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The @aejmc_pfr committee is proud to announce the First Amendment Award Winner: Omar Jimenez. Live on @CNN covering protests of George Floyd’s death, Jimenez & crew were arrested for practicing journalism, embodying the importance of the First Amendment to journalists in 2020.
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Congrats to the 2022 winner of the Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award, Natalie Moore, public affairs reporter for @WBEZ in Chicago.
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Journalists working in the D.C. area, thank you. Thank you for your coverage and commitment. Please, stay safe.
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What a fantastic #AEJMC21 Conference. We had 2,157 attendees and approximately 284 sessions. Recordings have begun to be posted and all should be up within 48-72 hours through the virtual platform. We will be unplugging and off social through Monday. Thank you everyone! 💙
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The real MVP of #AEJMC! THANK YOU Felicia for 30 years! We recognize you at the #AEJMC23 conference general session & appreciate you!
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Wow! The first ever AEJMC Virtual Conference has come to a close. What an amazing way to turn lemons into lemonade. Congrats to all members, attendees, paper presenters, speakers, panelists, students and supporters. Check out some post conference stats 👇 👏💙
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Ryan Thomas, Washington State, is the 2023 Krieghbaum Mid-Career Award winner, which honors members w/ 6-14 yrs of teaching who have shown outstanding achievement in teaching, research & public service. Thomas will be recognized at the General Session at #AEJMC23. #AejmcAwards
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Another fantastic conference. Thanks to everyone - members, officers, speakers, exhibitors, advertisers, sponsors, families & friends. Stats to come soon. Here’s a look at some of the staff from start to finish 🤣 #AEJMC19 #thankyou
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🚨 Update: To promote the health and safety of attendees at the #AEJMC22 Conference in Detroit, masks WILL BE REQUIRED in all conference locations, including paper, panel and scholar-to-scholar/poster sessions; meeting rooms; and exhibition spaces. community.aejmc.org/conferen…
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Breaking News: #AEJMC2020 goes virtual! Please click the link to read the full announcement from President, Dr. David Perlmutter. We are excited to navigate this new territory together & look forward to an engaging 2020 conference. More details to come! 💙 aejmc.org/home/2020/03/2020-…
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Thank you to everyone who helped make #AEJMC22 happen! The staff will be taking a mental health break next week but we will be back on the 15 with a recap/updates. We appreciate all of you and hope everyone had a successful conference back in-person. 💙
We did it. Together, we successfully executed #aejmc22 — our first f2f conference in the pandemic era. Thanks to all @aejmc staff + members for your time and talents. Very excited for a long nap on the flight home. Safe travels, friends!
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The Boards of Directors of @AEJMC & @asjmcHQ, support the faculty of @UNCHussman School @UNC in their call for further explanations from leaders regarding the university’s failure to award tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. aejmc.org/home/2021/05/24-st…
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Thank you to all of the #AEJMC23 attendees! What a wonderful conference. Safe travels to all! We will be closed Monday and Tuesday, but back in the office Wednesday to assist! We love the AEJMC Community! 💙
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The AEJMC EDA Committee has selected the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri as the 2021 recipient of the AEJMC Equity and Diversity Award. Congrats @mujschool on this great achievement!
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Dr. Newly Paul, assistant professor at the University of North Texas’ Mayborn School of Journalism has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Early-Career Woman Scholar award. Congrats Dr. Paul. @LLKCenter @newlypaul
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Excited to have our board officers here for #AEJMC23 planning! L to R: President @DebAikat, President-Elect @laldoory, Vice President @resa2009 & newly elected Vice President @DrSha. Welcome to Columbia, SC! Thank you for your leadership.
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Congrats to the winner of the @ScrippsHowardFd Administrator of the Year award, Dean Diane McFarlin, University of Florida. #AEJMC19
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Congrats to Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, winner of the 2022 Barrow Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education.
