AEJMC News October 2023

AEJMC NEWS, JANUARY 2022 | PAGE 1 

VOLUME 57.1 | OCTOBER 2023 

AEJMC’S CALL TO ACTION 

Members must get involved to create sustainable plans to address DEI for the association. 

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Image by Vitalii Vodolazskyi. 

AEJMC AWARDS 

OPEN NOW 

Nominate AEJMC members for research 

awards. 

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LYONS RESOLUTION 

PRESENTED 

AEJMC honors slain journalist in a special 

ceremony in Orlando. 

ARTIFICIAL 

INTELLIGENCE & DEI 

Teaching Committee addresses two topics 

on instructors’ minds. 

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From the President 

CREATING SUSTAINABLE PLANS TO ADDRESS DEI 

By Linda Aldoory, American University 

202324 AEJMC President 

AEJMC is my professional and academic home. It has been my 

home since 1996, when as a new doctoral student, I thought 

there was nothing more exciting than getting a research paper 

accepted for presentation. Since that year, I have not missed a 

conference. My family grew up with AEJMC. I remember presenting 

when I was pregnant, and when baby Abigail had to 

come to Phoenix with me, one of my mentors carried her 

around the hotel so that I could moderate a panel of experts. 

Abigail is now 23 years old, and she remembers years ago in San 

Francisco babysitting the children of one of my advisees when 

she needed to present. The fellowship, support, training, and 

community that I experienced over the last 27 years have 

guided me through my career. It kept me going when the path 

became unclear and motivated me to pursue more than I 

thought I was capable of. As the next President of AEJMC, I want 

everyone who is an eligible or current member of AEJMC to 

have the same experiences, to pay it forward in the same way, 

and to help strengthen AEJMC’s professional community over 

the next thirty years. 

However, as much as I want the same sense of community and 

support for everyone, it does not happen. As members and 

leaders of the organization, we must acknowledge that there 

are educators and researchers who do not feel comfortable at 

AEJMC conferences. Even though it may be unintentional, we 

have alienated members, not been as inclusive as we should be 

as a professional society, and do not actively engage in the hard 

work of diversifying our voices and conference sessions. 

These “internal” concerns are particularly troubling when I note 

how successful AEJMC has been with its “external” DEI efforts. 

AEJMC has excelled at professional development, and one example 

is its revamped IDL program. It has strengthened its curricular 

and teacher resources, and increased mentorship access 

and opportunities. It has also grown its interest groups and 

commissions that address issues of diversity, inclusion, and 

equity. I’m proud to be a member of an association that has 

made these significant improvements. 

We have more to do. Alongside the leadership team, the staff, 

and several committees, I will be working on strategies during 

the year to advance DEI goals. Two, in particular, will be highlighted 

here because they are immediate actions that can make 

some substantial impact. First, we will be calling for more data 

and data access. Second, we hope to implement mechanisms 

that will sustain diversity and equity outcomes. 

First, we need to collect better and more data and make it accessible 

to membership. I would like to present data here, as evidence 

of the lack of diversity in AEJMC membership, but I can’t, 

because there is no comprehensive or valid membership data. 

One of the first steps in acknowledging and addressing gaps is to 

know where the organization stands today and what the membership 

characteristics are. Once we obtain reliable and valid 

data on membership, we can talk about the membership we 

want and how to get there. The Call to Action I have for you is to 

help, by entering your information into the membership portal 

that has recently been launched. If you have questions about 

how to do this, email any of the AEJMC staff members. This 

small action step will be an important one this year. It will improve 

the likelihood that appointed committees and nominations 

for leadership elections will be more diverse, decreasing 

the need to rely on “who knows whom.” 

Second, I want to focus on sustainable efforts to address DEI. 

After almost three decades of membership, I have witnessed 

DEI initiatives come and go. I propose that a standing committee 

on DEI is warranted. I have created a task force that will explore 

the need for and goals of a standing committee. They will assess 

the gaps in DEI across AEJMC that should be addressed in the 

future. 

Also, the “leadership ladder” will be working as a leadership 

team, helping to sustain efforts past this year. With the support 

and guidance of PresidentElect Teresa Mastin and Vice President 

BeyLing Sha, we will work together to improve AEJMC’s membership 

experiences and professional development. Please look forward 

to news from the task force, and the leadership. In the 

meantime, add your information to the AEJMC portal, and of 

course, make your plans to join us in Philadelphia for AEJMC 2024.

AEJMC NEWS, OCTOBER 2023 | PAGE 3 

AEJMC Welcomes 

Two New Staff Members 

By Felicia Greenlee Brown, 

AEJMC/ASJMC Assistant Director 

The AEJMC/ASJMC central office is thrilled to formally introduce 

to our membership our new staff members, Saviela Thorne and 

Cassidy Baird. 

Saviela and Cassidy both use the pronouns she/her/hers and are 

wonderful additions to the associations. 

If you had the great opportunity to meet 

Saviela, our membership coordinator, at 

the Washington, D.C., conference, I am 

sure you found a quiet, gentle soul who is 

our heartbeat to the membership. 

Chances are you have received a phone 

call, card or email from her, thanking you for 

your membership to the associations. If you 

have not, you will soon. 

Saviela Thorne 

Cassidy, our events coordinator, is full of 

life, is everyone’s friend, and reminds us 

daily that life is to be lived to its fullest 

(and if you attended the conference, you 

probably only saw her tailwind!). She is 

committed to making sure that members’ 

meeting experiences are seamless and satisfactory, 

and, above all, meet the standards they deserve. 

Cassidy Baird 

Please join us in welcoming Saviela and Cassidy to the 

AEJMC/ASJMC family, and reach out to either and/or both with 

your questions, concerns and well wishes. 

