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Minorities and Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications @AEJMC

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📢 Applications are open for the 2026 Dr. Paula M. Poindexter Research Grants from AEJMC's Minorities & Communication Division!
💰 $500 Graduate Student Grant.
💰 $1,000 Faculty Grant.

Supports research on race, ethnicity, diversity & media.

Deadline: June 12, 2026.

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🌍 Check Out the Latest MACD Newsletter!
In this edition:
🕊️ Honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Frances Ward-Johnson.
📌 A special message from our Division Head.
🌟 Celebrating the achievements of our members.
👉 Read here: https://t.co/VBN5aQrSjT
#MACD #MinorityCommunication

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@MacAejmc 🌟(MAC) Focus, Writing & Wellness Retreat🌟
This virtual retreat is designed to help MAC members write, recharge and refocus!
📷 Retreat Starts: Friday, March 28 @ 10 a.m.
📷 Final Call to Register:
https://t.co/45cDQJpehW

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Join us for a peer-to-peer focus writing retreat, ahead of @AEJMC conference submission deadline.

Link to register ⏯️https://t.co/9Wrz6dVlOZ

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🚨 Calling all MAC/AEJMC members! 🚨
We need reviewers for the AEJMC MACD 2025 Research Paper Competition! If you want to be a reviewer this year, please let us know using our short survey!
🗓️ Sign up by March 1st, 2025 ▶️: https://t.co/K738JDY9vy

#AEJ25 #MACD

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Nominate by this Wed., Jan. 15 for the Tankard Book Award, which recognizes the most outstanding book in the field of journalism & comm, & also honors authors whose work embodies excellence in research, writing & creativity. Books must have 2024 copyright.
https://t.co/RhZDNKlUr4

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Happy New Year, dear MAC family. Check out what our amazing members are working on as well as updates on conference deadlines, etc., in our winter newsletter.
Link:➡️https://t.co/cnclTf9HTW

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REMINDER: Our first Focus Writing Session is scheduled for tomorrow. Please sign up using the email on the flier.
Join us ⭐

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Hello MAC family, we have an exciting news to share. Beginning this fall, we will be holding virtual writing sessions.
Remember to register and join us in our first session on November 14.
Spread the word!

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The little things that make a huge difference 💓

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Neighbor comes to the rescue helping old lady who was going to a funeral and wanted to be respectful 🥹🫶

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Hello MAC family, we have an exciting news to share. Beginning this fall, we will be holding virtual writing sessions.
Remember to register and join us in our first session on November 14.
Spread the word!

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@danikathleen 24-25 eboard starts this week! We're hosting the first-ever MAC x Midwest Conference which begins with a public research plenary highlighting the cutting-edge research our MAC board members are doing. Deets to join>> https://t.co/hJZV1518iW
@AEJMC
@MSUComArtSci

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@danikathleen 24-25 eboard starts this week! We're hosting the first-ever MAC x Midwest Conference which begins with a public research plenary highlighting the cutting-edge research our MAC board members are doing. Deets to join>> https://t.co/hJZV1518iW
@AEJMC
@MSUComArtSci

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@WilliamsFayne Our last presenter is Geoge Daniels (@BamaProducer) The University of Alabama. His paper is titled “Philadelphia As Cradle of Black Journalist Activism: The Story of NABJ’s Predecessor and Its Founders”

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Starting at 11:30 Racial/Ethic Identity Information, Misinformation and Framing in room 404.

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@WilliamsFayne Joao Ozawa, who just defended his dissertation at Texas at Austin, took no break :). Here’ presenting on WhatsApp Usage & Misinformation Belief co-authored w/ Martin Riedl, UT-Knoxville, Inga Kristina Trauthig & Samuel C. Woolley, Texas at Austin & Kiran Garimella, Rutgers.

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@ChelsSalahuddin We ❤️ MACers!

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Now @VanessaBravoCR, in her role as respondent, offers her feedback to our presenters.

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Top Paper Session starting off strong with the 1st place faculty paper: Bring a Bucket, Bring a Mop: News Coverage of WAP and the Contentious Articulation of Black Women’s Politics of Pleasure by Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, Miami and Jules Balli, Marquette. #AEJMC2024 #AEJMC24

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Our 3rd place faculty paper goes to: Implications of Similarities and Differences Amongst Media Literacy Skills and Trust Across Communities of Color
Erica Austin, et al. from Washington State University. Nadia Alamgir, and Andrew Sutherland present the findings.