Barbara Selvin is seeking a panelist for a panel co-sponsored by ICIG and the Council of Affiliates. The panel is "The J-School Gender Gap: Causes and Impacts," and it's schedule for Thursday, Aug. 7 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. The AEJMC deadline is Thursday, so she needs responses from interested people ASAP! You can email her at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] . Here's the panel description:

"In recent years, roughly two-thirds of students enrolled in journalism programs 
at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels have been women. Why is this so? 
And what does this gender gap mean for news coverage and newsrooms? Paradoxically, 
study after study finds that sources for news stories, domestically and worldwide, remain 
overwhelmingly male – even when the topic is of particular concern to women, such 
as birth control or abortion. And the glass ceiling remains intact in many newsrooms, 
with the majority of newsroom leadership remaining male. How can educators prepare 
women students to confront and change these realities? Will the growth of entrepreneurial
journalism make a difference? And what is the role of male professors and deans in these
matters?"
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