AEJMC NEWS 

Newsletter for the Association for Education 

in Journalism and Mass Communication 

www.aejmc.org 

AEJMC 20232024 Board of Directors 

AEJMC President 

Linda Aldoory, American University 

Presidentelect 

Teresa Mastin, Michigan State University 

Vice President 

Bey‐Ling Sha, California State University, Fullerton 

Past President 

Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

PF&R Committee Chair 

Genelle Belmas, University of Kansas 

Research Committee Chair 

Gregory Perreault, University of South Florida 

Teaching Committee Chair 

Shearon Roberts, Xavier University of Louisiana 

Publications Committee Chair 

Scott Reinardy, University of Kansas 

Council of Divisions Chair 

Meredith D. Clark, Northeastern University 

Council of Divisions Vice Chair 

Avery Holton, University of Utah 

Council of Affiliates Chair 

Karla Gower, University of Alabama, Plank Center 

ASJMC President 

Johnny Sparks, Ball State University 

ASJMC Presidentelect 

Emily Metzgar, Kent State University 

Commission on Graduate Education Chair 

Patrick R. Johnson, Marquette University 

Commission on the Status of Minorities Chair 

Kathleen McElroy, University of Texas at Austin 

Commission on the Status of Women Chair 

Carolyn Nielsen, Western Washington University 

AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director 

Amanda Caldwell 

AEJMC STAFF 

AEJMC/ASJMC Executive Director 

Amanda Caldwell — Amanda@aejmc.org 

AEJMC/ASJMC Assistant Director 

Felicia Greenlee Brown — Felicia@aejmc.org 

Conference & Events Coordinator 

Cassidy Baird — Cassidy@aejmc.org 

Website Content/Graphic Designer 

Kyshia Brown — Kyshia@aejmc.org 

Project Director 

Lillian S. Coleman — Lillian@aejmc.org 

Communications Director 

Samantha Higgins — Samantha@aejmc.org 

Membership Coordinator 

Saviela Thorne — Saviela@aejmc.org 

AEJMC News, a publication of AEJMC, is published four times a year. 

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From the Past President 

ATTACKS ON DIVERSITY CHILL FREE SPEECH 

WE CELEBRATED THE POWER OF AEJMC IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 

By Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

202223 AEJMC President 

We cherish the collective wisdom and caring camaraderie of 

AEJMC members like you. 

I am truly thankful for the rare privilege and honor of serving as 

your 202223 AEJMC President. I approached my duties with 

persistence, passion, transparency, honesty, humor, kindness, 

care, and compassion. I felt honored and humbled to be 

awarded the 2023 AEJMC Leadership Award for “outstanding 

service as 202223 AEJMC President.” 

2023 AEJMC Leadership Award: 2023-24 AEJMC 

President Linda Aldoory (left), American University, 

presents the 2023 AEJMC Leadership Award to 

2022-23 AEJMC President Deb Aikat, UNC-Chapel 

Hill, at the Aug. 9 AEJMC 2023 General Session 

Business Meeting in Washington, D.C. [Photo Credit: 

Eleazar “El” Yisrael, UNC-Chapel Hill] 

As the 202324 AEJMC 

Past President, I feel reinvigorated 

to continue 

serving AEJMC as we 

move forward. 

In my 31 years as an 

AEJMC member, I have 

experienced the joys, 

trials, and tribulations of 

academe. With recent 

political developments, 

our AEJMC 2023 theme, 

“Fostering Freedom & 

Defending Democracy: 

AEJMC’s Impact Over 110 Years and Beyond,” has attained even 

greater significance. 

We are legitimately concerned that influential donors and powerful 

politicians are manipulating leadership roles in journalism 

and media education. Such developments presage ominous 

dangers to our field and our democracy. 

Prompted by political polarization, recent attacks on diversity 

have chilled free speech. Such politicized attacks have affected 

journalism and the role of media education in our democracy. 

In our shared commitment to sustain AEJMC’s mission to promote 

the highest standards, we take seriously AEJMC’s role as a 

resolutely nonpartisan, interdisciplinary, premier organization 

fostering excellence in research, teaching, and professional freedom. 

AEJMC-ASJMC Past Presidents’ Reunion in AEJMC 2023 Washington, D.C., Aug. 9: (First row, 

seated from left to right) 1992-93 AEJMC President Tony Atwater, Norfolk State (Rutgers), 2008- 

09 AEJMC President Barbara B. Hines, Howard, 2022-23 ASJMC President Raul Reis, UNC- 

Chapel Hill, 1999-2000 ASJMC President Shirley Staples Carter, South Carolina (Wichita State), 

2022-23 AEJMC President Deb Aikat, UNC-Chapel Hill. (Second row, standing from left to right) 

1987-88 AEJMC President David H. Weaver, Indiana, 2013-14 AEJMC President Paula M. Poindexter, 

Texas at Austin, 2012-13 AEJMC President Kyu Ho Youm, Oregon, 2014-15 AEJMC President 

Elizabeth Toth, Maryland, 2017-18 AEJMC President Jennifer D. Greer, Kentucky (Alabama), 

2023-24 ASJMC President Johnny Sparks, Ball State, 2021-22 Susan Keith, Rutgers, 2018-19 

AEJMC President Marie Hardin, Penn State. (Back row, standing from left to right) 2009-10 

ASJMC President Maria Marron, Nebraska-Lincoln (Central Michigan), 2020-21 AEJMC President 

Tim Vos, Michigan State, 2000-01 ASJMC President & 2007-08 AEJMC President Charles C. Self, 

Oklahoma, 2020-21 ASJMC President Gracie Lawson-Borders, Howard, and 2019-20 ASJMC 

President James Stewart, Nicholls State. [Photo Credit: Eleazar “El” Yisrael, UNC-Chapel Hill] 

AEJMC’s Continued Success 

Like you, I cherish the AEJMC summer conference as a convivial 

congregation with collegial exchange of ideas and insights for 

engaged scholarship. I share eight key updates: 

1. With 1,848 attendees (up 22.5% from 1,508 attendees in 

AEJMC 2022 Detroit), the AEJMC 2023 Washington, D.C., conference 

solidified the power of our AEJMC community. After three 

years of pandemic disruptions, AEJMC 2023 was an engaging 

opportunity to connect with everyone. 

2. Our membership has increased to 2,408 members, and our 

membership income has increased 29.54% (as of July 27), vindicating 

the value of tiered membership dues implemented in October 

2022. 

