Our Fall 2009 newsletter is now online
	It features: Bring crowdsourcing to the classroom Member meeting covers various items J-Lab lunch features tales of news cooperation Regionals offer venue for research Public journalism and the health debate

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CCJIG invites proposals for 2010 Convention

7 September 2009

The Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group (CCJIG) invites proposals for engaging panels for the 2010 AEJMC convention in Denver.

Please email your panel proposal to Co-Vice Chair Deborah Chung as a Word attachment by October 15.

Past panels have focused on blogging discourse, credibility of citizen journalism practices, citizen contributions and politics, user collaborative activities, community conversations in hyperlocal media, newsroom projects, practicing civic and citizen journalism in a multicultural environment, and teaching civic and citizen journalism.

Panel proposals for 2010 may address, but are not limited to, the following broad themes:

1. Emerging models and best practices in teaching of civic/citizen journalism

2. Civic/citizen journalism conversations over health care legislation

3. Citizen-sponsored or citizen-involved journalism, particularly focused on environmental, health, and social issues

4. Media convergence and using new tools to facilitate citizen journalism

5. Local/global practices and perceptions of civic/citizen journalism.

In general, address topics that are relevant to current discussions in journalism, politics, technology, democracy, or philosophy. Panels addressing issues of cultural and racial diversity are encouraged.

Your panel proposal should mention the following components in order: Type (i.e., PF&R, Teaching, Research), a tentative title, a possible moderator, the possible panelists (limit to three so we can work on linking with other interest groups and divisions), a brief description of the panel, possible co-sponsors (divisions or interest groups), and contact information. Also provide speaker demographic and funding estimates (see sample proposal).

Selected proposals are compiled into a single document, with proposals from other divisions and interest groups, in order to be considered for co-sponsorship and scheduling. Many will later be revised or expanded as part of the joint planning process.

A sample proposal is available at http://www.has.vcu.edu/civic-journalism/Sample_Panel_Proposal_09.doc.

We look forward to your proposals!

Deborah S. Chung, Ph.D.
dchung@uky.edu
Co-Vice Chair, Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group

Minutes of CCJIG's annual business meeting

The CCJIG held its annual business meeting on Aug. 6 during the AEJMC convention in Boston. Initially, we met jointly with the Community Journalism Interest Group -- and then CCJIG members met separately to elect officers for 2009-10 and consider other matters.

Here are the minutes of the meeting.

Also online: 2009 CCJIG Annual Report

Every year, the CCJIG chair compiles a report on our group's accomplishments and membership. Here is Chair Nikhil Moro's report for 2009. Reports for the past several years also are in our documents archive.

Updated bibliography of civic & citizen journalism

Sue Ellen Christian of Western Michigan University has updated CCJIG’s bibliography with more than three dozen new titles relevant to public/participatory journalism published in the last few months. Sue Ellen started this project in 2008, when she served as the CCJIG research chair. The bibliography is available as a hyperlinked Web page and a printer-friendly PDF.

Please add to and edit the list by e-mailing your suggestions to CCJIG webmaster Jeff South.

Non-members, come say hello in Boston!

To acquaint non-members with our group, Nikhil Moro has posted a brief profile on CCJIG’s blog. Please check it out. We look forward to seeing new faces at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in August.

Q&A with Len Witt on Sustainable Journalism

Leonard Witt, a veteran of the public journalism movement, has received a multi-year gift totaling $1.5 million from New York’s Harnisch Foundation to start a Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, located in suburban Atlanta. In this interview with Civic & Citizen Journalism Interest Group chair Nikhil Moro conducted via Skype messages, a self-assured Witt lays out his plans for the Center and elucidates some premises of sustainable journalism. ...

We're No. 1 - AEJMC's biggest interest group

Nikhil Moro reports:

CCJIG has emerged as AEJMC’s largest interest group in 2008-09. We have 116 registered members of whom 57 are female; six identify themselves as African-American, two as Asian-American, and twelve as International.

Join the discussion -- on the CCJIG blog

We've created a blog to discuss issues about civic and citizen journalism.

Abstracts of convention papers

2008 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2008 AEJMC Convention in Chicago

2007 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2007 AEJMC Convention, in Washington, D.C.

2006 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2006 AEJMC Convention, in San Francisco

2005 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2005 AEJMC Convention, in San Antonio

2004 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2004 AEJMC Convention, in Toronto

2003 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2003 AEJMC Convention, in Kansas City

2002 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2002 AEJMC Convention, in Miami Beach, Florida.

2001 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2001 AEJMC Convention in Washington, D.C.

2000 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 2000 AEJMC Convention in Phoenix

1999 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 1999 AEJMC Convention in New Orleans

1998 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 1998 AEJMC Convention in Baltimore

1997 Paper Abstracts: Presented at the 1997 AEJMC Convention in Chicago

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