World Journalism Education Congress

July 5-7, 2010

Grahamstown, South Africa

Call for Panels, Deadline Oct. 15

Call for Paper Abstracts, Deadline Dec. 1

The second World Journalism Education Congress will be held at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa on July 5-7, 2010. The Congress will be run in conjunction with the 14th Highway Africa conference and will coincide with the 2010 Soccer World Cup hosted in South Africa. It follows the successful first congress held in Singapore in June 2007. (For details see http://wjec.ou.edu/congress.html or http://www.ru.ac.za/jms.)

With the support of journalism education organizations worldwide*, the Congress is designed to provide a discussion forum on common issues and interests and a foundation for supporting the continuing development of journalism and journalism education worldwide.

Panels, Deadline Oct. 15

In addition to research paper abstracts (see web pages above for details), the WJEC is inviting panel proposals related to topics such as (but not restricted to) new initiatives in journalism education (e.g. internships, entrepreneurial approaches, online training, social media, citizen journalism); changing media and business models and the effect on journalism education; and relations between universities and non-traditional providers of journalism education. Download the form.

Paper Abstracts, Deadline Dec. 1

The WJEC is inviting academic paper abstracts related to any aspect of journalism and journalism education for presentation as refereed research papers at the conference. Papers focusing on opportunities and challenges facing the industry in an age of radical change are especially encouraged. Such topics could include, but are not restricted to: new media technology; democratization; journalism values and ethics; entrepreneurial approaches; and journalism curricula. Comparative studies related to the above topics are welcomed. Accepted papers will be presented as research presentations or as part of panel sessions related to the topics as mentioned above.

WJEC invites interested presenters to electronically submit abstracts only (minimum 500 words) by December 1, 2009. The abstracts should give a clear sense of the scope of the research and the method of inquiry. If researchers have completed their projects by the submission deadline, paper abstracts should also include research conclusions. Download the form.

Judges

Only paper abstracts (minimum 500 words) will need to be reviewed, and these will be available electronically after the submission deadline, December 1, 2009.

The number of paper abstracts each judge will review will depend on the number of submissions and the number of judges. Reviewers will use a point system to evaluate the abstracts. In addition, we urge judges to write critiques, as these reviews are especially helpful to the authors.  You will have enough time to review the abstracts assigned to you. Download the form.

*The World Journalism Education Council (WJEC) is a coalition of 28 academic associations worldwide that are involved in journalism and mass communication at the university level. They include: African Council on Communication Education (ACCE), Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Association for Journalism Education (U.K.), Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC), Brazilian Society of Interdisciplinary Studies on Communication (Intercom Brazil), Broadcast Education Association (BEA), China Association of Journalism and Communication, Chinese Communication Association (CCA), European Journalism Training Association (EJTA), Global Network for Professional Education in Journalism and Media (JourNet), Israel Communication Association, Journalism Education Association of Australia, Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies, Latin American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC), Latin American Federation of Social Communication Schools (FELAFACS), Philippine Association of Communication Educators (PACE), Russian Association for Education in Journalism, Russian Association for Film & Media Education, Saudi Association for Media & Communication, South African Communication Association.