AEJMC Receiving Submissions for 2018 Knudson Latin America Prize

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

AEJMC Receiving Submissions for 2018 Knudson Latin America Prize

A Pulitzer Prize-nominated author, Dr. Melita M. Garza has published numerous scholarly articles on the role of English and Spanish news in shaping social reality. A respected speaker on media representation of immigrants and Hispanics, Dr. Melita Garza supports the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

AEJMC has announced it is receiving books and non-fiction reports for the 2018 AEJMC-Knudson Latin America Prize. The annual award was established to recognize books or reporting projects highlighting important issues in Latin America.

Submissions should be sent by mail to Jenifer McGill at AEJMC’s office at 234 Outlet Pointe Blvd., Columbia, South Carolina, by November 21, 2017. Submissions should include six copies of the applicant’s original work on Latin America. The work must be journalistic or educational and should improve the public’s understanding of Latin America. While any topic is accepted, applicants are encouraged to submit work that discusses civic issues, promotes social change, or breaks new ground. The work must have been published in 2017.

Only current AEJMC members can send submissions. They can do so either as individuals or as a team. On top of six copies of the work, submissions must include a mailing address, email address, and telephone number. Winners will be announced in June 2018 and awards will be presented in August 2018 at the AEJMC Conference.

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About Melita Garza

As an assistant professor in the College of Communication’s journalism department at Texas Christian University, Melita Garza has taught various graduate and undergraduate classes including diversity in the media, business journalism, and media history. Melita Garza earned a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Garza has previously held several positions within the media, and she began her career as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She later became newsletter editor and press coordinator at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Washington D.C. Additionally, she has also served as a reporter at the Chicago Tribune and Bloomberg LP, and as an associate editor at McKinsey & Co. in Chicago and London, United Kingdom.

As the book review editor for Journalism History, Dr. Melita Garza works with the oldest peer-reviewed media history periodical. She is also the research-in-progress coordinator for the American Journalism Historians Association.