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Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies
Call for papers: Special Issue -Social media and journalism in Africa
Guest Editor: Chris Paterson, University of Leeds
This Special Issue of Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies will survey the intersection of SOCIAL MEDIA and JOURNALISM in Africa. We hope to offer a venue for new empirical research and for the development of theory and analysis. Publication will be in early 2013. The deadline for articles is July 15, 2012, but earlier submissions are welcome. See Complete Call.

Great Ideas for Teachers (GIFT)
CCJA, SPIG, and SJD are proud to announce that the “Window is open” for college/university professors wishing to enter the 2012 GIFT (Great Ideas for Teachers) competition. This is a juried competition that rewards journalism/mass communication professors who have the best ideas in college teaching. The three groups will present the “Top 25” teaching ideas at the Centennial AEJMC Conference in Chicago on August 9, 2012. The Grand Prize winner will be announced on August 9, and the three groups within AEJMC also award a cash prize to the winner. The entry deadline is MONDAY, APRIL 3. See Complete Call.

Calling all advisers: Share your expertise on ‘Issues Facing the Campus Media’
Submit your research papers for AEJMC in Chicago
The college press will have a presence at the annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention in 2012 – with your help! CMA is soliciting research papers on the topics of concern to media advisers, whether they be about their jobs or about the successes and challenges for college students as they produce their newspapers, magazines, yearbooks, television and radio programs and online sites. Papers should be submitted by April 1. See Complete Call.

Call for Papers
V Colóquio Brasil – Estados Unidos de Estudos da Comunicação 5th Brazil-US Colloquium on Communication Research
CONFERENCE: Dr. Sonia Virgínia Moreira of INTERCOM—the Brazilian Society of Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication, the School of Communication at Illinois State University (Dr. John Baldwin) and the College of Communication at DePaul University (Dr. Jacqueline Taylor) invite you to apply to the 5thBrazil-U.S. Colloquium on Communication Research. The deadline for receipt of a two- page abstract of the paper is March 1, 2012. See Complete Call.

Call for Applications
The Lab at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University is making a call for applications from investigative journalists to write monographs about “institutional corruption” within selected institutions. See Complete Call.

Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award
The Urban Communication Foundation
The Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award is given to reward and thereby improve the practice and study of journalism in the urban environment by recognizing high quality urban media reporting, critical analysis, and research relevant to that content and its communication about city problems, programs, policies, and public priorities in urban life and culture. Award amounts are up to $5,000, and are for individuals with a distinguished record of accomplished works in urban journalism. The award will be presented at the AEJMC 2012 Conference in Chicago and the winner’s presence at the conference is strongly encouraged. Deadline for nominations is April 1, 2012. See Complete Call.

James W. Carey Media Research Award 2012 Call For Award Applications
Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture — among others — taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey’s approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. The application deadline is April 1, 2012. See Complete Call.

The AJHA Book of the Year Award
American Journalism History Association
Recognizes the best in journalism history or mass media history published during calendar year. The book must have been granted a first-time copyright in 2011. Entrants should submit four copies of their books to the book award coordinator. Send materials to: Aimee Edmondson, Ohio University, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, 204 Scripps Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701; edmondso@ohio.edu; 740.597.3336. Deadline for entries is March 31, 2012. E-mail Questions to Edmonson.

Call for Papers, Workshops, Panels and Posters
Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop
Co-Hosted by Bowie State University and Howard University
The second annual Social Media Technology Conference & Workshop will bring together scholars and professionals who are experts in the area of social media to share their perspectives on the technical, ethical, economic, legal, political and cultural implications of social media technological use. Work focusing on the intersections between social media and politics, culture and the law is requested. Respondents can send in papers, workshop themes, panels and poster proposals. Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012. See Complete Call.

UC / ICA Latin American Conference 2012
Trends in International and Latin American Communication Research
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile’s School of Communications and the International Communication Association, ICA.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile). October 18 – 20, 2012.
Papers and panel proposal submission deadline: April 20, 2012. See Complete Call.

TOL Training
Transitions (TOL) is currently accepting applications for their spring-summer journalism courses in Prague.
• Digital Journalism (May 20-25)
• Foreign Correspondent Training Course (July 22-30)
• Photojournalism (July 20-27)
The courses are designed for journalists who wish to acquire new skills and keep on top of the latest developments in their profession. Journalism students, especially those in their final year of studies, also attend the courses. Some scholarships are available.
TOL Training courses all include a high level of practical “hands-on” training, as well as talks from experts who work for leading media outlets (the BBC, The Economist, the New York Times, Associated Press, et al). See more information.

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