CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

THE ROBERT P. KNIGHT MULTICULTURAL RECRUITMENT AWARD 

The AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division is accepting nominations for the 2014 ROBERT P. KNIGHT MULTICULTURAL RECRUITMENT AWARD. The Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award is presented to any individual or media organization that has made significant contributions to promoting diversity in scholastic media programs. The award is named for Robert P. Knight, a professor in the University of Missouri School of Journalism who served as director of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association from 1965 to 1992. Knight received the award in 1990.

In 2013, MAC member Linda Callahan, a professor in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at North Carolina A&T State University, was the recipient of the AEJMC Robert P. Knight Multicultural Recruitment Award. 

To nominate a person or an organization for the 2014 award, please do the following:

Mail or e-mail a nomination letter of 1 to 2 pages to Joe Dennis, the award chair. The mail and e-mail addresses are listed below. In addition to information about the nominee, please include the nominator’s name, title, school or organization, e-mail address and phone number. Multiple nomination letters are acceptable and recommended. 

In addition, send a document or a link to a document that lists nominee’s achievements with regard to promoting diversity in scholastic media programs. (i.e. A CV or résumé, a Web site link, or other appropriate information). The deadline is April 15, 2014.

Please send nomination materials to: 

Joe Dennis
Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication

Journalism Building

120 Hooper Street

Athens, Ga. 30602-3018
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Dennis 

The award recipient will be chosen by an independent selection committee of AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division Members and will be notified within two months of the award deadline by e-mail. The award will be presented at the 2014 AEJMC Conference, which will be held in Montréal, Canada, Aug. 6-9, 2014. 
The Scholastic Journalism Division of AEJMC provides a connection between secondary school journalism teachers and media advisers and college-level journalism educators. The focus of the division includes promoting high journalism education standards, improving teacher training for journalism and media teachers and supporting student free expression rights.