Internships & Careers
Interest Group

AEJMC 2008 National Convention
Chicago, IL
August 6 - August 9, 2008


Downtown Marriott

More information will be added about the conference as we get more information.

Call for Panel Proposals for ICIG
AEJMC 2008 Convention in Chicago


As co-vice head/programming chairs, we invite you to submit a panel proposal for the 2008 AEJMC Convention in Chicago.  Your participation will help ensure that the Internships & Careers Interest Group (ICIG) continues to offer sessions that combine academics with workplace trends.

To maximize opportunities for co-sponsorships, we must receive your panel proposal via e-mail by Monday, October 15.  Please e-mail your panel proposal to us dmcdonal@cau.edu and demars@uhcl.edu.  As you think of panel ideas, please consider whether your contribution could be of interest to another AEJMC division or interest group. If we get other groups to co-sponsor panels with us, we are able to offer more panels.

Please be sure to format your panel proposal as indicated below.  Panel proposals should focus on professional freedom and responsibility, research, or teaching.  PF&R panels should focus on issues such as free expression, ethics, media criticism and accountability, racial, gender and cultural inclusiveness, and public service.  Research panels should focus on issues such as methodologies/approaches, theoretical frameworks, trends, and new developments.  Teaching panels should focus on issues such as curriculum (philosophy, design, and examination of issues, developments and trends in the journalism; leadership (administrative and organizational efforts to manage and improve the evolution of journalism and mass communication), course content and methods (examining teaching techniques and strategies), assessment (weighing the effectiveness of journalism education);

If you are interested in proposing a panel, but you do not want to coordinate it, you can secure and list someone else as the coordinator (panel contact).

Please complete the attached Panel Proposal format and return it to us by Monday October 15th.

If you have questions, please contact us at the following listing.  Many thanks, and we look forward to another successful programming year!

   Deidre McDonald
   Director of Internships
   Clark Atlanta University
   dmcdonal@cau.edu
   Phone:  404-880-6217
   Fax:  404-880-6252

   Tony   DeMars, Ph.D.
   Assoc Professor
   Division of Communication Arts
   University of Houston-Clear Lake
   Demars@UHCL.edu
   tonydemars@yahoo.com
   phone:  281-283-3372
   Fax:   281-283-3408

Panel  Proposal Format

  1. Panel Type (PF& R, Research, or Teaching)
  2. Potential Co-Sponsors (strongly encouraged to maximize number of panels; sole sponsorships cost one full chip whereas co-sponsorships cost one half chip).
  3. Panel Title
  4. Panel Description/Summary (limit to one or two paragraphs).
  5. Possible Panelists (If you don't have specific names, please list general information, e.g., institution/organization and title/area.  Don't confirm panelists. If proposal is selected, panelists must be negotiated with cosponsor.).
  6. Moderator/Presiding
  7. Audio/Visual Needs
  8. Panel Contact  (name, institution, department, title, mailing address, work phone, alternative phone, and e-mail).

Note, if you propose a panel, please plan to assemble the panel participants.



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