| American Journalism Historians Association | |
| Abbreviation: | AJHA |
| Founding Location: | Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
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| Type: | Nonprofit |
| Tax Id: | 58-1975323 |
| Status: | Historical society |
| Purpose: | Historical preservation |
| Headquarters: | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| Location City: | Arlington, Texas |
| Location Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 32.7305°N -97.1151°W |
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| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Mike Conway |
| Leader Title2: | Executive Director |
| Leader Name2: | Erika Pribanic-Smith |
| Leader Title3: | First Vice President |
| Leader Name3: | Tracy Lucht |
| Leader Title4: | Second Vice President |
| Leader Name4: | Debra van Tuyll |
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Founded in 1981, the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) seeks to advance education and research in mass communication history. Through its annual meeting, regional conferences, committees, awards, speakers and publications, members work to raise historical standards and ensure that all scholars and students recognize the vast importance of media history and apply this knowledge to the advancement of society.
The organization sponsors an annual fall meeting. Approximately 120 historians attend and participate in discussions surrounding teaching and research in media history. Throughout the meeting, scholars present peer-reviewed research, participate in topical panel discussions and generate ideas for articles and books. At the annual meeting, scholars also participate vigorously in a silent auction that generates thousands of dollars for graduate student aid.
Media history scholars from across the Southeast gather each February for the annual AJHA Southeast Symposium. The conference is designed to promote graduate and undergraduate research and provides a scholarly forum for student research presentations and discussions.
The AJHA partners with the History Division of AEJMC to sponsor a spring conference in New York City. This interdisciplinary gathering accepts submissions in all areas of journalism and communication history from all time periods and welcomes scholars from all academic disciplines and stages of their academic careers.
This AJHA committee works to encourage the study of history in graduate and undergraduate mass communication programs. Some of its actions include:
The AJHA Speakers Bureau features members who share their expertise and knowledge with the media and local and national organizations. The diversity of the organization's membership enables its bureau to provide a wealth of educational resources on a wide variety of topics related to mass communication history.
American Journalism, the AJHA's quarterly peer-reviewed journal, publishes articles, research notes, book reviews, and correspondence dealing with media history. Recent editions of American Journalism are available via the EBSCO database. Contributions may focus on social, economic, intellectual, political or legal issues. American Journalism also welcomes articles that treat the history of communication in general; the history of broadcasting, advertising, and public relations; the history of media outside the United States; and theoretical issues in the literature or methods of media history.
The Intelligencer is the quarterly newsletter of the AJHA. It includes news about the organization and its members as well as research and conference updates.
During the annual meeting, the AJHA recognizes exceptional peer-reviewed research papers in several categories: faculty paper, student paper, conference paper, minority paper, and women's interest paper. A panel of judges also presents an award to the single best article published during the year in American Journalism.