2010-2011 Contest Winners: The International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, AEJMC, announces its student contest winners for news story writing for the year 2010-2011. The contest was open to all undergraduate students. This year we received 17 entries. The Judges for the contest were Terry Scott Bertling, Assistant Managing Editor for features, San Antonio Express-News and Jonathan Zmikly, Adjunct Instructor, Multimedia at Texas State University-San Marcos. Entries reflected a variety of topics and countries. See the newswriting contest page for more details on the winners.

ICD Pre-conference panel: This summer ICD has planned a pre-conference under the theme of "Freedom of Information Around the World." The three panels will be held from 9 a.m. until noon on August 9 and cover freedom of information as a human right, comparative / foreign law approach to freedom of information, and the diffusion of freedom of information laws in Latin America. The morning of panels is co-sponsored by the International Communication and Law and Policy divisions. The panel sessions are free and open to all. See the attached flier for more information.

Call for Papers – The Changing Face of Journalism in India: The India Media Centre is organizing a conference in September on the changing face of journalism in India. Abstracts are now being accepted: They should be between 200-350 words and must include the presenter's name, institutional affiliation, email and postal address, together with the title of the paper and a brief biographical note. Please submit in word format and include your name when saving the document. Deadline for submission: Friday July 1, 2011. See the attached document for details.

What's the Big Idea? Help us celebrate an important part of the AEJMC mission, to "cultivate the widest possible range of communication research." We'd like your Division or Interest Group to identify one or two important ideas that originated, have been developed, or have simply gotten a hearing at AEJMC conferences. The top 10 ideas will be placed on a souvenir coffee mug that will be distributed at the AEJMC Centennial kick-off celebration in Chicago, 2012. By September 1, 2011, send your nomination(s) with a one-to-two sentence statement to: Janice Hume, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Georgia, at jhume@uga.edu.

Did you miss the ICD Live Chat with Dr. Padmini Patwardhan and Dr. Barney McCoy on April 29? Don't Fret! Click below to replay the chat!

ICD Spring 2011 Newsletter Now Available
Don't miss the latest news about ICD members, upcoming conferences, details about the August Convention and more in the latest spring newsletter issue. A big thank you to the newsletter team: Mark Poepsel, Newsletter Editor and Patrick Merle, Newsletter Designer. Thanks to all ICD members for their contributions. Download the latest issue (pdf).

ICD Live Chat with Dr. Padmini Patwardhan and Dr. Barney McCoy Don't miss this special online chat, moderated by Teaching Chair, Frauke Hachtmann on Friday, April 29 at 1 p.m. (EST). To enter the live chat, visit this url on the day/time of the chat: http://www.aejmc.com/topics/chat. Send questions or areas of interest in advance to Frauke and she will be sure to cover them via fhachtmann1@unl.edu.

Padmini Patwardhan is an associate professor at Winthrop University with research and teaching interests in international advertising and public relations, international marketing communication and media effects. Her professional experience includes a decade as a copywriter and creative consultant in India at agencies such as Grey Advertising and Bozell. She currently serves on the International Advertising Education Committee of the American Academy of Advertising. Dr. Patwardhan is an award-winning researcher with eight conference awards as well as numerous publications supported by competitive research grants from the American Academy of Advertising and the National Association of Broadcasters.

Barney McCoy is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he teaches courses in broadcast news writing, investigative and computer-assisted reporting, as well as depth-reporting classes. He has also taught convergence at the Kosovo Institute of Journalism and Mass Communication in Pristina, Kosovo, and led a depth-reporting class to Germany. McCoy has 27 years of professional journalism experience and has been honored with six Emmy awards and numerous other citations for journalism excellence.

ICD Presence at 2011 Midwinter Conference This year's 2011 Midwinter Conference will be held at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK at Gaylord College, March 4-5, 2011. The International Communication Division is proud to be a part of this conference each year and happy to announce having three research panels included in the program. For more details about the conference, visit this link. For more details about the program (pdf), visit this link. Congratulations to all the scholars who will be present at the conference to present their scholarly work!

ICD 2011 Programming News: I wanted to share some division news with all of you. This past weekend I attended the AEJMC Winter Meeting on behalf of the Vice Head, Manuel Chavez, to help with the chip auction that entails the scheduling of the programming for our division for the AEJMC 2011 Conference. I am happy to report that we have secured over 60 slots for research presentations! We will be able accommodate several more papers this year.

Additional programming includes two preconferences, an offsite social event, ICD Past Heads meeting and much more! Stay tuned in the months ahead for more details on the ICD programming for the AEJMC 2011 Conference that will be held in St. Louis. Happy Holiday season to all!

Call for Papers/Abstracts Now Underway! Do you have some research related to international communication you would like to share with the academic community? Well, consider submitting your research to the following conferences! The AEJMC Midwinter Conference is currently seeking abstract submissions for the 2011 Conference. See the call for official details (.pdf). Deadline is December 3, 2010. The 2011 AEJMC Convention call for papers for the International Communication Division is now available. See the call for official details (pdf). Deadline is April 1, 2011.

Transcript of the ICD Live Chat with Dr. Sallie Hughes Now Available! Did you miss the ICD Live Chat with Dr. Sallie Hughes from October? Don't fret! Transcript from the live chat is now available.(.pdf)

ICD Student International Multimedia News Story Contest 2011 Now Accepting Entries! This year, the annual international news story contest that has been held since 1997 has been modified to include multimedia elements and the contest has been renamed 'International Multimedia News Story Contest.' With more newspapers going online and with the need to train our students in multimedia news writing, it was inevitable that the contest would evolve into a multimedia news story contest. Input from participating students and from ICD members in the last one or two years also indicated interest in submitting multimedia stories. Unlike in the previous years when we asked students to submit two copies without their names and affiliation, this year, the judges will know the names and affiliation of the student participants as they appear on Web sites. However, judges will evaluate the entries at the same time as a team in order to avoid any possibility of bias. The contest information was modified based on input from faculty colleagues and professional journalists. See the contest section of the website for the entry form and contest details.

