Scholastic Journalism Division

Lastest division newsletter now available

The December 2011 issue of Scholastic Source is now available for download.

Division members should have received a copy via email Dec. 12. Members who did not receive their copies or who need to update their email addresses, should contact Teresa White (terwhite@indiana.edu).

Members are encouraged to submit story ideas and content for the February 2012 issue of Scholastic Source. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 20.

Midwinter Research Paper Call

The Scholastic Journalism Division of AEJMC is accepting submissions of research papers for its 2012 Midwinter Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.  The division is seeking academic papers on any aspect of scholastic journalism, the college media or journalism education applicable to those areas. Papers should be submitted with 12-point Times New Roman type, and double-spaced.  All submissions should be sent electronically via e-mail attachment to ScholasticJNResearch@gmail.com by Monday, November 7, 2011 at 11 p.m. Central Standard Time.  Only Microsoft Word or PDF file will be accepted.    Those papers selected by peer review will be presented during the Midwinter Meeting January 6-7, 2012 at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Faculty and student papers that involve any area of mass communication research that can be applied to scholastic journalism will be considered. Possible paper topics include:
• legal issues of the student press
• ethical issues of the student press
• administrative relationships: journalism education school and community support for high school journalism education
• journalism and mass communication in language arts
• preparation, certification and credentialing of publication advisers and journalism educators in secondary school
• multicultural and diversity issues in secondary school journalism
• content or production of high school publications
• the role of college journalism education in secondary education
• historical perspectives of secondary school/high school journalism education
• the role of high school press associations and other media organizations
• recruiting and retaining journalism students
• educational issues applicable to scholastic journalism

Your double-spaced paper should follow either the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association or the Chicago Manual of Style.  In the BODY OF THE E-MAIL to ScholasticJNResearch@gmail.com, please provide the following CONTACT  INFORMATION:  name, title (or student status), and affiliation of all authors, and the name, address, e-mail address and telephone number of the principal author. Please do not include names of authors or other identifying information on any page of the attached research paper.  Electronic files will be sent DIRECTLY to reviewers to be blind-reviewed.  After the cover page of the paper (WITH TITLE and Running HEAD ONLY), include an abstract of no more than 75 words.  At least one author of each paper accepted will be expected to attend the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Midwinter Meeting to present the paper.  For more information, please contact the Scholastic Journalism Research Chair George Daniels at (205) 348-8618 or gdaniels@ua.edu

Advisers focus of mid-winter meeting’s day two

Article also posted on David Bulla’s First Amendment Blog.

By David W. Bulla (Iowa State University)

The conditions that high school journalism advisers face will be the major area of focus on the second day of the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division Mid-Winter Meeting on Saturday, Jan. 8.

The meeting will take place at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Saturday’s lineup kicks off with a panel on how state and national associations can help advisers navigate the often narrow straits of 21st-century scholastic journalism. Candace Perkins Bowen of Kent State will moderate the panel. Other members are John Bowen of Kent State, Cheryl Pell of Michigan State and Kathy Schrier of the Washington JEA.

That panel will be followed by an examination of legal protections for advisers, including the protective law in California. Panelists include Mark Goodman of Kent State, Jeff Browne of Kansas and Sarah Nichols of the California JEA.

Roxanne Watson, an assistant professor at the University of South Florida, will give a lecture on teaching press law to today’s students.

Wayne Garcia, executive director of the Florida Scholastic Press Association, will give a presentation on social media and the student press.

There will be two research panels. The first will be the mid-winter research competition. Meredith Cummings of the University of Alabama will serve as moderator and discussant. Research papers will be presented by Peter Bobkowski of UNC-Chapel Hill, Karla Kennedy of Florida, Candace Walton of South Dakota and Bruce Konkle of South Carolina. The other panel, moderated by Konkle, will deal with historical research of the scholastic press. Panelists include Konkle, Karen Flowers of South Carolina, Diana Hadley of Franklin College and David Bulla of Iowa State.

Lunch will be held from 12:10 p.m. until 1:05 p.m. in the Poynter dining room.

Vanessa Shelton, head of the Scholastic Division, will make a special presentation during lunch concerning the division’s fund-raising campaign.

Schedule 2011

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Friday’s activities

Poynter’s Clark to speak at mid-winter meeting

Article also posted on David Bulla’s First Amendment Blog.

By David W. Bulla (Iowa State University)

Roy Peter Clark will be the featured speaker at the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division’s Mid-Winter Meeting at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Friday, Jan. 7 (2011).

Clark, a senior scholar at Poynter and has a Ph.D. in English, will be discussing writing, grammar and usage. Little, Brown and Company has just published his book The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English.

The book is divided into five parts: words, points (period usage), standards, meaning and purpose.

Clark, the veteran writing coach, clearly wants his readers to have fun with the language. For example, he encourages them to adopt their own personal letter of the alphabet. His happens to be the letter Z(z). He writes that a z at the beginning of a word “can be playful,” but in the middle he sees “trouble” (18).

Attendees are encouraged to bring a copy of The Glamour of Grammar to the mid-winter meeting.

Other Friday speakers include Wendy Wallace and Howard Finberg, who also are members of the Poynter faculty.

Wallace, the high school journalism director at Poynter, will be discussing trends in social media usage. She will be joined by Logan Aimone, who is the executive director of National Scholastic Press Association.

Finberg, Poynter’s director of interactive learning, will work with Scholastic Division members on how to incorporate NewsU.org lessons and activities into the classroom.

Wallace kicks off the Friday sessions at 1:10 p.m.; Clark begins at 2:30, and Finberg starts at 4:20.

The division members’ meeting will be held at 5:30.

A full slate of events will be held on Saturday, Jan. 8 (2011).

All sessions are at Poynter.

Schedule 2011

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Day Two Article

Poynter Institute

NewsU.org

NSPA

December 2010 newsletter now available

Download the December 2010 issue of Scholastic Source, the division’s official newsletter (high-resolution version). This issue features updated details about the 2011 Midwinter Meeting.

October 2010 newsletter now available

Download the October 2010 issue of Scholastic Source, the division’s official newsletter (high-resolution version). This issue features the text of Julie Dodd’s Honors Lecture and preliminary information about the January 2011 Midwinter Meeting in St. Petersburg, Fla.

June 2010 Newsletter Now Available

Download the June 2010 issue of Scholastic Source, the division’s official newsletter. This issue features information about research papers that will be presented at the Denver conference, the Honors Lecture, and this year’s award recipients.

March 2010 Newsletter Available

Download the March 2010 issue of Scholastic Source, the division’s official newsletter. This issue includes all calls for papers and award nominations due April 1, 2010, related to the AEJMC convention in Denver.

Research Directory Now Available

Download our research directory in Excel format. This includes data from 50 division members, including their past, current, and future research interests. It also includes methodological experience and interests, as well as contact information. To have your information added or updated, please contact Adam Maksl, the division Webmaster, at ammaksl@mizzou.edu.

December 2009 Newsletter Available

Download the December 2009 issue of Scholastic Source, the division’s official newsletter.