[AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Simplify the name. Don't complicate it.

[Tracy Everbach]

Just a note about "News Division": As some others have noted, I think other AEJMC divisions also lay claim to news, such as Radio-TV, Visual Communication and Magazine. They probably would not endorse our adopting the name.

Tracy Everbach

Assistant professor of journalism

University of North Texas

214-995-8464-cell

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, laurie lattimore <drlattmo at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: laurie lattimore <drlattmo at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Simplify the name. Don't complicate it.
To: "  John E.Dvorak" <dvorakj at indiana.edu>, news-list at aejmc.net, "Fred Schiff" <fschiff at uh.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 10:38 AM

I have been avoiding the debate but must add a quick affirmation to the idea of "News Division" for the name. We are teaching "news" whether it be paper or online, and as journalists, a concise name seems like the least we could do.

Laurie Lattimore-Volkmann
Dominican University

--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Fred Schiff <fschiff at uh.edu> wrote:

From: Fred Schiff <fschiff at uh.edu>
Subject: Re: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] Simplify the name. Don't complicate it.
To: "Dvorak,  John E." <dvorakj at indiana.edu>, news-list at aejmc.net
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 8:25 AM

If we focus on content, "News Division" makes the most sense.  Plus 
it's concise.

Tieing the
 division name to a specific distribution platform is part 
of the platform fixation that only reifies the technophile tendencies 
in American culture.

However, I still favor no change whatsoever.  Chicken Little is alive 
and rampant.  We should not be giving false credit to stock market 
myths and youth culture myths and ignore the reality of the 
newspapers as business enterprises that are still highly profitable 
and are NOT in danger of going dinosaur.

Cheers,
Fred





At 07:46 PM 8/17/2010, Dvorak,  John E. wrote:
>Wally's support of "Newspaper and Online News Division" as an edited 
>name of the Division is in keeping with my own thoughts. I can't 
>think of any name that would be better or more appropriate.
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>Jack Dvorak
>Indiana University - Bloomington
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>>The fresh proposals for a new name are brilliant, a middle ground for
>>the years ahead.  "Newspaper and Online News Division" reflects
>>reality and the new ways in which traditional media are delivering
>>news.  It is inclusive and doesn't separate out online news
>>unnecessarily.  It doesn't further fragment AEJMC with another
>>division.  It's a straightforward description of what journalism
>>departments are all about these days, in one form or another.  It's a
>>compromise that merits support from dinosaurs and (ahem) ducklings
>>alike.
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>>And...happy new academic year out there...
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>>Wally Eberhard
>>Georgia
 (Emeritus)
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