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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I think we should all call ourselves Factoids Instruction Delivery Gnomes, but FIDG doesn't make a good acronym.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I'm noodling new names for the Newspaper Division that would provide a good acronym--for essential branding purposes. The best I have so far are NOD (Newspaper & Online Division) and SNOT (Society for News and Other Things). Oh, and NADD! (Newspapers Aren't Dead, Dammit!). Further research is needed.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Too many of us are at our computers during summer and bored enough to join this conversation. Myself, I'm avoiding editing page proofs.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">TED (Totally Erudite Drone)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div>On Jul 17, 2008, at 1:36 PM, Dorothy Bowles wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> Good point, Nancy. So to avoid redundancy, I guess that leads us to the name AEJMC "Content Division."<br> <br> Dorothy<br> <br> On Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 02:42 PM, Nancy Green wrote:<br> <br> <div class="EmailQuote"><font size="-1">News is great but many parts of our new world are centered around news/information with information centers being a term that is encompassing online, print and other electronic communications like texting, podcasts, etc. </font><br> <br> <font size="-1"> </font><br> <br> <font size="-1">Nancy L. Green<br> President<br> STL Distribution Services<br> 5025 Pattison Avenue<br> St. Louis MO 63110<br> 314-772-6000<br> 314-772-5591 fax<br> <a href="mailto:nancy.green@lee.net">nancy.green@lee.net</a></font><br> <br> <font size="-1">This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and delete the email and any attachments. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.</font><br> <br> </div> <image.tiff><br> <div style="text-align: center; "> <div class="EmailQuote"><font face="Times New Roman"><br> </font></div> </div> <div class="EmailQuote"><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>From:</b></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><a href="mailto:news-list-bounces@aejmc.net">news-list-bounces@aejmc.net</a> [<a href="mailto:news-list-bounces@aejmc.net">mailto:news-list-bounces@aejmc.net</a>] </font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>On Behalf Of</b></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1">Dorothy Bowles<br> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>Sent:</b></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"> Thursday, July 17, 2008 12:21 PM<br> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>To:</b></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"> <a href="mailto:news-list@aejmc.net">news-list@aejmc.net</a><br> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"><b>Subject:</b></font><font face="Tahoma" size="-1"> Re: [AEJMC Newspaper Division list] New name for Newspaper Division?</font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman">Susan, </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman">I agree that industry-specific names don't work well these days for our converging communications system for all the reasons you mentioned. </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman">I wonder whether something simple like NEWS would be appropriate. On the other hand, perhaps it is too narrow as our division is concerned with all parts of the newspaper industry, but all parts of the industry impact in one way or another the NEWS aspect. </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman">Just a thought. I am glad that a name change will be discussed in Chicago. </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman">Dorothy </font><br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">================================================ </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">Dorothy Bowles, Professor </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">Schoolof Journalism & Electronic Media, Univ. of Tennessee, </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">333 Communications Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-0333 </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">PHONE: 865-974-4454 OR 865-974-5155; FAX: 865-974-5056 </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">HOMEPAGE: <a href="http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~bowles">http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~bowles</a> </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">================================================= </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica"> </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">Notice: Messages sent to and from this address are stored on a </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">Universityof Tennesseeserver and may be considered public records </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">under the Tennessee Public Records Act, subject to inspection by </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">residents of Tennessee. </font><br> <br> <font face="Helvetica">==================================================</font><br> <br> <br> </div> <font face="Helvetica">================================================<br> Dorothy Bowles, Professor<br> School of Journalism & Electronic Media, Univ. of Tennessee,<br> 333 Communications Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-0333<br> PHONE: 865-974-4454 OR 865-974-5155; FAX: 865-974-5056<br> HOMEPAGE: <a href="http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~bowles">http://excellent.com.utk.edu/~bowles</a><br> =================================================<br> <br> Notice: Messages sent to and from this address are stored on a<br> University of Tennessee server and may be considered public records<br> under the Tennessee Public Records Act, subject to inspection by<br> residents of Tennessee.<br> ==================================================</font><br> <span><ATT00001.c></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>