3. AEJMC’s sibling organization for deans, directors, and chairs, 

the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication 

(ASJMC), was founded in 1917. For the first time in our 105 

year shared history, the 202223 presidents of AEJMC and 

ASJMC were both from the same institution, UNCChapel Hill.


The 202223 ASJMC President Raul Reis and I worked together 

to forge closer ties among our two organizations. We hosted the 

inaugural reunion of AEJMCASJMC Past Presidents Aug. 9 

4. Our graduate student members voted for the first time in the 

2023 elections. Congratulations to the AEJMC Commission on 

the Status of Women and the AEJMC Law & Policy Division on 

their 50th anniversaries. 

5. We published the inaugural compendium of Deutschmann essays, 

which perpetuate in print the wisdom of highly productive 

scholars. See “Essays by Winners of the Paul J. Deutschmann 

Award for Excellence in Research: Challenges Met and Ongoing,” 

Journalism & Communication Monographs, 25(2), June 1, 

2023. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jmoa/25/2 

at https://bit.ly/AEJugrad) 

► AEJMC Distinguished Fellows (https://bit.ly/AEJfellow) 

► AEJMC Legacy and Impact (https://bit.ly/AEJlegacy) 

We hope these presidential initiatives will enhance AEJMC’s renown 

as a robust hub for scholarly work and for leadership in 

JMC education. 

We Sustain Seamless Continuity 

We wish continued success to our 202324 AEJMC President 

Linda Aldoory, American. We commend our AEJMC Executive 

Director Amanda Caldwell for leading the AEJMC Central Office 

in our shared commitment to sustain seamless continuity as our 

new leadership team forges an exciting future for AEJMC. 

2023 AEJMC Presidential Awards 

By Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 


The AEJMC 2023 (Washington, D.C.) conference featured three 

Presidential Awards. Instituted in 1984, the AEJMC Presidential 

Awards recognize distinguished service to journalism and media 

education. 

Long-term Sustainability and Relevance of JMC Education: Liz Carter (left), President and CEO, 

Scripps Howard Fund, and Jim Brady, Vice President, Journalism, Knight Foundation, discuss 

“The Long-term Sustainability and Relevance of JMC Education and Programs.” Other speakers 

(not in picture) were Raul Reis, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2022-23 ASJMC President, Teresa Mastin, Michigan 

State, 2022-23 AEJMC Vice President, and Paul Mihailidis, Emerson, at this Aug. 7 ASJMC 

session in Washington, D.C. [Photo credit: Eleazar “El” Yisrael, UNC-Chapel Hill] 

6. We would love to collaborate with the National Association of 

Black Journalists (NABJ) to host joint conferences in the same 

city. Journalism and media affinity groups like the NABJ create 

and convene significant affirming spaces for people of color and 

beyond. In solidarity with journalism affinity groups, we will 

continue to coordinate conference venues and dates to 

strengthen AEJMC ties with journalism affinity groups. 

7. Successful conference paper submission rate: We received 

an impressive 1,295 fullpaper submissions in 2023. With a 

49.51% paper acceptance rate, the 2023 Washington, D.C., conference 

had one of the highest fullpaper acceptance rates from 

2012 through 2023. 

8. Growth of extended abstracts: We introduced extended abstract 

(EA) submissions in the AEJMC 2020 (virtual) conference. 

With an unabated rise in EAs, we received a record high of 684 

EA submissions in 2023, up 37% from 496 in 2020. With a 34.2% 

acceptance rate, EAs are more competitive when compared to 

full papers. Since 2020, EA acceptance rates have ranged from 

38.3% for the 2022 Detroit conference to 23.7% for the 2020 virtual 

conference. 

202323 AEJMC Past President’s Initiatives 

As the 202324 AEJMC Past President, I have been charged to 

engage our members with three presidential initiatives: 

► AEJMC Undergraduate Research and Engagement (read more 

2023 AEJMC Presidential Award: 2022-23 AEJMC 

President Deb Aikat (left), UNC-Chapel Hill, presents 

the 2023 AEJMC Presidential Award to Alberto 

Ibargüen, President and CEO, John S. and 

James L. Knight Foundation, at the Aug. 7 AEJMC 

2023 Keynote Session in Washington, D.C. [Photo 

Credit: Eleazar “El” Yisrael, UNC-Chapel Hill] 


Deb Aikat, 

UNCChapel Hill, presented 

the 2023 

AEJMC Presidential 

Award to Alberto 

Ibargüen, President 

and CEO, John S. and 

James L. Knight Foundation, 

at the Aug. 7 

keynote session. 

Ibargüen’s Aug. 7 keynote 

speech, “Local 

News: A Train Crash 

Waiting to Happen 

and How to Avoid It,” 

evoked an engaging discussion with the audience. Read the text of 

Ibargüen’s speech here: 

https://knightfoundation.org/speeches/ibarguenreceivesaejmcspresidentialaward/ 

Felicia Greenlee Brown, AEJMC/ASJMC Assistant Director, received 

the 2023 AEJMC Presidential Leadership Excellence Award 

at the Aug. 9 AEJMC 2023 General Session Business Meeting. 

The AEJMC Central Office team each received the 2023 AEJMC 

Presidential Stellar Service Award. 

202324 AEJMC President Linda Aldoory, American, presented 

the 2023 AEJMC Leadership Award to 202223 AEJ MC President 

Deb Aikat, UNCChapel Hill. 

We honored 47 members at the conference with an impressive 

array of 18 AEJMC Awards, five Partner Awards (see 

https://community.aejmc.org/conference/schedule/awards).


Submit Proposals Now for AEJMC Theory Colloquia 

Proposals for the 2024 AEJMC theory colloquia are due February 1, 2024. 

The AEJMC Theory Colloquium made its debut in 2020 as a 

new form of conference programming – with an eventual 

path to publication – that focuses on interrogation of an established 

or emerging journalism and communication theory. 

Colloquia are most similar to panels but have a different 

focus, format, process and outcome. Proposals for the 2024 

AEJMC theory colloquia are due February 1, 2024. 

