History Division sets goals for 2009-2010

 The History Division of AEJMC has the following goals and objectives for 2009-2010:

1. Revise procedures for the research paper competition in order to make the process more rational and eliminate ambiguities in scoring and selection.

2. Explore the possibility of creating a new History Division officer position, in conjunction with the American Journalism Historians Association, to organize the annual Joint Northeastern Journalism Conference.

3. Expand the Divisionís online site, aejmchistory.org, to make it a more useful source of news and information related to journalism and mass communication history.

4. Seek new ways to support the Divisionís two endowment funds, which help fund the Covert Award in Mass Communication History and graduate student travel stipends.

5. Encourage active participation in Division activities by younger and newer members by soliciting their involvement as paper judges and contributors to the Divisionís quarterly newsletter, Clio.

6. Emphasize the importance of journalism and mass communication in graduate and undergraduate teaching through Clio articles and high quality convention sessions.

7. Extend the Divisionís tradition of organizing highquality research, teaching, and PF&R panels for the 2010 convention.

8. Maintain the Divisionís traditional support for regional conferences such as the Southeast Regional Colloquium and the joint History Division/AJHA Northeast Regional Conference.

9. Seek new ways to build closer ties with historians in fields other than journalism history.

10. Promote collegial ties with the American Journalism Historians Association.