Call for Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication editors
SPIG News is the official newsletter of the AEJMC Small Program Interest Group, published quarterly. Please email newsletter items to editor Richard Hendrickson or Sandra Combs.
Spring 2012 Newsletter (PDF - 438 KB)
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including SPIG programming for AEJMC’s 100th anniversary conference, SPIG’s place in the future of higher ed, student newspaper coverage of campus suicide, tips for motivating students to read, SPIG member profile, TJMC call for papers, Ph.D. vs. Ex.P,, and remembering David Simon.
Summer 2011 Newsletter (PDF - 756 KB)
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including a comprehensive report on SPIG programming at the St. Louis conference and the SPIG business meeting, including creation of the journal Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication (TJMC).
Spring 2011 Newsletter (PDF – 471 KB)
Eight pages of SPIG news, including research results to inform SPIG growth plans, new blog info, hyperlocal reporting by students, SPIG programming in St. Louis, SPIG competition details, and more!
Fall 2010 Newsletter (PDF – 966 KB)
Fourteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, plans for an online journal, conference highlights, and more!
Summer 2010 Newsletter (PDF – 1 MB)
Nineteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, upcoming conference highlights, and summaries of several thought-provoking SPIG listserv discussions.
Winter 2010 Newsletter (PDF – 988 KB)
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including how we’re coping, how we include PR and other disciplines, “interviewing film fest” suggestions, ideas for teaching intro to mass comm, and more!
Fall 2009 Newsletter (PDF – 2.2 MB)
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, how j-schools must grow as ‘multimedia producers,’ how investigative reporting will survive newspapers, iPhones for freshmen changing ACU’s view of media, and more!
Summer 2009 Newsletter (PDF – 856 KB)
Seventeen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, upcoming conference highlights, and virtual roundtables on administrative duties and finding story ideas.
Winter 2009 Newsletter (PDF – 1.3 MB)
See the results of the SPIG survey, Q&A with John Jenks, a redux of the listserv ethics conversation and SPIG-specific calls for the Boston convention.
Fall 2008 Newsletter (PDF – 1.2 MB)
Spring 2008 Newsletter (PDF – 824 KB)
Winter 2008 Newsletter (PDF – 1.4 MB)
Fall 2007 Newsletter (PDF – 1.6 MB)
Spring 2007 Newsletter (PDF – 1.8 MB)