Focus: The goal of a colloquium is to critically examine a current 

journalism and communication theory or concept and to 

chart a research agenda moving forward. Priority is given to 

theories and concepts that are important to the field, but 

that also require critical reexamination given digitization, 

globalization, and other contextual changes, given theoretic 

or scientific advances in related disciplines, or simply given inadequate 

theoretical development. The goal of revisiting the 

theory or concept is to motivate scholars to do subsequent 

empirical work that advances our fields’ theoretical and conceptual 

development. 

Format: A colloquium requires a session chair, three or four 

presenters, and a discussant. At least two, but not all, of the 

presenters should be recognized as a leading authority on the 

theory or concept. The remaining presenter/s can represent 

new scholars or scholars from other fields who can bring a 

clear alternative perspective. The discussant will critically engage 

all the presenters, while the session chair will moderate 

the event. The colloquium will be programmed in a normal 

90minute conference session, with at least 20 minutes reserved 

for audience questions and discussion. Panels should 

include a diverse pool of experts, including women and persons 

from underrepresented groups. 

Process: Any AEJMC member can propose a theory colloquium 

to a division or interest group, but it can only be submitted 

to one division or interest group. The division or 

interest group can advance only one proposal to the Standing 

Committee on Research (SCR), which can choose a maximum 

of three colloquia in any given year (one for each full 

day of the conference). The SCR will seek to select up to three 

colloquia for the 2024 AEJMC conference that promise rigorous, 

agenda moving work and represent the variety of research 

traditions that find a home in AEJMC. 

Proposals will be submitted through the AEJMC office. The 

proposal consists of the following, all collated into a single 

document: 

(1) the name of the division or interest group to which the 

proposal is being sent; 

(2) a 75word description of the colloquium for the conference 

program; 

(3) a 400word rationale for the colloquium; 

(4) a title, confirmed presenter and 150word abstract from 

each presenter; 

(5) name and 50word rationale for the confirmed discussant; 

and 

(6) an ordered list of at least two and up to five AEJMC journals, 

including divisional journals, which would be potential 

publishers of the completed colloquium papers. 

Journal editors should not be contacted in advance. 

Submissions should be sent to D/IG heads, who then submit 

the proposals to AEJMC. Put “AEJMC Theory Colloquium Proposal” 

in the subject line. For questions, contact Katie Foss, 

Theory Colloquia chair, AEJMC Standing Committee on Research, 

at Katie.Foss@mtsu.edu. 

Colloquium Paper Requirements: For an accepted colloquium, 

presenters must complete final papers and submit 

them to the colloquium organizer, chair/moderator, and discussant 

at least two full weeks before the conference begins. 

In keeping with the purpose of the theory colloquium, the 

papers should be theoretical/conceptual in nature with the 

intent of exploring, synthesizing, or building theory, rather 

than new empirical research or “oneshot” studies (e.g., see 

Bennett, W. L., & Pfetsch, B., Rethinking Political Com 

munication in a Time of Disrupted Public Spheres. Journal of 

Communication; Parks, P., Researching with Our Hair on Fire: 

Three Frameworks for Rethinking News in a Post normative 

World. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly; Ferguson, 

M., “Building Theory in Public Relations: Interorganizational 

Relationships as a Public Relations Paradigm,” in 

Journal of Public Relations Research; or Romero, M., & Pérez, 

N., Conceptualizing the Foundation of Inequalities in Care 

Work. American Behavioral Scientist). 

Final papers must be between 20 25 pages in length (doublespaced, 

excluding tables and references), use 12point Times 

New Roman font and have 1inch margins. Authors should 

use the citation style appropriate for the discipline, including 

APA, Chicago, MLA and Harvard. 

Outcome: The Standing Committee on Research will oversee 

programming symposia at the 2024 conference in Philadelphia, 

PA. Editors from the journals named in the proposal will 

have the right of first refusal and if the proposal is accepted 

the editor will marshal the papers through to publication 

using their existing processes for invited papers. Colloquia 

participants are committing to this publication process by virtue 

of submitting their colloquium proposal. However, if no 

editors accept the set of papers, authors are free to pursue 

publication elsewhere.


AEJMC Resolution Honoring Slain Journalist 

Presented During Special Ceremony in Orlando 

ORLANDO, Fla.— Just weeks after AEJMC members voted 

for its approval, The Dylan Lyons Resolution was presented 

to the Lyons family during a ceremony where calls were 

made for more attention to be placed on the dangers journalists 

face onthejob. 

George Daniels, vice chair of the Elected Standing Committee 

on Professional Freedom and Responsibility (PF&R), 

traveled to the University of Central Florida’s Nicholson 

School of Communication and Media to make remarks on 

behalf of the association at a Sept. 21 ceremony held in the 

studios of Knightly News, the student news program on 

which Lyons worked only a few years ago. 

Lyons, a 2019 UCF graduate of the Nicholson 

School, was fatally shot on Feb. 22 

while on an assignment covering a shooting 

for Spectrum News 13 in Pine Hills, 

Florida. He and photojournalist Jesse 

Walden were reporting at the scene when 

Dylan Lyons the suspect, from the shooting earlier in 

the day, returned and shot the journalists, 

according to the Orange County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office. 

“Today I come to Orlando to let the family of Dylan Lyons know 

that he did not die in vain,” Daniels told the gathering of family, 

friends and UCF faculty staff and students. “In his unfortunate 

passing, we are able to redouble our efforts to address the 

dangers journalists face on the job and to intensify our teaching 

and preparation of the next generation of journalists for 

this reality.” 

Among the other speakers at the Sept. 21 event, Tim 

Brown, one of Lyons’ former professors, recalled how the 

day after the February shooting, he asked his current students 

to take 13 seconds to remember the Spectrum News 

13 reporter and former president of the UCF chapter of the 

RadioTelevision Digital News Association. Now, Brown is 

using the 13 seconds as a strategy to teach students safety 

on the job. 

“Let’s take 13 seconds when we show up on a scene, no 

matter what it is, no matter what we’re doing, and just take 

those 13 seconds and figure out how safe are we and decide 

what to do from there,” said Brown, an associate professor 

of media and journalism. 

