This year, the University of South
Carolina’s annual Convergent
Journalism conference combines the traditional focus on convergent
journalism with studies of health and science communication.
The result is two days packed with research, case studies, and
practical advice for researchers, teachers, and practitioners
across these areas of media studies.
Conference Co-Chairs are USC’s Augie Grant and Andrea
Tanner. More than 45 paper, panel, and abstract submissions have
been reviewed, and the accepted submissions have been assembled
into a program that explores the conference themes.
The School of Journalism and Mass Communications is hosting
a pre-conference reception Sunday, October 10, from 7-9 p.m.
at the Courtyard Hotel. The conference opens at 8:30 am, Monday,
October 11th with a full day of sessions at Newsplex. Monday
ends with our Keynote Speaker (tba). Tuesday features a full
day of sessions at the host hotel. The conference ends Tuesday
evening with the Participatory Plenary roundtable discussion
allowing everyone an opportunity to discuss the issues and research
explored during the conference.
The conference agenda and registration form are available in
the "Links" column of this Web page.
The host hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott, 830 Assembly Street,
Columbia, SC. (To get the conference rate of $99 (single or double,
including parking and high-speed Internet access), call 803-799-7800
and mention "USC Convergence Conference," or click
this reservations
link.
This conference Web site will periodically
update conference information. If you have any questions about
the conference, please send them via e-mail to me at augie@sc.edu |
