By the USU department of journalism and communication

The American Journalism Historians will be presenting the 2001 Intermountain West Regional Conference April 6-7 at Utah State University, in the Old Main building, Room 115. The conference is in conjunction with the Region 9 meeting of the Society for Professional Journalists.

The American Journalism Historians Association encourages scholarship and research in all aspects of mass media history. It has an annual, national conference in October. The national organization encourages the creation of regional conferences to give graduate students a chance to present their work in a friendly, supportive atmosphere and to receive feedback from peers and professors. This is the first Intermountain West regional conference, joining regionals in the Southeast and Northeast United States.

AJHA conference participation and breakfast are free to students; AJHA conference registration is $10 for faculty (please make checks out to USU Department of Journalism).

SCHEDULE:
Friday, April 6, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Optional for AJHA participants: Buffet Reception for AJHA and SPJ Logan Golf & Country Club President's Room
Cash bar
Buffet is $6; please indicate by noon Tuesday, April 3, your interest in attending this event, so we can get a head count. Call or email Mike Sweeney at msweeney@cc.usu.edu or 435-797-3213.

Saturday, April 7
Room 115 Old Main, Utah State University Campus Logan, Utah

8:30 to 9 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Old Main 115-117

9 to 10:30 a.m.: AJHA Student Paper Session, Old Main 115 (Students should prepare to speak for about 12 minutes. After all presentations are complete, the moderator will take questions from the audience concerning all papers. Students should bring 8 to 10 copies of their papers to give to anyone interested.)

Moderator: Dr. Michael S. Sweeney, Utah State University (moderator is timekeeper and question-taker)

-- Tiffany Zachry, Utah State University: "The Mass Media and Social Activism: A Case Study of Wallace Stegner's Effective Use of Mass Media Publications to Promote Environmental Causes"
-- Morris Franklin, University of Utah, "Coverage of a Texas Shrine and the Critical-Ethical Framework."
-- Melanie Armstrong, Brigham Young University: "Polish Women During Communism and After, as Portrayed by the Polish Press from 1978 to 1998"
-- Marcus Perry, Utah State University: "Clinton & Roosevelt: A Thematic Analysis and Case Study of the Relationship Between News Coverage and Public Opinion During 1933 & 1993 Presidential 'Honeymoons'"
-- Lizzy Scully, Utah State University: "Gill Kent, World's Only Female Chief Editor of a Climbing Publication."

10:30 to 10:45: Break 10:45 to 11:50: Faculty Panel: Taking Scholarship to the Next Level (Panelists will speak for 5 to 10 minutes and then take questions from the audience. The panel will focus on practical advice for graduate students seeking to have their papers accepted by national conventions and published in juried, academic journals.)

-- Dr. Nickie Fleener, University of Utah
-- Dr. Ted Curtis Smythe, Professor Emeritus, Cal-State Fullerton
-- Dr. Michael S. Sweeney, Utah State University
-- Dr. Alf Pratte, Brigham Young University (tentative)

Noon to 1:20: Lunch with SPJ in the Sky Room of Taggart Student Center

$10; LUNCH RESERVATIONS REQUIRED BY NOON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3 (email or phone Dr. Sweeney, at msweeney@cc.usu.edu or 435-797-3213, to reserve your seat. You may pay in advance, or pay Dr. Sweeney on Saturday. You will receive a lunch ticket on Saturday.) You are welcome to make your own lunch arrangements; however, the lunch with SPJ will be a chicken and chicken-fried steak buffet. During lunch, SPJ will hand out its Mark of Excellence student journalism awards for Region 9, which includes Utah.

1:30 to 3 p.m.: Student Paper Session, Old Main 115 (Students should prepare to speak for about 12 minutes. After all presentations are complete, the moderator will take questions from the audience concerning all papers. Students should bring 8 to 10 copies of their papers to give to anyone interested.)

Moderator: Dr. Michael S. Sweeney (moderator is timekeeper and question-taker)

-- Les Roka, University of Utah: "'Won't You Come Home, Beethoven?': Music Criticism in the 1960s"
-- Dale Edwards, Utah State University: "Uncovering the Cover-Up: A Comparison of Coverage of the Watergate Scandal by the Washington Post, the New York Times and Time Magazine"
-- Shane Hone, Utah State University: "HMO News Coverage: Thematical Analysis of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal; 1978-1980"
-- John Armstrong, University of Utah: "The FCC, Television and Community: 1948 to 1957"
-- Open slot for another BYU or UVSC student
-- Open slot for another U of U student

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