One of the discussion topics at our MAC Members Meeting in Chicago last summer was strengthening our ties with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).   For the first time in several years,  the NABJ Annual Convention and the AEJMC Annual Conference are NOT scheduled at the same time.    The scheduling of the two meetings has made it difficult for the two organizations to work together.   

This summer, NABJ will meet in Detroit August 1-5, the week BEFORE our AEJMC Conference in Washington, DC.    (BTW, the NABJ/NAHJ joint convention in 2020 will be in June instead of August) 

Here are some ideas for sessions that Professor Johnson offered:

Simple Ways to Incorporate Coding into Your Courses

Wordpress: Using Plugins to Beef Up Your Projects

Entrepreneurship: Teaching Your Students to Pitch

HTML & CSS 101

Educators Swap Meet: Short talks on your favorite tools. (Always popular.)

Here's a link to the NABJ Proposal submission site.   You can check it out to understand what types of programs are of greatest interest:

https://www.nabjconvention.com/submit_abstract.cfm

NOTE:  Only NABJ members can submit proposals.

With the deadline tomorrow, the short notice may not provide enough time to prepare a proposal for this year's meeting.   But, it would be beneficial to have some discussion of this over the listserv as we work to build the MAC/CSM/NABJ relationship.   

Thoughts?