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August 6-August 9
2008 Association for
Education in Journalism
and Mass Communication Convention, Chicago,
IL, at the Marriott Hotel, 540 N. Michigan Ave.
For more information,
visit http://www.aejmc.org
August 7
AEJMC CONVENTION Panel Session: Diversity That Works (8:15 am to 9:45 am / 119) at the Marriott Hotel, 540 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL.
Jointly organizaed by Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University
Moderating/Presiding: Ralph Izard, Louisiana State/Ohio
Panelists:
David Kurpius, Louisiana State
Travis Dixon, Illinois
Anne Hoag, Pennsylvania State
Arlene Morgan, Columbia
Joe Dennis, Georgia
Mary Arnold, South Dakota State
August 21- August 24
2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT
Media Summit hosted by
National Lesbian and
Gay Journalists Association, Washington, D.C.
For more information, contact
Tom Avila at
tavila@nlgja.org
or 202-588-9888, ext. 17.
Pre-register by Aug 14 for "NLGJA goes to Washington" to get special discounts. Click HERE to read more.
September 4- September 7
Society of Professional
Journalists Convention
and National
Journalism Conference in
Atlanta,
GA. For more information
see
http://www.spj.org/c-schedule.asp.
September 26-27
“Making History: Race, Gender and the Media
in the 2008
Elections,”
sponsored by the Ronald
H. Brown Center for
Civil Rights and
Economic Development, St. John’s University School of
Law, New York
City. For more information,
visit
www.stjohns.edu/Ronbrown/Symposia
October 20- October 24
Reporting and writing for
the ethnic media
seminar hosted by
Poynter Institute.
For
more information, contact
Jennette
Smith
at 727-821-9494
or jsmith@poynter.org
January 21-24, 2009
AAC&U's Annual Meeting 2009, Seattle, Washington: Call for Proposals
"Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and
America's Promise"
The Association of American Colleges and Universities
(AAC&U) invites you and your colleagues to submit a proposal
for our 2009 Annual Meeting -- "Ready or Not: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America's Promise." Proposals can be submitted online through July 21, 2008.
Please see this page for complete information.
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JULY-AUGUST UPDATES
UNITY '08 Convention: Time to focus on New Journalism
Click HERE to read about the convention highligths.
NAHJ elects new president
The members of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) elected Ricardo Pimental as the President of the association. The NAHJ National Officers for the next two years were announced during the Hall of Fame Gala at UNITY ’08 in Chicago.
The NAHJ National Officers
NABJ launches "newly developed" media institute
The media institute will offer professional development opportunities, educational programs, entrepreneurial guidance, workshops, web seminars and conferences. The NABJ media institute will also provide resources for journalists of color. Click here to read more.
NAHJ News: "Noche de Triunfos Journalism Awards Gala to take place in Washington, DC"
Click here to read the story.
AAJA Announces National Awards Winners
AAJA (Asian American Journalists Association) has announced that 13 journalists will receive national awards for excellence in news coverage of Asian American and Pacific Islander and other issues. AAJA will formally present the awards on Friday, July 25 at its Gala Scholarship and Awards Banquet during the 2008 UNITY: Journalists of Color Convention in Chicago.
Click here to read more.
UNITY to hold presidential candidates' forum on July 24
in Chicago
CNN will broadcast live
UNITY: Journalists of Color and CNN will broadcast live in prime time (8-10pm ET) a discussion with the presumptive presidential nominees at the UNITY ’08 Convention in Chicago on July 24, says a news release. Click here to read more.
NABJ awards over $167,000 in scholarships to journalism students
NABJ (National Association of Black Journalists) has recently awarded scholarships over $167,000 in scholarships to students, pursuing a career in journalism, to attend colleges and universities. Click here to read more.
MAY UPDATES
Columnist Leonard Pitts named Journalist of the Year by Black Journalists group
NABJ named Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, Jr. Journalist of the Year at its spring Board of Directors meeting in Atlanta. Pitts will join Chicago television reporter Harry Porterfield who will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the association's Salute to Excellence Gala, Saturday, July 26, in Chicago.
The recipient of a 2004 Pulitzer Prize in commentary, Pitts has been with the Herald since 1991, first joining the paper as a pop music critic. Since his writings became syndicated in 1994, Pitts has become one of the country's most widely-read columnists.
(Source: NABJ)
Turner
Broadcasting Named No. 1
for Blacks Journalism
Turner Broadcasting System was named the No. 1 company for blacks by
the magazine DiversityInc. on Monday.
Read
More
(Source: Maynard Institute)
Univision
Adds One Hour of News to Four TeleFutura Stations
Univision is adding one hour of local morning news on four owned
stations in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif. --
some of the largest Hispanic media markets in the country and also
markets where the company owns two stations, one programmed with
Univision and the other with co-owned TeleFutura programming.
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More
(Source: Broadcasting & Cable)
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