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Congrats to the winner of the 2021 James Tankard Book Award: Allissa V. Richardson @DrAlliRich, author of Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, & the New Protest #Journalism (New York: Oxford University Press, 2020). aejmc.org/events/virtual21/a…
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We know many of our members are parents. Everyone at the central office is a parent. We are pausing our content and sharing on social today. 💙
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Congrats to Dr. Jinx Broussard, Louisiana State, winner of the Scripps Howard Teacher of the Year award. #AEJMC19
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AEJMC office is run by women. Your staff is here to uplift & support women every day. L to R: Sam, Communications Director; Pam, Membership Services Rep; Cassie, Bookkeeper, Felicia, Assistant Director, Amanda, Interim Director, Kyshia, Website Manager. #InternationalWomensDay
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We are thinking of our friends over at @icahdq as they are in the midst of their Virtual Conference! If we may assist in any way, let us know. Keep up the great job!
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2/1/21 - A message for our members: The 2021 AEJMC Conference will be held as a virtual event. Please read the full statement from the Board of Directors, in conjunction with the office staff, here: aejmc.org/home/2020/11/state…
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The 2020 Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research has been awarded to Dr. Dan Riffe, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He will receive the award during AEJMC's San Francisco Conference. Congrats Dr. Riffe!
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Proof we are packing up to head out to the first in person conference in two years. Safe travels and we look forward to seeing everyone in Detroit soon for #AEJMC22. @ or DM us if you need anything or have questions. Let’s do this!
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Jane Singer, City University of London, is the 2023 winner of the Paul J. Deutschmann Award for Excellence in Research, which recognizes a body of significant research over the course of one's career. Singer will be recognized at the General Sess. Aug. 9 at #AEJMC23. #AejmcAwards
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Back with final submission stats from the #AEJMC21 paper competition: As of close, 1590 total submissions (1037 full papers/553 extended abstracts) to the All-Academic site for the 2021 competition. Hats off to everyone involved! We will share group stats next week.
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We love starting to see paper acceptances for #AEJMC21! Don't fret if you haven't heard yet. Notifications will continue to go out this week and next week. Reviews open May 20. Thanks to everyone that submitted & reviewed!
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Two outgoing Presidents having a little fun at the Detroit Tigers on the eve of the last night of #AEJMC22!
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Congrats to the 2021 Emerging Scholars Grant Recipients - Yan Huang @YanHuangUH, University of Houston; Joanna Strycharz @StrJoanna, University of Amsterdam; and Claire Segijn @CMSeg, University of Minneapolis. View their abstract info here 🔗 aejmc.org/home/scholarship/e…
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The @CSGEAEJMC TC (Traveling Closet) is all set up and ready for tomorrow - Day 1 of #AEJMC23! Students - check out the Student Lounge on Level 2 and pick up a few business casual/conference appropriate items. Thank you to all of our members who donated items!
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Announcement: The #AEJMC2020 Paper Call competition deadline has been officially extended to Thursday, April 9th, 11:59 pm, CDT. Thank you for your patience in awaiting this decision. We are in the process of updating dates on our websites, etc. buff.ly/2U51pY7
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The winner of the 2023 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Early-Career Woman Scholar Award is Kaiping Chen, Wisconsin-Madison. Congrats! The award will be given at the #AEJMC23 General Session on Wednesday, August 9th at 10:30 a.m. #AejmcAwards
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That's a wrap on the submission portion of the #AEJMC24 paper competition. Hats off to ALL involved. Record breaking submissions of: 2,252 - 1407 full papers & 846 extended abstracts, to the all academic system. Thank you to our dedicated research chairs & all submitters.
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Quick update for the #AEJMC23 paper competition & then we will be back next week w/ more info: There were 1976 total submissions (1293 full papers/683 extended abstracts). This is OUTSTANDING as we have surpassed the submissions from last year, an increase of 23%. Hat tip to all!
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This should have already hit your inbox but to our members, paper submitters & the #AEJMCCommunity - we have just issued a change to the #AEJMC2020 Paper Call. Extended abstracts will be accepted. See images below & info will be added to the website soon. We are in this together.
