10,144 Belgium, World Journalism Education Congress

NEWSLETTER: World Journalism Education Congress, 3 – 5 July 2013
Mechelen, Belgium
www.wjec.be
30 November 2012

1.    Congress theme
2.    Congress venue
3.    1 December registrations open
4.    Travel discounts
5.    Call for abstracts
6.    Call for reviewers
7.    WJEC-3 Ignite

Congress theme

The congress theme will be Renewing Journalism Through Education.

Session themes are amongst others professional ethics, investigative journalism, international reporting, media & information literacy, social media & empowerment and research on journalism education.

We kindly welcome all teachers, researchers and decision makers, currently working in the educational area, to participate in this World Journalism Education Congress.

Congress venue

Mechelen is a Dutch-speaking city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, and lies on the major urban and industrial axis Brussels-Antwerp, about 25 km from each city.

Thanks to its central location, Mechelen is easy to reach by train from practically any Belgian or European city. A new, direct express train link from Brussels Airport will have you in Mechelen Central Station in just eight minutes.

The congress will be held at the Lamot Congress Centre and at Thomas More Mechelen.

1 DECEMBER: registrations open!

Save € 50 by booking early!

•           Early-bird booking: 1 December 2012 until 31 March 2013: €300

•           Regular fee: 1 April 2013 until 31 May 2013: €350

Registrations will be closed on 1 June 2013, unless maximum capacity has already been reached before that date.

Star Alliance^TM – Official Airline Network for the congress       

To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts please visit on our travel page to access the Conventions Plus online booking tool.

Last call for Abstracts – deadline 1 December 2012

WJEC invites interested presenters to electronically submit abstracts only (minimum 500 words; maximum 800 words) by 1 December 2012. The abstracts should give a clear sense of the scope of the research, research objectives and method of inquiry. If researchers have completed their projects by the submission deadline, paper abstracts should also include research results and conclusions/discussion.

Call for reviewers – deadline 8 December 2012

For the WJEC to run a successful paper competition, we need your assistance in reviewing paper abstracts (minimum 500 words). These will be available electronically after the December 1, 2012 submission deadline.
If you can serve as a paper reviewer, please e-mail Elanie Steyn (elanie@ou.edu) .Note, however, that if you plan to submit a paper abstract, you cannot also serve as a paper reviewer.

WJEC-3 Ignite – deadline 4 January 2013

At this year’s WJEC-3 we’re seeking the most innovative teaching ideas….so we present “WJEC-3 Ignite” – where you can share your best classroom project/exercise/ideas.  Following the traditional “ignite” format, presenters get 5 minutes and 20 slides to share their passionate teaching idea.  The ten best “ignite” ideas will be selected to make their presentations “live” at WJEC-3.

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH TOPIC CAN BE FOUND ON WWW.WJEC.BE