6/29/2009
Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award at AEJMC
The Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award is for excellence in reporting, analysis, commentary and criticism that explains and facilitates the resolution and solution of urban issues and problems.
Entries must have a clear urban focus and show an understanding of urban forms, functions, space and place; a keen knowledge of the social, economic and political culture of the city; an impressive professional skill in communication; and evidence that active citizens and public policy-makers were reached and reacted to content of mass, specialized, inter-personal, non-verbal, electronic or print media.
Send entries, reasons for the nomination, and two letters of support by April 1, 2010 to:
The Urban Communication Foundation
6 Fourth Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
or contact listra@optonline.net
The award will be presented at a special ceremony held during the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The 2010 meeting will be held in Denver at the Sheraton Denver Hotel, August 4-7.
The jury includes Foundation officers, AEJMC representatives, media and urban policy professionals. Entries will be judged on cumulative record and body of work. Special consideration will be given to urban design writers and architectural critics who bridge scholarship, policy and quality of life issues. The award carries with it a $5000 prize.
Entries must have a clear urban focus and show an understanding of urban forms, functions, space and place; a keen knowledge of the social, economic and political culture of the city; an impressive professional skill in communication; and evidence that active citizens and public policy-makers were reached and reacted to content of mass, specialized, inter-personal, non-verbal, electronic or print media.
Send entries, reasons for the nomination, and two letters of support by April 1, 2010 to:
The Urban Communication Foundation
6 Fourth Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
or contact listra@optonline.net
The award will be presented at a special ceremony held during the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). The 2010 meeting will be held in Denver at the Sheraton Denver Hotel, August 4-7.
The jury includes Foundation officers, AEJMC representatives, media and urban policy professionals. Entries will be judged on cumulative record and body of work. Special consideration will be given to urban design writers and architectural critics who bridge scholarship, policy and quality of life issues. The award carries with it a $5000 prize.