Newsletter - Small Programs Interest Group

SPIG 2023 No. 2 Newsletter

Eleven pages of SPIG news, including a full recap of SPIG-sponsored conference programming from AEJMC 2023 in Washington, D.C.; and head notes from new SPIG Head Mary Liz Brooks.

SPIG 2023 No. 1 Newsletter

Seven pages of SPIG news, including: Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner; SPIG-sponsored conference programming for AEJMC 2023 in Washington, D.C.; info about our new SPIG website; head notes; and member milestones.

SPIG Fall 2022 Newsletter

Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including: Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year luncheon; complete coverage of SPIG-sponsored sessions from AEJMC; Poster presenters at AEJMC; head notes; member milestones; and much more.

SPIG Summer 2022 Newsletter

Four pages of SPIG news, including: Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner; SPIG-sponsored conference programming; top papers on games and blended strategies; head notes; member milestones; and more.

SPIG Fall 2021 Newsletter

Five pages of SPIG news, including: Death of beloved prof was lesson in resilience; What’s ahead? New partners and plenty of opportunities; Panel concludes empathy matters in many situations; Bumps and mountaintops were both felt in lockdown; Milestones for SPIG members, member milestones, and more.

SPIG Summer 2021 Newsletter

Four pages of SPIG news, including Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner; pre-conference focus on career development; top papers on partnerships and justice; head notes on SPIG resources, challenges, and growth; and more.

SPIG Fall 2020 Newsletter
Four pages of SPIG news, including new legal questions as students report COVID-19, goals for 25th year + 1, preparing students for tech challenges facing NGOs and global nonprofits, member milestones, and more.

SPIG Summer 2020 Newsletter
Four pages of SPIG news, including Dalton-Landon Foundation Award for Service winner, SPIG "Journalism Teaching Toolbox” preconference, conference SPIG event schedule, top paper winners, and more.

SPIG Fall 2019 Newsletter
Fifteen pages of SPIG news, including SPIG preconference workshop on interviewing, Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner, Dalton-Landon Foundation Award for Service, head notes, small programs' faculty of color experiences, Great Ideas for Teaching (GIFT) Competition, getting students published, 'fake news' across borders, using popular cinema as cultural communication in the curriculum, student portfolios, and more.

SPIG Spring 2019 Newsletter
Five pages of SPIG news, including SPIG-sponsored conference programs, preconference workshop details, the return of the Great Ideas for Teaching Competition, SPIG's silver anniversary, and more.

SPIG Fall 2018 Newsletter
Thirteen pages of SPIG news, including SPIG preconference workshop on embedding career development in the curriculum, hiring and teaching about diversity, combining science and media, faculty recruiting, department chair joys and challenges, teaching critical thinking and media fairness in today's climate, Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner, Dalton-Landon Foundation Award for Service, covering school shootings, and more.

SPIG Spring 2018 Newsletter
Eight pages of SPIG news, including SPIG leadership role definitions and opportunities, effects of trauma on reporters, SPIG-sponsored conference programs, preconference workshop details, childcare availability at conference, curriculum and skills classes, Fake News, Truth-Telling and Charles M. Sheldon’s Model of Accuracy book review, and more.

SPIG Fall 2017 Newsletter
Fourteen pages of SPIG news, including SPIG preconference workshop on community engagement, World War I stories, experiential learning in political science, and community education for social justice; conference programs on teaching classes to journalism and PR, challenges of teaching writing, and recruiting to small programs; Dalton-Landon Foundation Award for Service, Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner, SPIG research paper winners, benefits of SPIG membership, and more.

SPIG Summer 2017 Newsletter
Ten pages of SPIG news, including SPIG-sponsored conference programs, preconference workshop details, SPIG research paper winners, Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner, SPIG officer opportunities, member milestones, working with first-generation students, and more.

SPIG Fall 2016 Newsletter
Seven pages of SPIG news, including students covering the election, AEJMC 2016 conference programs sponsored by SPIG, the new Diversity Style Guide, and more.

SPIG Summer 2016 Newsletter
Ten pages of SPIG news, including SPIG-sponsored conference programs, things to do while in Minneapolis, preconference workshop details, Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year winner, student trip to Cuba, sabbatical do's and don'ts, superheros, and more.