Call for Articles: Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
Topic/Theme: Media Freedom in Africa
Deadline: November 30, 2010
Contact: Herman Wasserman (h.wasserman@ru.ac.za)
This issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies wants to consider the debates around media freedom in South Africa as a point of departure to examine the state of media freedom on the African continent in general. Articles are invited that examine various or different aspects of the relationship between the media, government and capital, assess existing regulatory processes and analyse the discourses around notions of 'freedom', 'responsibility' and the 'public interest'. Articles taking an analytical approach rather than providing descriptive overviews, especially comparative analyses, will receive preference. Empirical studies, including case studies and content analyses, are also welcomed. See attached document for details.

Call for Articles: Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
Topic/Theme: Special Issue: Media and the Production of Public Debate in Africa
Deadline for abstracts: October 30, 2010
Deadline for full papers: February 7, 2011
Contact: Anthea Garman (a.garman@ru.ac.za)
Research article submissions are invited for a special issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies on the theme of "Media and the production of public debate in Africa." This edition calls for papers which elucidate the working of and uses of public sphere in Africa now. Submissions are sought on: case studies and empirical studies as well as critical-analytical overview papers; contributions and performances in public that may not be considered classic cases of 'rational-critical' debate, but which are raising pertinent issues of identity, citizenship, voice, belonging, authenticity, authority and power; and different 'journalisms' in Africa and the construction of alternative public spheres. See attached document for details.

Job Announcement: Tenure-track faculty position at The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. The University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism seeks to attract an Assistant/Associate Professor to teach in its innovative graduate program, complementing the School's core strengths in digital, international, science, environment and public policy journalism as listed on our website. Candidates must have a Masters or PhD degree, in addition to previous experience in journalism, and are expected to demonstrate potential for high quality research and teaching at the graduate level. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of research, teaching and service. The School offers concentrations in key areas of journalism, as well as academic specializations across disciplines through its location at one of the world's leading universities. Application deadline: September 30, 2010. Visit the following website for more details: http://www.journalism.ubc.ca/news/item/school_of_journalism_hiring_for_tenure_track_faculty_position

Job Announcement:Two Tenure-track assistant professor positions at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at California State University, Long Beach. The university seeks two tenure-track assistant professors, one in Mass Communication and other in Broadcast. Position opened until filled. Review of applications will begin on October 23, 2010. For more information and a full description of the positions: http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/aa/personnel/jobs/cla/

Welcome our 2010-2011 ICD Officers!
Check out the officers page to see the new officers that will be serving the division this academic year.

Call for panel proposals for the 2011 AEJMC Convention Now Open! Proposals are due on Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, and should be e-mailed to Manuel Chavez, ICD Vice-Head at chavezm1@msu.edu. Panels should address some aspect of international communication to be considered by the ICD. We are particularly interested in panels that would have a wide appeal. We may also consider hosting a pre-conference workshop. Proposals should fall into one of the following three categories: research, teaching, or professional freedom & responsibility. See the official call, sample proposal, and official proposal form.

Call for Contributions: Contemporary Media Ethics: A Practical Guide for Students, Scholars and Professionals in the Globalized World (2nd ed.), edited by Mitchell Land, Koji Fuse and Bill W. Hornaday
We seek chapter proposals (the maximum of 1,000 words with endnotes) for the second edition of Contemporary Media Ethics, which will be published by Marquette Books. This is a major revision. All chapters solicited are case analyses that compare utilitarian and non-utilitarian approaches to decision making in mass media practices. The non-utilitarian approach can be either non-Western or non-dominant Western. In particular, cross-cultural proposals that attempt to apply a non-Western philosophical foundation (e.g., the palaver, Confucianism, Daoism, Islam) to a U.S. domestic case are welcome. Proposals are due Dec. 1, 2010, and chapters due June 30, 2011. For full details, go to http://fuseprojects.weebly.com/mediaethics.html, or e-mail Koji Fuse at kfuse@unt.edu.

Book Announcement: CARTOON CULTURES: THE GLOBALIZATION OF JAPANESE POPULAR MEDIA (NY: Peter Lang), featuring more than 100 interviews and explanatory theories, will be published Sept. 1. Author is former ICD head Anne Cooper-Chen. Cost is $32 paperback.

Job Announcement: The Gaylord College seeks a forward-looking professional whose interests and passions are in online, innovative journalism and applying technological innovation to enable public discourse. She or he will teach courses in multimedia content management, web and mobile design, and multimedia information gathering and editing. The ideal candidate will also have the ability to develop applications for interactive and/or mobile media and have a background in visual communication. Interest in executing research or creative activity and contributing to the college's graduate programs, particularly in new media or visual communication, is essential. See announcement (.doc) for details on the position.

The Graduate College of Texas State University is hosting their International Conference for Graduate Students. Details of the program and abstract submission information may be found on the following web site: http://www.gradcollege.txstate.edu/rsrch_conf.html. See the flyer for more details.

A Task Force has been set up at Texas State University-San Marcos to increase internationalization on their campus. This includes increasing the awareness, increasing international content in curriculum, study abroad, exchange programs, etc. If your institution has an innovative project that has helped increase internationalization on your campus or if you are aware of such an innovative project at another university, and you are willing to share this information, please send it to Dr. Sandy Rao at Texas State University. She can be reached at (512) 245-3614/3790 or via email: sr02@txstate.edu