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Stay tuned...Paper Call deadline announcement coming soon...we promise! 😉
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Setting up registration/check in for #AEJMC22 - open tonight from 5-9. Come see us on the 3rd floor!
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AEJMC’s Standing Committee on Research has selected Patricia Moy, Washington, as the 2023 winner of the Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award. Moy will be recognized during the General Session Aug. 9 at #AEJMC23. #AejmcAwards
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#AEJMC2020 Paper Competition stats: There were 1,617 total submissions to the paper competition. 1,166 of these were full papers and 451 of these were extended abstracts. Papers are currently going through the blind review process which will wrap up on May 13. 👏💙
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“Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.” - Francis Wright. AEJMC & @asjmcHQ Joint Statement condemning all forms of misogyny, may be found here: aejmc.org/home/2020/12/pac-1…
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Congrats to George Daniels @BamaProducer, Alabama, this year’s recipient of AEJMC’s Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism Studies. His research project is titled, “Exploring the Role of Black Newspapers Filling Urban Government News Coverage.”
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A nice break to celebrate Pamella Price, our Membership Manager, who is retiring after 36 years of service to AEJMC. Thank you Pam. You are appreciated and will be missed. 💙
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Ready for pre-conf day! Sessions beginning at 8 am. Registration is open on the third floor until 7 pm! #AEJMC22
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Last day, best day! Wishing our longtime Membership Manager, Pam Price, a very happy retirement! Thank YOU Pam! From your organizational skills to your membership customer service to your decorating - you will be missed!!!!!! 💙 your AEJMC family!
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Thank you to all of our panelists for participating in the AEJMC partner panel: The Secrets to Fostering Undergraduate Research Engagement at #ICA23
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AEJMC 2024 Award Announced: This year's Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award Winner is Tamar Wilner, Texas at Austin. Congrats Tamar.
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Congrats to Nicole Kraft, associate professor of practice in the School of Communication at Ohio State University, who has been named the recipient of the 2023 Scripps Howard Fund Teacher of the Year Award. @ScrippsHowardFd @SH_Awards @Nicole_Kraft @OhioState
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Shout out to our #AEJMCcommunity - those teaching virtually, in-person, or hybrid - we see you, we are in awe of you & we appreciate you. Reach out if you need anything! We are in this together!

ALT Beyonce Its Okay GIF

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About that time. #AEJMC19 #letsgo 🇨🇦🎉😉
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#AEJMC18 is wrapping up! Thank you to all of our members, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors & everyone who made this a fantastic, attendance record breaking conference! 🎉👏❗️
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David D. Kurpius, Missouri, has been named the recipient of the 2022 @ScrippsHowardFd Journalism & Mass Communication Administrator of the Year Award, which recognizes excellence in the administration of a journalism and mass communication program. #AejmcAwards
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Rachel Young, Iowa, has been named the recipient of the 2022 @ScrippsHowardFd Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year Award, which recognizes excel­lence in teaching in several areas. #AejmcAwards
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Welcome to #AEJMC18 to those already here! Check in/registration is happening now until 9pm on the Ballroom Level of the Renaissance Downtown in front of the Grand Ballroom.
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As many of you transition back to teaching & work after the holidays, whether it is in-person/online/or you aren't sure yet, just know that we are thinking about you & your students. We know these times are uncertain and challenging. 💙
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We are loving seeing all of the #AEJMC22 paper acceptances tweets. Keep in mind, that not all groups have notified yet. There is still time! Thank you to all who submitted! Also, stay tuned...we may be doing a thing later today. 👀
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AEJMC & @asjmcHQ Look to the Future: Introducing the New Executive Director, Amanda Caldwell.
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Congrats to Kelli Boling, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, who is the winner of the 2024 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Early-Career Woman Scholar Award. #AEJMC24 #AejmcAwards
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AEJMC Award Announcement: Congrats to Ayleen Cabas-Mijares & Joy Jenkins, the recipients of the 2022 Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism Studies.