SPIG Spring 2016 Newsletter
Ten pages of SPIG news, including AEJMC 2016 conference programs sponsored by SPIG; calls for Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year, AEJMC research papers, and Great Ideas for Teachers contest (GIFT); head notes, commentary, learning in action, global perspective, and more.

SPIG Fall 2015 Newsletter
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including News Engagement Day celebrations, conference activities, keeping up with technology, head notes, member milestones, and more.

SPIG Summer 2015 Newsletter
Twelve pages of SPIG news, including a tentative schedule of conference panels, two class projects ('Great Migration' and a website on hunger), Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year, SPIG member profile, discussions on (a) degree requirements when hiring and (b) penalties for late assignments, and more.

SPIG Spring 2015 Newsletter
Twelve pages of SPIG news, including an overview of the conference programs we will offer in San Francisco, as well as practical ideas for teaching, research, and assessment. There is also a list of some of the many achievements of our members.

SPIG Fall 2014 Newsletter
Eight pages of SPIG news, including strategies for taking students abroad, assignment ideas for multimedia class, teaching out of the plagiarism moment, critical issues at stake in ‘News Engagement Day,’ and more.

SPIG Summer 2014 Newsletter
Seven pages of SPIG news, including Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year, SPIG member profile, taking multimedia on the road, schedule of SPIG conference events, and more.

SPIG Fall 2013 Newsletter
Seven pages of SPIG news, including Boston Marathon bombing news coverage, Scholar-to-Scholar poster session, crowdfunding student journalism, assessment, GIFT winners, endowment of the Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year award, recommended literary journalism books, panels proposed for 2014 conference, and more.

SPIG Summer 2013 Newsletter
Eight pages of SPIG news, including the newly named Ginger Rudeseal Carter Miller Teacher of the Year, Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication special edition featuring service learning, plagiarism Q&A, pre-conference programs; other conference plans, and more.

SPIG Spring 2013 Newsletter
Four pages of SPIG news, including a study of evangelicals in pop culture summary; upcoming conference SPIG events; calls for research, Teacher of the Year, and Scholarship of Application; and more.

SPIG Fall 2012 Newsletter
Nine pages of SPIG news, including teaching entrepreneurial journalism, 2012 GIFT winner, Chicago ethnic media, Hot Topic session, and more.

SPIG Summer 2012 Newsletter
Eight pages of SPIG news, including Teacher of the Year, upcoming conference highlights, and more.

SPIG Spring 2012 Newsletter
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including SPIG programming for AEJMC's 100^th anniversary conference, SPIG's place in the future of higher ed, student newspaper coverage of campus suicide, tips for motivating students to read, SPIG member profile, TJMC call for papers, Ph.D. vs. Ex.P., and remembering David Simon.

SPIG Summer 2011 Newsletter
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including a comprehensive report on SPIG programming at the St. Louis conference and the SPIG business meeting, including creation of the journal Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication (TJMC).

SPIG Spring 2011 Newsletter
Eight pages of SPIG news, including research results to inform SPIG growth plans, new blog info, hyperlocal reporting by students, SPIG programming in St. Louis, SPIG competition details, and more!

SPIG Fall 2010 Newsletter
Fourteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, plans for an online journal, conference highlights, and more!

SPIG Summer 2010 Newsletter
Nineteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, upcoming conference highlights, and summaries of several thought-provoking SPIG listserv discussions.

SPIG Winter 2010 Newsletter
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including how we’re coping, how we include PR and other disciplines, “interviewing film fest” suggestions, ideas for teaching intro to mass comm, and more!

SPIG Fall 2009 Newsletter
Sixteen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, how j-schools must grow as 'multimedia producers,' how investigative reporting will survive newspapers, iPhones for freshmen changing ACU's view of media, and more!

SPIG Summer 2009 Newsletter
Seventeen pages of SPIG news, including teacher of the year, upcoming conference highlights, and virtual roundtables on administrative duties and finding story ideas.

SPIG Winter 2009 Newsletter
See the results of the SPIG survey, Q&A with John Jenks, a redux of the listserv ethics conversation and SPIG-specific calls for the Boston convention.

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