Preliminary Report on Assessment of Scholastic Journalism Research. Report shared as part of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2014 Midwinter Meeting in Nashville, Tenn.

1. Using Mary Arnold’s Method
Goal: Develop a “scaffold for past, present and future
research”
“Mapping the Territory: A Conceptual Model of
Scholastic Journalism” presented in August 1990
Analyzed AEJMC Secondary Education Division
research, teaching, and issues sessions for the year
1977-1989
Utilized category scheme from Captive Voices
Derived list of 182 primary/secondary subject
headings for a newsletter indexing program
Compared topical concerns to 37 master’s theses and
doctoral dissertations in Journalism Abstracts

2. Proposed Conceptual Model of Scholastic Journalism (Arnold, 1990)
Laws & Ethics
History
Cultural
Diversity
Technology
Economics
Media Content
Pedagogy
SUPPORT
Schools & Community
Colleges & Universities
Established Media
Scholastic Journalism Organizations
SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM

3. Scholastic Journalism Division Papers Presented
2013 Washington, DC
2012 Chicago
2011 St. Louis, Mo.
2010 Denver, Colo.
2009 Boston, Mass.
2008 Chicago
2007 Washington, DC
2006 San Francisco, Calif.
2005 San Antonio, Tex.
Papers Presented
2004 Toronto, Ontario
2003 Kansas City, Mo.
2002 Miami Beach, Fla.
2001 Washington, DC
2000 Phoenix, Ariz
1999 New Orleans
1998 Baltimore, Md
1997 Chicago
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20

4. Topics of Research Papers
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Censorship, Law and Ethics
Non-high school pedagogy
Role of journalism in the high school
Other
Established media (i.e. local newspaper)
Journalism as Career Education
Electronic Media-Technology
Minority Participation
High school & Univ. Intersection
Media literacy
Staff organization and management
Verbal content (of student outlet)
Scholastic journalism organizations
35
30
23
22
10
9
7
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4
4
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TOTAL PAPERS PRESENTED (1997-2013)
153
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5. Scholastic Journalism
POWER PRESENTERS
At least EIGHT scholars have presented FOUR or more papers during the 17-year period
Bruce Plopper
7
Bruce Konkle
6
Kim Bissell
4
Steve Collins
4
Vincent Filak
9
Adam Maksl
7
Genelle Belmas
4
Julie Dodd
6

6. Outside of AEJMC, WHERE ARE THE OUTLETS FOR SCHOLASTIC
JOURNALISM RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS TODAY?