[ecrea] Call for Nominees: 2014 Jane Jacobs Book Award

*Call for Nominees: The 2014 Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award*

The Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award recognizes an outstanding 
book that exhibits excellence in addressing issues of urban 
communication. It is given out every year by the Urban Communication 
Foundation (http://urbancomm.org <http://urbancomm.org/>) and is named 
in honor of the late social activist and author of /The Death and Life 
of Great American Cities/. The award brings with it a $500 prize.

To nominate a book, please send a short letter of nomination or 
self-nomination (in the form of an email attachment) to Steve Macek, 
chair of the Jane Jacobs Book Award review committee, at the email 
address below by *August 15, 2014*. The letter of nomination should 
describe the book and explain how it addresses issues central to the 
field of urban communication. Nominees for this year?s award must be 
published between January 1, 2012 and June 30, 2014. Finalists (or their 
publishers) will be asked to send three copies of the book to the award 
committee. For more information on the field of urban communication, and 
to determine if your nomination fits the award call, please review our 
_mission statement_ and look at the list of past Jane Jacobs winners 
<http://urbancomm.org/grants-awards/jane-jacobs-urban-communication-book-award/archive-jane-jacobs-urban-communication-book-award/>.

Dr. Steve Macek Associate Professor of Communication and Coordinator of 
Urban & Suburban Studies, North Central College Naperville, IL

Email: (shmacek /at/ noctrl.edu) <mailto:(shmacek /at/ noctrl.edu)>


Steve Macek
Associate Professor
Speech Communication
Program Coordinator, Urban and Suburban Studies
North Central College
30 N. Brainard
Naperville, IL 60540-4690
Phone: 630-637-5369
Fax: 630-637-5140
Webpage: http://shmacek.faculty.noctrl.edu/