Since the Sept. 21 ceremony, it’s been noted that the presentation 

really helped students, faculty, and the family feel 

that there’s some purpose as they move forward. For Lyons’ 

family, the AEJMC resolution was more than a gesture— it’s 

a plea for action. 

“Everything about today was meaningful to our family,” said 

Beth Lyons, Dylan Lyons’ mother. The entire family was very 

touched by not just the gesture, but by what Dylan’s father, 

Gary, told news reporters on hand for the ceremony is their 

hope that “….reporters’ lives will be safer and that companies 

will implement safer practices and policies for their 

reporters.” 

George Daniels (center) presents The Dylan Lyons Resolution to the Lyons family. 

In an interview with Nicholson Student Media, Daniels 

spoke of the next steps following the passage of the AEJMC 

resolution. 

“The PF&R committee understands that all of our work 

can’t stop at just a resolution,” he said. “It involves convening, 

and conversing with media managers, at stations, station 

groups and even the organizations that own them.” 

You can read more about the Sept. 21 ceremony at the 

Nicholson Student Media website (https://www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com/news/repairingtheworldresolutionaimedtohelpstudentjournalistsandeducatorscovermas 

sshootings/article_3764e19e58d211ee8434 

33a36d9dbc59.html). 

UCF Knightly News also included a story about both the ceremony 

and the implementation of the AEJMC resolution in 

its Sept. 22 nd newscast 

(youtube.com/live/TTXCioMB9M0?feature=shared&t=485). 

Visit the AEJMC Resolutions website for the full text of the 

Dylan Lyons resolution 

(https://www.aejmc.com/home/2023/08/resolutionone 

2023/).


Standing Committee on Research Award Calls 

AEJMC MEMBERS MAY SUBMIT 

NOMINATIONS FOR THESE AWARDS 

Eleanor Blum Distinguished 

Service to Research Award 

Nominations are due December 15, 2023. 

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 under the purview of 

AEJMC’s Elected Standing Committee on Research. 

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 December 15 will be considered for the 

2024 award. 

Nomination packets should include the following: 

• 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. 

The AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Research encourages 

the consideration and nomination of diverse candidates for 

this award, including women and persons from underrepresented 

groups. 

Nominators should represent a range of institutions and perspectives 

on the nominee’s accomplishments. 

Recent previous winners include (2023) Patricia Moy, Washington; 

(2021) Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State; (2020) Linda 

Steiner, Maryland; (2019) Melvin DeFleur, Louisiana State (posthumously); 

(2017) Esther Thorson, Michigan State; (2016) Paula 

Poindexter, Texas at Austin; (2014) Dan Riffe, North Carolina at 

Chapel Hill; (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 packets and letters for the Blum Award should be 

submitted electronically in a single PDF file to ESCR chair, Gregory 

P. Perreault at gperreault@usf.edu. 

Paul J. Deutschmann Award 

for Excellence in Research 

Nominations are due December 1, 2023. 

The Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research recognizes 

a body of significant research over the course of an individual’s 

career. 

The award is named in honor of Paul J. Deutschmann, who developed 

the College of Communication Arts at Michigan State 

University. 

It serves as the AEJMC Research Award, recognizing the top 

scholars in the association who have made a major impact on 

the research of the field during their career. The Deutschmann 

Award is based on demonstrable influence on the field and is 

therefore not necessarily awarded every year. To be considered 

for the 2024 award, nominations must be received by December 

1. 

Nomination packets should include a letter describing the ways 

that the nominee’s contributions shaped the field of journalism 

and communication, focusing on how the nominee has impacted 

the specific area of their research and the broad field of 

journal ism and communication. 

The AEJMC Standing Committee on Research encourages the consideration 

and nomination of diverse candidates for this award, 

including women and persons from underrepresented groups. 

In addition, the nomination packet should include the nominee’s 

C.V. and eight to ten letters of support from colleagues 

who can attest to the candidate’s qualifications for the award. 

Nominators should represent a range of institutions and perspectives 

on the nominee’s accomplishments and influence. 

Recent recipients of the award include (2023) Jane Singer, City 

University of London; (2022) Annie Lang, Indiana; (2021) Glen 

Cameron, Missouri; (2020) Dan Riffe, North Carolina at Chapel 

Hill; (2019) Esther Thorson, Michigan State; (2018) Shyam Sundar, 

Penn State; (2017) Stephen Reese, Texas at Austin; (2015) 

Pamela Shoemaker, Syracuse; (2013) Lee Becker, Georgia; 

(2011) Sharon Dunwoody, WisconsinMadison; (2010) Stephen 

Lacy, Michigan State; and (2009) David Weaver, Indiana. 

Nomination letters and packets for the Deutschmann Award



should be submitted electronically in a single PDF file to Melissa 

Tully, melissa tully@uiowa.edu. Please direct any questions to 

Tully. 

AEJMCKnudson Latin America Prize 

Nominations are due January 15, 2024. 

AEJMC is calling for books and manuscript length non fiction reporting 

projects (including multi media) for the AEJMCKnudson 

Latin America Prize. 

This is an annual award given to a book or project concerning 

Latin America or coverage of issues in Latin America. 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. 

Submitted works must make an original contribution to improve 

knowledge about Latin America to U.S. students, journalists or 

the public. 

The AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Research encourages 

the consideration and nomination of diverse candidates for 

this award, including women and persons from underrepresented 

groups. Submitters must be current AEJMC members. 

The submission should either be journalistic or academic 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 2023. 

Nominations are due January 15, 2024. The winner will be 

notified late May 2024. The winner must agree to be a registered 

participant at the 2024 AEJMC Conference. AEJMC reserves 

the right not to present the award in any given year. 

To submit a work for the AEJMC Knudson Latin America Prize, 

submit the following to AEJMC Knudson Latin America Prize, 

AEJMC, 234 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia, SC 29210 5667, for 

receipt by January 15, 2024. 

