The USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications will host the 2011 Southeast Colloquium for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication March 17-19 in Columbia, S.C. The Colloquium begins Thursday, March 17, with a reception at the Hilton Columbia Center from 5-7 p.m. The Colloquium ends Saturday, March 19, with the business luncheon from noon-1:30 p.m.

Papers
Authors of submitted papers will be notified of the results of the peer review process by February 1.

Register for the Colloquium
Registration for the 2011 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium is now open. Click on the link below for the registration form, which includes information about the colloquium fee and mailing. If you plan to attend both the colloquium and the 2011 Media and Civil Rights History Symposium, please complete the registration forms for both conferences, but send only one payment. Download Colloquium Registration form>

Book your hotel
The Hilton Columbia Center is offering a special room rate of $103.00 to colloquium attendees. It's possible to get the special Hilton event rate through the end of the day Thursday (Feb. 17). Those wanting to reserve rooms need to call or e-mail Brittany McKie at the Hilton directly: 803-744-7800 or e-mail her at b.brooks@hospitalityamerica.com. Mention the code USCJM to receive the special rate.

Colloquium events will be held primarily at the Hilton.

Book your travel
Columbia Metropolitan Airport is our city’s airport (airport code CAE). The closest major airport is Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) about 90 miles away. An independent shuttle service offers roundtrip transportation between Charlotte Douglas International and Columbia ($49 per person, each way). More information is available at http://www.columbiacharlotteshuttle.com/.

Other nearby regional airports include Augusta Regional Airport (AGS, 75 miles), Charleston International Airport (CHS, 95 miles), Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP, 105 miles), and Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR, 150 miles).

Multiple providers offer taxi service from Columbia Metropolitan Airport to downtown for about $15-$20.

Ground transportation options from Columbia Metropolitan are available at
http://www.columbiaairport.com/directionstransportation/groundtransportation.aspx.

Prepare your final paper and presentation
The research chair of your division will provide you with instructions regarding the length of your presentation and how to get a copy of your paper to your panel discussant. Each panel will be 75 minutes and will conclude with a question-and-answer session. Computer projection systems and wireless internet will be available in all meeting rooms. Please bring your presentation on a portable USB drive to load onto the conference computers. Please bring 10 copies of your paper to share at the Colloquium.

Plan your trip
Columbia offers many opportunities for entertainment. The Congaree Vista district (http://www.vistacolumbia.com/), a vibrant redeveloped industrial region of the city, is home to shopping, nightclubs, restaurants, and the South Carolina State Museum. The Hilton Columbia Center is located in the heart of the Vista and is adjacent to both the University of South Carolina campus and the South Carolina Statehouse. More information about the Columbia metropolitan area will be available at the conference.

University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina Columbia is located less than 8 miles from the Columbia Metropolitan Airport and approximately 95 miles from the Charlotte/ Douglas International Airport (in Charlotte, N.C.).

Contact:
Kathy Roberts Forde
803.777.3321
E-mail: fordekr@sc.edu
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina,
Columbia, SC 29208

Program (pdf)

Conference Registration Form (pdf)

Hilton Columbia Center

Call for Papers and Panels
The deadline for paper and panel submissions has passed. You may reference the call for papers and panel proposals here>

Registration Information for the Media and Civil Rights History Symposium

Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson to Speak at Symposium and Southeast Colloquium

Isabel Wilkerson, author of the acclaimed book The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, will be the keynote speaker on Friday, March 18, 2011, for the joint luncheon of the Media & Civil Rights History Symposium and AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, both held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

The First African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism, Ms. Wilkerson has written what Toni Morrison has called a “profound, necessary” chronicle of the Great Migration, the movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North and West in the early twentieth century.

Ms. Wilkerson is the Director of the Narrative Nonfiction Program in the College of Communication at Boston University.