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Tips for PF&R Sessions

A partial listing of recent PF&R activities by AEJMC divisions and interest groups:

ADVERTISING
Separate paper competition and session for PF&R topics; joint session with Newspaper on addressing gay & lesbian issues in the media; mini-plenary with three other groups on popular culture responses to 9/11; off-site presentation on anti-smoking advertising; newsletter articles on PF&R topics.

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY
Panels on citizenship and the internet and computer use among the elderly; mini-plenary on freedom of information; newsletter articles on PF&R topics; PF&R sessions at mid-winter conference.

COMMUNICATION THEORY AND METHODOLOGY
Co-sponsored panel on government and military censorship; newsletter articles on PF&R topics; co-sponsored panel on the role of institutional review boards; co-sponsored panel on coverage of war on terrorism; co-sponsored panel on importance of context in international news; awarded Lionel C. Barrow Minority Scholarship to a minority doctoral student; MAPOR panel on technology and public opinion.

CULTURAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES
Mini-plenary with three other divisions on evaluation of media coverage of the war on terrorism; panel presenting annual Professional Freedom & Responsibility Award (chosen by vote of membership); co-sponsored panel on "Indigenous Ways of Knowing"; panel on the value of critical research in tenure evaluations; newsletter article on academic freedom.

HISTORY
Co-sponsored panels on media coverage of women and teaching from a global perspective; panel session at southeast colloquium on coverage of the civil rights movement in Mississippi newspapers.

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Co-sponsored panels on contribution of US-based media experts in Latin America, coverage of the war on terrorism, worldwide journalism, women and the web, Latin America press freedom, global ethics for the world press, career and internship opportunities in Spanish-language media; award for international newswriting, award for distinguished service; promoted and sold documentary on Arab coverage of events; sponsorship of PF&R-related resolutions; journal articles on PF&R issues.

LAW
Two panels on free expression; panel on role of institutional review boards; panel on constitutional law; mini-plenary on Latin America press freedom; PF&R articles in Media Law Notes.

MAGAZINE
Panel on free expression; invited paper session on depictions of aging women in magazines; panel on tourism and controversy; Magazine Professional of the Year award; PF&R session at Southeast Colloquium.

MASS COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY
Co-sponsored panel on attacks on freedom of speech; newsletter articles on ethics and inclusiveness; co-sponsored mini-plenary on popular culture responses to 9/11; off-site activity on science journalism; co-sponsored panel on public affairs and media coverage; co-sponsored panel on civic journalism.

MEDIA ETHICS
Co-sponsored panel and mini-plenary on free expression topics; panel on world press global ethics; co-sponsored panel on supermarket tabloids; mini-plenary on cultural differences in ethics; pre-conference Media Ethics Teaching workshop; fall colloquium on global media.

MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
Mid-winter conference panel on media and terrorism; pre-convention panel on crime coverage; panel on disaster management; co-sponsored panel on corporate ownership of media; co-sponsored panel on Spanish-language media market; mini-plenary on media and terrorism; newsletter articles on PF&R topics.

MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION
Co-sponsored panel on communications law; co-sponsored panel on ethics and cultural differences; co-sponsored panel on status of women in journalism and mass communications; co-sponsored panel on effects of US experts on Latin American culture; co-sponsored panel on indigenous ways of knowing; co-sponsored panel on race reporting; luncheon presentation on importance of diversity in reporting; research paper panels on PF&R topics; newsletter articles on PF&R topics.

NEWSPAPER
Co-sponsored mini-plenary on Latin America press freedom; panel on corporate ownership of media; co-sponsored panel on coverage of gay/lesbian issues; panel on teaching American journalism to international students; workshop on improving crime coverage; PF&R articles in Newspaper Research Journal; PF&R panels at Southeast Colloquium.

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Co-sponsored panel on US public affairs and media coverage; co-sponsored panel on teaching PR ethics; articles in research journal on ethics and activism; panel on marketing medicine; panel on risk communication; panel on Spanish-language media market segmentation; regional conference panel on attracting and retaining minority grad students and faulty; provided funding for 20 minority students to attend annual convention.

RADIO-TELEVISION JOURNALISM
Pre-convention workshop on crime coverage co-sponsored with three other divisions; co-sponsored panels on disaster management, communication law, professional-academic partnerships, and civic journalism; PF&R articles in newsletter; use of division listserv to discuss topical PF&R issues; participation in mid-winter conference on media issues dealing with terrorism.

SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM
Co-sponsored panel on challenges to student media; provides financial support and volunteers for Student Press Law Center; co-sponsor of mini-plenary on ethics; co-sponsor of panels on teaching journalism to students who don’t follow the news and youth media; variety of PF&R topic sessions at midwinter meeting at The Poynter Insititute; Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award; workshop for high school journalism teachers; co-sponsored mini-plenary on needs of diverse learners.

VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Mini-plenary on coverage of minority communities; mini-plenary on how covering wars and disasters affect journalists; articles in Visual Communication Quarterly on PF&R topics; PF&R column in newsletter; panel on military and government censorship; panel on tabloids.

CIVIC JOURNALISM INTEREST GROUP
Mid-winter mini-plenary on media and terrorism; co-sponsored panel on civic journalism; co-sponsored panel on race reporting.

ENTERTAINMENT STUDIES INTEREST GROUP
Newsletter articles on PF&R topics; co-sponsored panel on religion in entertainment; co-sponsored panel on Hollywood’s view of history; co-sponsored mini-plenary on minority coverage in news; co-sponsored mini-plenary on representations of patriotism; pre-conference panel on crime coverage.

INTERNSHIPS AND CAREERS INTEREST GROUP
Co-sponsored panel on war, terrorism and trauma; co-sponsored panel on media convergence.

MEDIA AND DISABILITY INTEREST GROUP
Panel on coverage of disability in sport; newsletter article on PF&R topic; listserv on disability and media issues.

RELIGION AND MEDIA INTEREST GROUP
Panel on religion in entertainment; panel on history of religion reporting; co-sponsored panel on international coverage of 9/11; panel on press coverage of Islam; PF&R articles in newsletter.

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION INTEREST GROUP
Co-sponsored panel on medicine marketing; off-site program on science journalism; co-sponsored panel on women’s health issues; newsletter articles on PF&R topics.

SMALL PROGRAMS INTEREST GROUPS
Newsletter article on student media and 9/11; co-sponsored panel on developing study-abroad courses; co-sponsored panel on academic life at small and medium-sized colleges.

Updated by PF&R Committee, Fall 2002.

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