(1) a nomination letter that includes the work’s title, author(s) 

or editor(s), copyright/publication date, publisher and an 

explana tion 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 work 

nominated for the AEJMC Knudson Latin America Prize, I 

guarantee that if I am the award winner, I will attend the 

prize presentation at the 2024 AEJMC Conference as a 

registered conference participant”; and 

(4) seven hard copies of the work as well as a narrative putting 

the work in social, political and cultural context to be considered 

for the award. Queries about the award should be 

emailed to Yong Volz at volzy@missouri.edu. 

NafzigerWhiteSalwen Dissertation Award 

Nominations are due October 15, 2023. 

AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research seeks nominations 

for its NafzigerWhiteSalwen Dissertation Award. 

The award recognizes excellence in Ph.D. dissertation research 

that demonstrates potentially significant impact and importance 

in the field of journalism and communication research and includes 

a monetary prize. 

Dissertations are eligible if successfully defended between Sept. 

1, 2022, and Aug. 31, 2023. The committee reserves the right 

not to grant the award in any given year. Applicants submitting 

dissertation chapters with multiple authors are asked that (1) 

clearly detail at the beginning of the chapter if it is multiauthored 

and (2) clarify their contributions to that chapter. 

All methodological approaches, theoretical and conceptual 

frameworks and topical areas related to journalism and communication 

are welcome. Nominations of women and persons 

from underrepresented groups are encouraged. 

How to nominate: 

(a) Nominations must be made by the dissertation advisor/director 

or by a senior administrator (dean, director or 

chair) of the doctoral degree granting unit. Students may 

NOT nominate their own dissertation. 

(b) The nomination package includes four items: 

(1) the nominator’s cover letter 

(2) an eight to tenpage abstract summarizing the dissertation. 

This abstract should be doublespaced with 1 

inch margins, use 12pt. Times New Roman font, and 

not contain any appendices or references. 

(3) a PDF of the dissertation 

(4) the nominee’s C.V. 

(c) The nomination package must be submitted electronically 

on or before 11:59 p.m. (Central time), Sunday, Oct. 15. 

All four (4) items must be delivered electronically by the 

deadline to qualify for consideration: 

(1) The full dissertation must be submitted in ONE single 

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(2) A separate file comprising an extended (blind) eight to 

tenpage abstract summarizing the dissertation must 

be submitted in ONE file (PDF or DOC). The abstract 

should be organized as follows with subheadings: [1] 

Introduction and statement of purpose; [2] Theoretical 

framework and key elements of previous research; 

[3] Method; [4] Findings; [5] Conclusion and discussion; 

[6] Statement of importance to the field. Nominees 

may wish to refer to the judging criteria when 

writing their abstracts. 

(3) The nomination letter must include the nominee’s 

name, dissertation title and university affiliation. 

(d) Acknowledgments and other information that might identify 

the author, advisor or university must be removed 

from the dissertation PDF and abstract. This includes references 

to the university where the dissertation was 

written that may appear in the text. Submissions containing 

identifying information in these files may be disqualified. 

(e) “NWS Dissertation Award [insert nominee’s last name]” 

must be used as the subject header for any and all correspondence 

in relation to the award. 

(f) Submissions will be acknowledged by email. 

(g) Nonelectronic methods of submission (facsimile, standard 

mail, courier) are not available or acceptable. 

(h) Send nominations and questions to Amber Roessner at the 

University of Tennessee, aroessne@utk.edu. 

The award is named for Ralph O. Nafziger and David Manning 

White, authors of Introduction to Mass Communication Research, 

and Michael Salwen, coauthor of An Integrated Approach 

to Communication Theory and Research. 

AEJMC Tankard Book Award Call 

Nominations are due January 15, 2024. 

AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research invites nominations for the 2023 Tankard Book Award. 

This award recognizes the most outstanding book in the field of journalism and communication. It also honors authors 

whose work embodies excellence in research, writing and creativity. 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. Authors who are 

current AEJMC members as of December 31, 2023, may selfnominate a first edition scholarly monograph or an edited volume 

published in 2023 that is relevant to journalism and communication. (The copyright MUST be 2023.) Nominated books 

may be coauthored or coedited and should be well written and break new ground. The AEJMC Elected Standing Committee 

on Research encourages the consideration and nomination of diverse candidates for this award, including women and persons 

from underrepresented groups. Nominations are due January 15, 2024. 

Books must be submitted in physical (hard copy) form. Online only publications, page proofs, or submissions in digital format 

are ineligible for consideration. Entries not in print by December 31, 2023, will be disqualified. Finalists must agree to 

be a registered participant at the 2024 AEJMC Conference. Finalists will be notified by early June 2024. 

To nominate a title for the award, submit the following to Tankard Book Award, AEJMC, 234 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia, 

SC 292105667, for receipt by January 15, 2024. 

(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 2023 Tankard Book Award, I guarantee 

that if my book is chosen as a finalist, I will attend the Tankard Book Award session at the 2024 AEJMC Conference as 

a registered participant”; and 

(4) seven hard copies of the book to be considered for the award. 

Given the large number of nominations each year, only complete nomination packets will be considered. The Elected Standing 

Committee on Research reserves the right not to present the award in any given year. Queries about the award should 

be emailed to Yong Volz at volzy@missouri.edu


Scholarsourcing 

A book series from AEJMC and 

Peter Lang Publishing 

Call for Proposals: 

November 15 Deadline for Brief Book Proposals for AEJMC‐Peter Lang Scholarsourcing Series 

or 0 3, book contracts have been awarded to r n rea Mi er University of ort e as for From Solo Anchors to 

Solo Live Shots: A Labor History of Television News to r. aren in sey on University for Leadership and the PR 

Profession: Narratives of Black Women an to or e a e s i tanfor University for Handbook: Investigating Artificial 

Intelligence for Journalists and Researchers. 

AEJMC members are now invited to submit abbreviated book proposals for the 0 round of Scholarsourcing—a joint book 

publishing venture between AEJMC and Peter Lang Publishing, now in its tenth year. Based on the concept of crowdsourcing, 

Scholarsourcing reimagines the way scholarly books are proposed, peer‐reviewed, and approved for contract. 

Nov. , 0 3 is the deadline to submit an abbreviated book proposal (no more than 500 words) for the first round of Scholarsourcing. 

