Hello all! Please take a moment to look at the attached materials. (And sorry for any duplicate messages.)

We have changed the paper submissions process so that it is on line. There also are details on cash prizes, and more information for those who are planning to join us in Singapore next June.
Please print out the PDF flier and post it, print it in your newsletters, put it up on any websites, etc.

Thanks again for all your help in promoting the conference.
Sincerely--Melinda Robins

Dateline Singapore – A World Journalism Education Congress Update

New, important details are now available regarding the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) created World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC), the first international conference specifically designed for journalism educators worldwide, which will take place June 25-28, 2007, in Singapore.

The WJEC, sponsored by some 23 journalism organizations worldwide,1 is being hosted by the Asian Media Information Centre (AMIC), an Asian media NGO, and the School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University -- both based in Singapore.

WJEC Conference Highlights

The Congress will feature original mass communication/journalism education research papers (paper competition deadline: Jan. 7, 2007), plenaries (and a press conference), panels and workshops for journalism education professors, administrators, journal editors and professionals and syndicates (attendee interactive, themed group meetings). In addition, WJEC convention attendees will also be given free access to AMIC convention research panels and sessions, which will all be based in the same convention hotel, often on overlapping days (see below WJEC/AMIC Join Forces section for details). Free and nominal-fee site-seeing tours should also be available.

The Research Competition

If you’re planning to submit a paper to the WJEC’s research competition, make sure to read the updated paper call (http://www.amic-wjec.org). Important updates include a new way to submit papers, via an electronic submission process, and significant cash prizes (in U.S. dollars) for top papers: first place, $1,000; second place, $500; and third place, $250.
Plenaries

The Congress will kick off with a State of World Journalism Education plenary/press conference presenting initial findings of the first-known census of journalism education worldwide, including a comprehensive review of linkages among programs, and featuring the Congress’ global Declaration of Journalism Education Principles.

The Congress also plans to offer several additional plenaries, including one, co-sponsored with AMIC, highlighting journalism education in Asia, and another examining today’s journalists – who exactly they are – and how citizen journalists, bloggers and the Internet are influencing journalism education and the field.

Papers and Panel

Competitive research paper sessions will run side-by-side with a wide variety of panels, including those focused on research trends in mass communication/journalism education, curricular innovation and learning outcomes, accreditation and government regulation in higher education.
Workshops.

Three one-half day workshops are being planned – one for teachers, one for administrators and one for journal editors. Each workshop will give colleagues worldwide an opportunity to learn from experts in their collective fields, including one another.
Syndicates.

In hopes of making the WJEC as interactive as possible, it is developing a syndicate system, in which all conference attendees will be encouraged to join small, themed discussion groups of their choosing. Discussion topics will examine crucial journalism education issues that are likely to shape the future of mass communication/journalism education, such as the relationship between academics and practioners, quality control in journalism education programs and the status of journalism education within the academy. ICD members wishing to contribute topic ideas should send them to WJEC Program Chair Robyn S. Goodman (fgoodman@alfred.edu). Such syndicate meetings should give WJEC attendees a valuable opportunity to discuss issues they find most important with international colleagues sharing their concerns.
The WJEC/AMIC Join Forces

Since AMIC conferences are well-known for bringing mass communication/journalism scholars and practioners together to improve their shared field, the WJEC is especially pleased that both conferences will overlap. While the AMIC convention will run from June 25 to 27, the WJEC, as stated above, will run from June 25 to 28. (For details, see AMIC’s website at http:// www.amic.org.sg and WJEC’s website at http://www.amic-wjec.org).

Attending the WJEC

The WJEC’s organizers and hosts are continuing to work hard to ensure that this important international conference is as affordable as possible. When this article was submitted, the following special conference registration and group hotel rates were available.2

Those registering for the WJEC will be given free registration to the AMIC convention as well. The WJEC registration fee, for AEJMC and/or AMIC members, will be $290 (all rates in U.S. dollars), with student rates discounted to $150. As for discounted hotel rates, they should range from about $102 to $135 for singles (nightly rates). The conference’s hotel, the Grand Copthorne Waterfront, at $135 a night, is currently the most expensive hotel listed. Other discounted, near-by hotels, should cost, in descending-cost order, about $131 for the Holiday Inn Atrium, $106 for the Copthorne King and $102 for the River View Hotel.
WJEC Updates

For updates, additional conference-related expenses and cost-saving tips, check the WJEC website (http://www.amic-wjec.org). WJEC updates should also be available in future issues of the International Communication Bulletin and the AEJMC News. WJEC-related questions should be directed to WJEC Program Chair Robyn S. Goodman (fgoodman@alfred.edu).

1. WJEC supporters include: African Council on Communication Education (ACCE), Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Association for Journalism Education (U.K.), Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC), Brazilian Society of Interdisciplinary Studies on Communication (Intercom, Brazil), Broadcast Education Association (BEA), China Association of Journalism and Communication Education, Chinese Communication Association (CCA), European Journalism Training Association (EJTA), Global Network for Professional Education in Journalism and Media (JourNet), Israel Communication Association, Journalism Education Association (Australia, New Zealand), Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies, Latin American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC) , Latin American Federation of Social Communication University Programs (FELAFACS), Philippine Association of Communication Educators (PACE), Russian Association for Education in Journalism, Russian Association for Film & Media Education, Saudi Association for Media & Communication, South African Communication Association.

2. Prices may vary.

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