MAZ – Swiss School of Journalism wins the Swiss Media-Award 2009

For this year’s media award, Professor Russ-Mohl of Lugano University praised the “outstanding and innovative” work of MAZ, now in its 25th year. Noting the benchmarking and networking opportunities offered by Sylvia Egli von Matt and her team, he said there was an unrivalled atmosphere among tutors and students alike.

This if the fifth Media-Award given by the Association for Quality in Journalism, Switzerland.

RELATE: Apply for rounds two and three!

EJTA member European Journalism Centre (EJC) is part of an EU project providing hands-on science reporting opportunities to journalism students from across the continent. The EJC is looking for 80 journalism students who will have the chance to visit several EU labs for a duration of five days.

The second and third rounds will take place in March and November 2010 respectively. The new deadline for applications is 30 November 2009. Please check http://relateproject.eu/ or email EJC’s Howard Hudson:

‘RELATE’ science writing: Apply now for rounds two and three!

If you’re a journalism student or rookie reporter and want a career in science writing, apply now. Click here for more on ‘REsearch LAbs for TEaching journalists’ (RELATE). Join our Facebook group or contact EJC’s . Click here here for eligibility criteria. New deadline 30 November.

Call for Abstracts
Call for Panel

The Congress will be run in conjunction with the 14th Highway Africa conference and will coincide with the 2010 Soccer World Cup hosted in South Africa. It follows the successful first congress held in Singapore in June 2007. (For details see http://wjec.ou.edu/congress.html or http://www.ru.ac.za/jms.)

With the support of journalism education organizations worldwide*, the Congress is designed to provide a discussion forum on common issues and interests and a foundation for supporting the continuing development of journalism and journalism education worldwide.

The WJEC is inviting academic paper abstracts related to any aspect of journalism and journalism education for presentation as refereed research papers at the conference. Papers focusing on opportunities and challenges facing the industry in an age of radical change are especially encouraged. Such topics could include, but are not restricted to: new media technology; democratization; journalism values and ethics; entrepreneurial approaches; and journalism curricula. Comparative studies related to the above topics are welcomed. Accepted papers will be presented as research presentations or as part of panel sessions related to the topics as mentioned above.

Interested presenters should electronically submit abstracts only (minimum 500 words) by December 1, 2009. All submissions will be blind-reviewed by a panel of international judges. Paper selections will be finalized by January 15, 2010 and presenters will be informed accordingly. Full papers and registration fees are due by April 30, 2010. (More details on the abstract submission process will be made available soon.)

In addition to research paper abstracts, the WJEC is inviting panel proposals related to topics such as (but not restricted to) new initiatives in journalism education (e.g. internships, entrepreneurial approaches, online training, social media, citizen journalism); changing media and business models and the effect on journalism education; and relations between universities and non-traditional providers of journalism education.

Colleagues interested in submitting panels should electronically submit proposals (minimum 500 words) by October 15, 2009 (midnight U.S. Eastern Standard Time). Please note that program restrictions only allow for a small number of panel sessions, so submissions should be detailed and focused. Please include the following in proposals:
- title, objective and rationale for the panel;
- how the panel will contribute toward journalism education; and
- a list of potential panelists, including biographic sketches (150—200 words).

Panel selections will be finalized by November 15, 2009 and presenters will be informed accordingly. Please note that the WJEC is not able to take responsibility for any arrangements related to accepted panels. Panel submitters must therefore take ownership and organize all aspects related to their accepted panels and ensure that all panelists’ expenses would be covered.

Email questions or inquiries to the Paper Competition chair or the Panel,