The proposed book must be based on original research; it should not include previously published material. 

The proposal must include the following: 

—book title (this should clearly indicate what the book is about) 

—rationale and synopsis of the book 

—two to three sentences highlighting they ways in which the book is unique and valuable to the field of journalism and mass 

communication 

—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 multicultural society in the classroom and curriculum 

• to defend and maintain freedom of communication in an effort to achieve better professional practice and a betterinformed 

public 

The abbreviated proposal should be emailed as a Word attachment to Carolyn Bronstein, Scholarsourcing Series Editor at 

cbronste@depaul.edu and Eli abeth oward, Acquisitions Editor for Media and Communication, at e.howard@peterlang.com by 

Nov. 15, 0 3. Please put “Scholarsourcing” in the subject line of the email. Please include your full name, affiliation, 

position, and email address in the main body of the email as well as confirmation of your AEJMC membership. No authoridentifying 

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 late November 0 3 and mid‐January 0 . Authors will be notified in March 0 if their proposals received 

sufficient votes from the AEJMC membership to advance to the second round. Those authors who qualify to advance will be 

invited to submit a complete book proposal using the Scholarsourcing proposal guidelines (issued at that time). Complete book 

proposals must be submitted by May 1, 0 . Complete book proposals will be reviewed by the AEJMC Scholarsourcing editorial 

committee to determine which author(s) shall receive a book contract offer. All authors will be notified of the outcome by the 

end of July 0 . 

The AEJMC Scholarsourcing editorial committee includes: 

Series Editor: Carolyn Bronstein, DePaul University 

Carolyn Kitch 

Temple University 

i er ey Mangun 

University of Uta 

Juan Meng 

University of Georgia 

Katie Place 

Quinnipiac University 

Meghan Sanders 

Louisiana State University 

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Teaching Tips 

TEACHING TIPS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DEI 

By Tracy Everbach 

University of North Texas, Denton 

20222023 Member of the AEJMC Standing Committee on Teaching 

At the Washington, D.C., conference in August, the AEJMC 

Teaching Committee addressed two topics on many instructors’ 

minds this fall: artificial intelligence in the classroom and DEI 

(diversity, equity, and inclusion). 

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom 

About 80 people participated in our “Teachers are In” session. 

Teaching Committee Chair Laura K. Smith took notes on central 

themes, summarized below. These are ongoing conversations 

that will carry into further conferences and within departments, 

colleges, and universities. 

• Contextualizing AI: We often fear the unknown and AI classroom 

use is in its early stages. We can compare AI to other new 

technologies we have learned to use productively. We should be 

aware that AI can leave out marginalized voices. 

• AI threats and opportunities: We need to develop AI policies 

for our classes. AI will require students to work in a different 

way. We may need to change assignments to adjust to AI use. As 

journalism and mass communication educators, we can point 

out that only original reporting can bring in a range of voices 

and engage with communities. 

• Training students to use AI in the newsroom: AI can be used 

for market research, content generation, and to enhance writing. 

However, AI also can be inaccurate, unfair, and fabricate information. 

Students need critical thinking and verification skills 

to use it effectively. 

• AI in photojournalism: On the positive side, students can use 

it to jumpstart the creative process. On the negative side, students 

need factchecking skills to determine whether an image 

is altered. Adobe and other software can detect changes and 

spot deepfakes. 

• Academic integrity and AI: Cases have exploded. Be specific 

on your syllabus about what you do and do not allow and articulate 

academic penalties for unauthorized use. Detectors can be 

unreliable, so other evidence is necessary; e.g. different writing 

style, incorrect information, students unable to answer questions 

about their work. Talk to students to find out why they are 

using AI and help address the root of potential problems. 

• Legal and ethical concerns: Laws develop slowly. Think about 

AI implications for copyright, fair use, plagiarism. Pay attention 

to institutional guidelines. Be open minded about assignments. 

Use Bloom’s taxonomy to design assignments that will carry students 

to the levels of analyzing, evaluating, and creating. Ethical 

codes (such as SPJ Code of Ethics) provide guidance: emphasizing 

attribution, responsibility, accuracy, verification, sourcing. 

• Misinformation and AI: Be aware of bias in AI and consider 

what information is feeding these tools. Students tend to take 

information at face value and may not take the time to verify information. 

Media literacy is important. What will be the effect 

on creativity? 

Diversity, equity and inclusion 

Our cornerstone session focused on “Navigating Solutions for 

Teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in a Democratic Society.” 

Panelists were Adrienne Lu, senior reporter for the Chronicle of 

Higher Education; Deb Aikat, AEJMC president; Earnest Perry, 

associate dean for graduate studies and research at the University 

of Missouri; and Amy Kristin Sanders, associate professor at 

The University of Texas at Austin and editor of Communication 

Law and Policy Journal. 

Forty bills in 22 state legislatures have sought to curb universities’ 

DEI efforts and funding, Lu noted. Seven bills have become 

law in Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee and Texas. The Chronicle 

of Higher Education has been tracking the legislation state 

by state. 

The Chronicle is monitoring how the legislation will affect research 

and grants, student enrollment, faculty jobs, and employment 

for staff members who work in DEI offices, Lu added. 

Aikat said he is concerned about donors and politicians inserting 

themselves into university journalism and mass communication 

hiring decisions, such as the botched Nikole HannahJones hiring 

at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he 

works. Aikat said the problems are institutional and go beyond 

individual appointments.


Teaching Tips 

Perry discussed implications on the Accrediting Council on Education 

in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC), 

which requires diversity, equity, and inclusion as an accreditation 

standard. He cited the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision 

eliminating race as a factor in college admissions, which is likely 

to affect accreditation in several ways: makeup of the student 

body, recruiting efforts, curriculum, and faculty hiring, to name a 

few. At this point, the implications for accreditation are ambiguous, 

he said. 

Speakers at the “Navigating Solutions for Teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in a Democratic 

Society” session at the AEJMC 2023 Conference in Washington, D.C. From left to right: Adrienne 

Lu, Deb Aikat, Earnest Perry, Amy Kristin Sanders. 