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Excited to welcome Dr. Keith into the President role which officially starts October 1st.
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women with a presidential proclamation! Congratulations to @CSW_AEJMC for 50 years of leadership. aejmc.com/home/wp-content/up…
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Very special day at headquarters as staff had the opportunity to honor retired Director Jennifer McGill, present her with gifts and film something special for #AEJMC21. 💙
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New: AEJMC Presidential Diversity & Inclusion Career Development Fellowship For Graduate Students from historically underrepresented groups. Apply by June 25. You do not need to have an accepted paper for #AEJMC2020 to be eligible. Please share! aejmc.org/events/sanfrancisc…
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Congrats to the 2021 Dorothy Bowles Public Service Award winner, Sharon Bramlett-Solomon, Arizona State. aejmc.org/events/virtual21/a…
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Following #AEJMC24, the AEJMC central office will be taking a well-deserved break to rest and recharge. During this period, our small but dedicated team will not be checking or responding to emails or be on social. We hope you all had a great conference & we will be back 8/19.🫶
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Congrats to the 2022 Tankard Book Award Winner. Thread (1 of 2)
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Heading to #AEJMC23 in Washington, D.C. soon? You'll get a "Know Before You Go" conference informational/promotional email this week with ALL THE THINGS including the app, support space info, free professional headshot opportunity & more! We can't wait to see you all there!
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Congrats to Ann Brill, dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas, who has been named the recipient of the 2023 Scripps Howard Fund Administrator of the Year Award. @ScrippsHowardFd @SH_Awards @KUJournalism
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#AEJMC2020 Virtual opening reception - let’s see more #petsofaejmc! I’ll start, this is #DozertheBoxer 😎💙
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Well we remain in awe of the AEJMC community. The #AEJMC21 paper competition is closed. Fantastic job everyone. We will post updates tomorrow. Now you all rest. 💙
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Paul J. Deutschmann Award For Excellence in Research Winner Announced: This year's award will go to Wayne Wanta, Florida. Congrats Wayne! #AEJMCAwards
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Congrats to Summer Harlow’s Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism, winner of the 2024 Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for the best book on journalism and mass communication. #AejmcAwards #AEJMC24
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The 2020 @jmcquarterly Outstanding Research Article Award goes to Dr. Stephanie Edgerly and Dr. Emily K. Vraga for their article, Deciding What’s News: News-ness as an Audience Concept for the Hybrid Media Environment. Congrats! aejmc.org/events/virtual21/a…
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2024 AEJMC Emerging Scholars Program: $3,500 research & teaching grants to up to 4 research/teaching proposals to encourage innovative & timely projects in JMC. AEJMC members may submit by Oct. 1. aejmc.com/home/wp-content/up…
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Attending #AEJMC23 next week? Don't miss this awesome opportunity to get a free, professional head shot sponsored by Texas State! Wednesday, August 9th anytime between 9 am - 4 pm in the expo hall!
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2022 Collaborative Scholars Grant recipients announced! Congrats! 🧵 (1 of 3) Amy Huber & Rachel Bailey of Florida State University for The Influence of Mediated Healthcare Environments on Preventative Healthcare-Seeking Intentions.
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AEJMC 2024 Award Announced: This year's Dorothy Bowles Award for Outstanding Public Service winner is Chris Roberts, Alabama. Congrats Chris. @MassComm101 #AejmcAwards #AEJMC24
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Now that we’ve recovered a tad & hopefully you have too, some stats on the #AEJMC22 paper comp: 1,602 total submissions (998 full papers, 604 extended abstracts) - outstanding as we transition back to an in person conference. Fantastic job to all involved! 👏💙
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OMG! We can’t believe it’s the last day of #AEJMC23. We are still here at the registration area from 7:45 am – 12 pm if you need anything at all or want to say hi or bye! Thank you to all of our wonderful members & conference attendees for making this a great conference! 💙
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Hats off to our paper submitters, research chairs & CoD officers - thank you for a job well done! #AEJMC19 Paper Competition by the numbers - as of 11:59 pm, CDT last night, there were 1455 papers uploaded to the system. Numbers may change slightly but great work everyone! 👏
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MOOD as we plan #AEJMC22 scheduled for August 3-6. We can’t wait to make this the best conference possible for you. We love the AEJMC Community! 💙
We may or may not have kicked the meeting off with a 🔥 Tik Tok...
