[Commlist] Magazine Journalism in the 21st century – what contributions can the academy make? Call for Papers

*Association for Journalism Education to host conference at the first 
Edinburgh International Magazine Festival*

*September 19, 2019 *

*(venue tbc)*

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The magazine industry continues to be a dynamic sector that encapsulates 
some of the best journalism around, not only that it also employs many 
of our students every year.

The AJE is teaming up with Professional Publishers Association to 
present a conference that will explore the contribution that the 
magazine sector makes, the challenges and opportunities inherent in it 
and the ways in which journalism educators can contribute to the sector.

This conference will take as its theme:

*Magazine Journalism in the 21^st century – what contributions can the 
academy make? *

We are calling for papers and presentations around the theme, these 
could encompass the following but as not restricted to these suggestions.

*Designing sustainable curriculum in magazine journalism: *what can we 
do now to ensure our students are prepared for the challenges and 
opportunities in the magazine sector? How does the curriculum position 
the role of magazine journalism today and in the future? How do we embed 
entrepreneurial skills?

**

*Creating assessments that meet*hopes and expectations of students and 
prepare them adequately for future work and lifelong learning; Preparing 
students for a changing world of work and a changing expectation of 
magazine consumers.

*Research in magazine journalism education:*methodological approaches to 
researching magazine journalism and journalism education; Pedagogical 
approaches in magazine journalism education.

*Future opportunities and challenges for magazine journalism educators: 
*How do journalism educators prepare for a changing world where 
knowledge and practice are key?

*Magazine journalism education in a global context:*What best practice 
is emerging for learning and teaching where cohorts of journalism 
students are made up of individuals from different countries, cultures 
and traditions?   Preparing students to work across borders.

This list is not exclusive and we will consider any paper on the general 
theme.

Please send proposals for papers or presentations as 250 word abstracts* 
to AJE at *(assjrned /at/ gmail.com)* *by July 15, 2019 *for consideration.

* abstracts which do not address the conference themes and which exceed 
the word count will not be considered.


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