“How does that work in real life, what does it mean, and how 

does it play out?” he asked. 

Sanders, who has a law degree in addition to a Ph.D., said both 

public and private universities are at risk in an environment of 

prevalent challenges, including book bans, regulations of teaching 

topics, and performances/activities on campus. These initiatives 

have a chilling effect on education, she added. 

Sanders pointed out that “your university legal counsel is not 

paid to protect you; they are paid to protect the university.” She 

suggested faculty consider buying liability insurance to protect 

themselves from lawsuits. 

Sanders offered some other considerations for faculty and administrators: 

1. Realize emails and text messages are monitored and at 

public institutions may be considered public information. 

2. Preserve electronic records—they do not go away, even 

when deleted. 

3. Publicfacing syllabi are not required to list every reading. 

Those can be placed within your learningmanagement 

system for students. 

4. Consider what you discuss in the classroom; assume you 

are being recorded. 

5. Connect with students to let them know you support them.


Publications Committee 

AEJMC LAUNCHES TRANSLATION FELLOWS PROGRAM 

TO EXPAND GLOBAL REACH 

By Shahira S. Fahmy 

The American University in Cairo, Egypt 

20222023 Chair of the Standing Committee on Publications 

Having grown up in a multicultural environment, I understand 

the power of language in connecting people and bridging cultural 

gaps. Drawing from my own experiences as an American, 

Egyptian, and Italian with fluency in French as well, I am thrilled 

to announce the launch of the AEJMC Translation Fellowship 

Program. 

This groundbreaking initiative, launched in midJune, aims to 

make the organization’s refereed scholarship more accessible to 

global audiences. The committee has created five positions for 

Translation Fellows who are fluent in Chinese, Arabic, French, 

Russian, or Spanish. These fellows will work closely with the editorial 

team to translate abstracts of articles from the AEJMC’s 

prestigious journals: Journalism & Mass Communication 

Quarterly, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, and 

Journalism & Communication Monographs. 

In upcoming issues, readers can expect to see some abstracts 

translated as the program rolls out. This will provide a glimpse 

into the diverse range of research and insights available within 

the AEJMC community. 

more inclusive and diverse community. By breaking down language 

barriers, this initiative will enable researchers and 

scholars from around the world to access and contribute to the 

wealth of knowledge within AEJMC publications. 

As the Chair of The Publications Committee, I am excited about 

the potential of this program. Making our scholarship more 

widely accessible will enable us to make even more impact at a 

time when journalism and mass communications are going 

through major upheavals. The Translation Fellows thus become 

critical to our overall endeavors. 

My deepest thanks go to the committee members who have 

worked with me to bring this program to life. Their dedication 

and commitment are commendable. Working together, all of us 

at the AEJMC can make a global impact with our increasingly 

global community. 

The fellowship individual’s appointment is set for one year, with 

the possibility of renewal. Fellows will be responsible for translating 

short abstracts on a quarterly basis, aligning with the publishing 

calendars of the journals. As the program progresses, the 

Publications Committee may expand the program to other languages. 

The committee is exploring the possibility of providing financial 

compensation for their translation services. Currently, translation 

fellows receive free conference registration as a token of 

appreciation for their contributions. Additionally, they have the 

opportunity to showcase their work and engage with AEJMC 

members at a special session during the annual conference. 

The committee is committed to enhancing the fellowship experience 

by exploring additional benefits and support mechanisms. 

Through the Translation Fellowship Program, the AEJMC 

aims to enhance the global impact of its scholarship and foster a


Research Grant Opportunity: 

The Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism Studies 

Deadline for proposals is November 15, 2023. 

AEJMC and the Urban Communication Foundation are cosponsors of the Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism 

Studies. The purpose of this annual grant is to stimulate research that explains, enlightens, inspires, and improves 

the practice of journalism and communication in order to advance our understanding of journalism in urban 

environments. 

The grant this year will be $2,500. It may be awarded to a faculty member, a graduate student, or a team of faculty 

member(s) and/or graduate student(s). The award program is open to a diversity of methods and topics within journalism 

and communication studies. Grant funds may not be used for PI stipend, university indirect costs or equipment purchase. 

The recipient(s) of the grant will present preliminary research findings and analysis during the session sponsored 

by the Urban Communication Foundation at next summer’s AEJMC conference in Philadelphia. 

The deadline for submitting research proposals is Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 4:59 p.m. EST. All application materials 

should be emailed in one attachment to Lillian Coleman at Lillian@aejmc.org (attached files must have a document suffix, 

such as doc., docx., or pdf). All application elements should be combined into one file, in the order outlined below. 

Incomplete proposals will not be reviewed. 

Proposal Criteria 

• The proposal can be no longer than 1,500 words. 

• Applicants must be current members of AEJMC. 

• Only one proposal per person is allowed. Applicants submitting as part of a team may not submit another proposal. 

• The 1,500word proposal must include these elements: 

a. Title, explanation of the topic, and statement of research questions. 

b. Statement of the principal activities of the project, including a description of the research method and plan for analysis. 

c. Statement on the importance of the project: How it will contribute to the body of knowledge on urban journalism and 

communication. 

d. Statement of the project’s anticipated outcomes (e.g., an article? book chapter? dissertation?). 

e. A budget outlining the main categories of spending. (Grant funds may not be used for a PI stipend, university indirect 

costs or equipment purchase.) 

f. A timeline by which the data gathering and analysis will be completed. 

g. A letter of support from the applicant’s academic supervisor (e.g., chair or thesis advisor). 

h. A threepage curriculum vitae for each applicant. 

Selection Process 

The Gene Burd Awards Committee will announce its selection of the grantee on or before Dec. 10, 2023. At the time of 

the decision, the committee will award $1,500 to the recipient, to help defray research expenses. The remaining $1,000, 

to help defray travel expenses to the AEJMC conference, will be disbursed upon the committee’s receipt of a brief report 

of the scholar’s preliminary findings, on or before May 1, 2024. 

Questions may be directed to Committee Chair Bob Trumpbour at rct4@psu.edu.

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