COMJIG's Program for the 2013 AEJMC Conference

Below is COMJIG's program for the 2013 AEJMC Conference in Washington, D.C. Come out to hear some of our interesting panels and discussions.

Thursday, August 8, 2013

11:45 am to 1:15 pm  

Small Programs and Community Journalism Interest Groups

Teaching Panel Session: Service Learning in Journalism and Mass Communication

Moderating/Presiding: Michael Longinow, Biola

Panelists: Michael Ray Smith, co-editor, special edition, TJMC on service learning, Campbell

        Carrie Buchanan, John Carroll

        Margaret O. Finucane, director, Center for Service in Learning, John Carroll

        Donald Allport Bird, Long Island University, Brooklyn

        Carolyn Kim, Biola

1:30 pm to 3 pm  

Civic and Citizen Journalism and Community Journalism Interest Groups

PF&R Panel Session: Blog by Block: Participatory Urban Journalism in a Changing Media Landscape

Moderating/Presiding: Spring-Serenity Duvall, South Carolina-Aiken

Panelists: J. Michael Lyons, St. Joseph’s

              Janis Chakars, Gwynedd-Mercy College

              Christopher Harper, Temple

3:15 pm to 4:45 pm  

Community Journalism Interest Group and Scholastic Journalism Division

Teaching Panel Session: Developing Journalism Education in China

Moderating/Presiding: Jock Lauterer, North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Panelists: Chen Kai, author, An Introduction of Community Newspapers in the U.S. (2012); University of China,  
Beijing, China

        Li Ren, School of Global Journalism and Communication, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China

5 pm to 6:30 pm  

Community Journalism Interest Group and International Communication Division

PF&R Panel Session: Community Journalism and Social Media in the Developing World

Moderating/Presiding: Yusuf Kalyango, Ohio

Panelists: Sleiman El Bssawmai, University of Balamand

             Yuriy Zaliznyak, Lviv Ivan Franko National University

              Carole Chibbonta, University of Zambia

              Anand Pradhan, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi

              Beatriz Lovo Reichmann, Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana

Discussant:  Bill Reader, Ohio

Friday, August 9, 2013

3:15 pm to 4:45 pm

Community Journalism Interest Group and Electronic News Division

PF&R Panel Session: Covering Superstorm Sandy: Local News Organizations Are Put to the Test

Moderating/Presiding: Barbara Selvin, Stony Brook

Panelists: Ned Berke, Sheepshead Bites, Brooklyn, NY

               Randy Bergmann, director of community engagement, Asbury Park Press 

               Debbie Galant, founder, Baristanet.com, and director, N.J. News Commons, Montclair State

               Scott Hodgson, Oklahoma

               Adam Glenn, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism

Saturday, August 10, 2013

12:15 pm to 1:30 pm

AEJMC Council of Affiliates, Civic and Citizen Journalism and Community Journalism Interest Groups

Luncheon Session: Journalism Collaborations:  What Works

Moderating/Presiding: Jan Schaffer, executive director, J-Lab; entrepreneur in residence, American                                                                                                               

Presenters: Debbie Galant, director, NJ News Commons, Montclair State

                Jen Rothacker, innovations editor, The Charlotte Observer

                Cornelius Swart, online projects manager, The Oregonian, coordinator, Oregonian News Network         

Luncheon produced by J-Lab:  The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Funded by the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. Pre-registration is required at http://aejmc2013.eventbrite.com

5:15 pm to 6:45 pm

Community Journalism Interest Group

Refereed Paper Research Session: Community Journalism in the Centennial Year of AEJMC: Connection and Engagement with Audiences

Moderating/Presiding: Dianne Garyantes, Rowan

A Plain Circle: Imagined Amish and Mennonite Community in the National Edition of The Budget*

Michael Clay Carey, Ohio

A Rural Drought in a National Food: Washington State Residents’ Assessments of Local News**

Doug Blanks Hindman and Michael Beam, Washington State

Community Journalists and Relationships with Sources and Local Organizations

Richard Johnson, Arizona State

Patch.com’s Online Community Journalism; Professionalism, Localism, and the Journalistic Field

Burton St. John, Old Dominion; Kirsten Johnson, Elizabethtown College, and Seungahn Nah, Kentucky

The New Community Influence: iHigh Producers, Their Communities, and Content Decisions

Sarah Cavanah, Minnesota, and Julie Jones, Oklahoma

Discussant:  Barbara Reed, Rutgers

*             Top Student Paper

**            Top Faculty Paper

7 pm to 8:30 pm   

Community Journalism Interest Group

Business Session:  Members’ Meeting/Preview, documentary film, “The Sun Never Sets”

Moderating/Presiding: John Hatcher, Minnesota-Duluth