is one of the largest programs in the College of Arts & Sciences, with approximately 650 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate students. The School is nationally recognized for producing outstanding practitioners in all mass communications areas, and our faculty members reflect a wide array of interests and specialization. About Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University is a comprehensive land-grant university in Stillwater, approximately 65 miles from each of the state’s two largest cities, Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The main campus has an enrollment of approximately 24,000 students, with additional enrollment at facilities in Tulsa, Oklahoma City and elsewhere. Application procedure Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To be fully considered for this position, applications should reach the school by October 1, 2015. Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application that includes a discussion of their leadership philosophy, teaching philosophy, research program and/or industry experience, and administrative experience; curriculum vitae; and the names and contact information for three references to melissa.coldiron@okstate.edu or by mail to: Chair, Director Search Committee School of Media & Strategic Communications 206 Paul Miller Building Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-4053 This position is contingent upon availability of funding. Informal inquiries are welcome and should be directed to Bret Danilowicz, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences (email: bret.danilowicz@okstate.edu; phone: 405744-5663.) Oklahoma State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/E-verify employer committed to diversity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. OSU is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and desires

priority referrals of protected veterans for its openings. OSU- Stillwater is a tobacco-free campus. •••• San Diego State University — School of Journalism and Media Studies. The School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University seeks two new faculty colleagues: (1) Assistant Professor in Advertising/ Branded Digital Communications (tenure track) (2) Assistant Professor in Digital Media Studies (tenure track) Position #1: Tenure-track Faculty in Advertising/Branded Digital Communications Position #1: Full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in advertising/branded digital communications, to start August 2016. Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be able to teach in the long term across the undergraduate advertising curriculum, as well as graduate seminars in an advertising-related area. The immediate teaching need, in rank order, is for coverage of courses in advertising strategy and social media, advertising campaigns, advertising research, and advertising strategy and digital analytics platforms. The faculty member is expected to have a scholarly research agenda in advertising and/or branded digital communications (broadly defined) and also provide service to the School and professional advertising communities. Required Qualifications: An earned doctorate in advertising, mass communication, marketing, integrated marketing communication, or a related field is required by the position start date. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in both teaching and research, in line with SDSU’s teacher-scholar model. Evidence or promise of a strong research agenda in advertising and/or branded digital communications (broadly defined) is required. Relevant professional work experience in advertising is strongly preferred. Rank and Salary: This is a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. Appointment to the position requires that the candidate’s doctoral degree be earned by the appointment start date in August 2016. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications: Review of application materials will begin September 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/30078. All additional inquiries should be addressed to: Barbara Mueller, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Advertising Search Committee

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Position #2: Full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in digital media studies, specifically a critical theorist of digital media with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, or other identity markers, to start August 2016. Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be able to teach in the long term across the undergraduate curriculum in media studies. The immediate teaching need, in rank order, is for coverage of courses in principles of media studies, media technology and society, and creative uses of emerging media. The faculty member will be expected to create a new undergraduate course on media and culture as defined by race, ethnicity, and other identity markers. The faculty member also is expected to have a scholarly research agenda in digital media studies (broadly defined) and significant digital media production skills. The faculty member will participate in the University’s designated Area of Excellence for Digital Humanities and Global Diversity as a scholar of digital media who takes a critical/cultural approach to the exploration of human experiences as differentiated by race, ethnicity, and other identity markers. This hire will also provide service to the School and to academic and professional media communities. Required Qualifications: An earned doctorate in media studies, mass communication, communication, or a related field is required by the position start date. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in both teaching, and research, in line with SDSU’s teacher-scholar model. Evidence or promise of a strong research agenda in digital media studies (broadly defined) is required. Relevant professional work experience in digital media is strongly preferred. Rank and Salary: This is a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. Appointment to the position requires that the candidate’s doctoral degree be earned by the appointment start date in August 2016. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications: Review of application materials will begin September 1, 2015, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/30303). All additional inquiries should be addressed to: Noah Arceneaux, Ph.D. Continued on page 16

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Continued from page 15 Associate Professor and Chair, Media Studies Search Committee School of Journalism and Media Studies San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego CA 92182-4561 noah.arceneaux@sdsu.edu SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer. •••• University of Texas at Austin — School of Journalism Associate Professor. The University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism seeks an experienced scholar to be appointed at the rank of tenured associate professor, beginning Fall 2016. Candidates’ research should relate to understanding the evolving media landscape and the public sphere – nationally and globally – and may include studies of political communication, media diversity, mobile and social platforms, and the future of news. In addition to traditional social science methods, other desirable expertise may include network analysis and facility with data. The School seeks to leverage its professional and scholarly

strengths, and location in a technology hub, to contribute to and better understand journalism innovation. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a relevant academic field, a well-established program of nationally recognized research and publication, a commitment to classroom teaching, and record of mentoring graduate students. Also desirable is the ability to attract and oversee funded projects. The School offers the B.J., M.A., and Ph.D., is housed in the new Belo Center for New Media, and is part of the top-ranked Moody College of Communication, which includes the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations and the Departments of Radio-Television-Film, Communication Studies, and Communication Sciences and Disorders. Applicant Instructions: Screening of applicants will begin Oct. 1, and will continue until the position is filled. Send Curriculum Vitae, contact information for three references, and a statement of interest in the position to: Prof. Stephen Reese, Search Chair, School of Journalism; University of Texas at Austin; 300 W. Dean Keeton (A1000); Austin, TX 78712-1073. Email: steve.reese@austin.utexas.edu. The School of Journalism is committed to achieving diversity in its faculty, students, and curriculum and welcomes applicants who can help achieve these objectives. The University of Texas at Austin is an Af-

firmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. •••• Winona State University — WSU invites you to join our Community of Learners as a faculty member in our Mass Communication Department. This is a probationary/tenure track appointment starting August 16, 2016 with salary and rank dependent upon qualifications. As a faculty member, you will be responsible for teaching Advertising and Public Relations option-specific courses as well as one or more courses in the curriculum’s academic core or professional skills core. Courses taught will be dependent upon your qualifications and the department’s curricular needs. Additional duties associated with this position include (1) serving as academic advisor to Mass Communication-Advertising or Public Relations students; (2) serving on appropriate departmental and university committees; (3) seeking opportunities for research or creative projects; and (4) cooperating with colleagues on joint course activities and projects. If you are ABD (with terminal degree completed by August 15, 2016) and have at least 5 years of professional experience in most aspects of Integrated Marketing Communication (Advertising, PR), we encourage you to apply. To apply, please go to http://agency.governmentjobs.com/winona. Review of applications begins 9/1/2015. AA/EOE ••••

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