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The AEJMC Publications Committee announces the new editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly is Dr. Daniela Dimitrova, Iowa State University. Congrats to Daniela & thank you to @LouisaHaJMCQ for her wonderful term! #JMCQ's future continues to be bright! @SAGEmedia_comm
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Glad to have our board officers here to further the work and progress for AEJMC! The future is bright. 😎💙
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And now: 2023 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year Award Recipient is being presented: Nicole Kraft, Ohio State. #AEJMC24
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Next...2022 Scripps Howard Journalism & Mass Communication Teacher of the Year Award goes to... Rachel Young, Iowa. Congrats! @ScrippsHowardFd #AEJMC23
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"Our members are our superheros. We are just the sidekicks" - Felicia Brown, AEJMC Assistant Director & KNOWER OF ALL THINGS! WE love our AEJMC Community!
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You asked, we listened! As you consider your plans for the AEJMC 2024 Conference, we are excited to announce there will be supervised on-site childcare. The organization is grateful to be able to provide this benefit to members to help make the conference more inclusive. #AEJMC24
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Congrats to the @SH_Awards Teacher of the Year, Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon. (3/3)
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Bey-Ling Sha @DrSha, California State-Fullerton, is the 2023 Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research & Education winner. Supported by the @MacAejmc & CSMN, Sha will be recognized at the General Session, Aug. 9, at #AEJMC23. #AejmcAwards
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As AEJMC starts the new fiscal year today we say thank you to 2019-20 President, Dr. David Perlmutter, who served during an unprecedented time. Now we welcome @TPVos as the 2020-21 President. aejmc.org/home/about/officer…
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AEJMC 2022-23 President, Deb Aikat, welcomes all to the #AEJMC23 conference, kicking off the keynote session.
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If you are reviewing for #AEJMC2020, first off thank you. Second, if you have already completed your reviews (👏), but still get reminders, just disregard. The deadline is May 13, so there is plenty of time for those still reviewing! 👍 Thank you all!
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The Council of Divisions recently held its election for vice chair. Congrats to Dr. Avery Holton for winning the vice chair position. @averyholton will hold the vice chair position beginning in Oct. 2023 for the 2023-24 & 2024-25 yr. & then move into the Chair position.
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The winner of the 2023 @jmcquarterly Outstanding Article Award is “From Advocacy to Activism: A Multi-Dimensional Scale of Communicative, Collective, and Combative Behaviors” by Brooke McKeever, Robert McKeever, Minhee Choi and Shudan Huang. Congrats!
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Traveling to Philly to set up #AEJMC24! Wishing safe travels to all of our attendees. Can't wait to see y'all there! ✈️
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We know this semester, & life in general, has been beyond challenging. We see all of you & salute you. As 2020 comes to a close, we hope you are able to refresh, relax & stay safe! Our offices will be closed for the next 2 weeks. We will reopen Jan. 4 recharged & ready to serve!
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We are welcoming attendees back in-person for #AEJMC22. The conference can be an exiting & busy atmosphere so we have several support spaces this year including a parents room, students room, quiet room & more! All spaces are open during conference hours. community.aejmc.org/conferen…
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Congrats to Linjuan Rita Men, Florida, who has been selected as the recipient of AEJMC’s 2022 Hillier Krieghbaum Under-­40 Award.
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1. #AEJMC2020 Virtual Conference: Pre-Conference went live today and sessions have come to a close. As AEJMC makes history and holds the conf virtually for the first time, we want to say thank you! Thank you to the #AEJMCcommunity. We know there have been bumps in the road...
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