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Submit Proposal to Host WJEC-3 in 2013

The World Journalism Education Council is now accepting proposals to host the 3rd World Journalism Education Congress to be held in 2013. This third meeting will follow two highly successful meetings in Singapore (2007) and Grahamstown, South Africa (2010).

Details
Proposals to host the 3rd World Journalism Education Congress in 2013 should meet the following criteria:

1. Bids should be endorsed by a WJEC organization in the host country.
2. The WJEC may be held in conjunction with an existing academic or professional meeting in the host country.
3. Applicants must show their capability of organizing a multi-faceted academic meeting.
4. Financial responsibility for conducting a WJEC meeting will be the responsibility of the host institution with revenue to be generated by delegate registration, sponsorships, and grants. Sonsorships should be vetted by the World Journalism Education Council or its Steering Committee.
5. The registration fee will be negotiated between WJEC and the host institution/organization. Preference will be given to proposals that contain plans for reduced registration for delegates from developing countries following World Bank criteria and sponsorship where possible to support delegates from developing countries.
6. WJEC proposals should include a detailed budget for a three-day congress with revenue and expense projections and contain a letter of commitment from the head of the host institution/organization.
7. Proposals should include a description of transportation options to/from the venue, accommodation options and cultural/tourism opportunities.
8. The three-day program format for WJEC meetings should include the following:
   • Plenaries (no competing sessions scheduled)
   • Panels (two simultaneous sessions)
   • Research Panels (multiple simultaneous sessions)
   • Workshops
   • Small Group Syndicates (no competing sessions scheduled)
9. WJEC will take responsibility for organizing and running the academic paper competition, the competition for panel proposals and the scheduling of syndicates. WJEC will also be responsible for creating and approving the program.
10. Proposals should assume that meetings and presentations will be conducted mainly in English. Preference will be given to proposals that provide for simultaneous translation of major sessions into other languages.

Deadline
Deadline for proposals is March 31, 2011. Proposals should be sent electronically in PDF format to Joe Foote atjfoote@ou.edu. Finalists may be asked to make a presentation at the WJEC planning meeting to be held in spring or summer, 2011.

Background
The congresses are held under the auspices of the World Journalism Education Council, which is an informal coalition of 29 academic organizations involved partly or wholly in journalism education and is dedicated to advancement of the field by sponsoring congresses, conducting a global census and producing scholarship (wjec.ou.edu).

This call was approved by World Journalism Education Congress, July 6, 2010.