For the 17th year, the AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching will honor innovative teaching ideas from our colleagues. Each year, the committee selects three winners in a themed competition highlighting different areas across the journalism and mass communication curriculum.

The 2022 Best Practices competition will focus on creative ideas/methods for incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into the JMC classroom. We are particularly interested in innovative practices in courses outside the Race/Class/Gender curriculum (in which DEI concepts are centralized). We seek entries that explain how you have used projects or tasks to teach practical DEI skills in print, broadcast, reporting and editing; public relations; advertising; visual communication; and photojournalism.

The AEJMC Elected Committee on Teaching will select winning entries for publication in our 17^th annual AEJMC Best Practices in Teaching competition, which will be published in an e-booklet.  Winners are required to share their entries during a teaching session at the AEJMC annual conference in August. Winners also will receive certificates and a cash prize: First: $300, Second: $200, Third: $100. Honorable mentions may also be awarded, but no cash will be provided for those entries.  Submission requirements are as follows:

• Entry must be in one single Word file (.doc or .docx) or Text (.txt) file. PDFs will not be accepted, as we need text files to facilitate publication of the e-booklet containing the winning ideas.
• The first page of your entry should be a cover sheet with name, affiliation, contact information, entry title and a 125-word bio (written in third person). To facilitate blind judging, we will delete this cover sheet when we evaluate entries. Do not include author name or any other identifying information in the description section of your entry.
• The description section of your entry should be a TWO-PAGE executive summary and should include:
  • Title
  • 100-word abstract
  • Explanation of the teaching practice or activity
  • Rationale
  • Outcomes
• Under no circumstances should the description exceed two pages in 12-point type with one-inch page margins.
• You may include up to two additional pages in the Word or Text document with examples of student work or other supporting materials. However, the entire entry should not exceed five pages and must be in a single Word or Text files with no identifying information other than on the title page.
• You will receive confirmation of entry receipt within 48 hours. Please save a copy of that email as proof of submission.

Entries should be submitted electronically by March 1, 2022 .

Please direct any questions to competition coordinator Laura Smith at lksmith@sc.edu.  The Committee looks forward to reviewing your entry!

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