Welcome to UIP’s 2020 AEJMC virtual exhibit! Now more than ever, we rely on journalism and mass communication to learn about what’s happening in the world on both a regional and international scale. Take a look at some of our new and upcoming books and learn about our featured award winners, essential titles on the Black press, free exam copies, and interviews and articles featuring our authors! Don’t forget to use promo code AEJMC20 to get 40% off all communications and information books on our website. Sale runs August 4-10, so don’t miss out!
Award Winners
We want to congratulate:
Linda Steiner, recipient of the AEJMC 2020 Eleanor Blum Distinguished Service to Research Award and co-editor of Front Pages, Front Lines
Andrea Wenzel, recipient of the AEJMC 2020 Gene Burd Award for Research in Urban Journalism Studies and author of Community Centered Journalism
Essential Titles on the Black Press
Interested in learning about the significance of the Black press in shaping our media consumption? Click here to see our list of essential titles on the history and impact of the Black press in the United States!
Free Ebook Exam Copies
We are offering free ebook examination copies of the following titles:
To get your free copy, be one of the first 10 instructors per title to email Ami Reitmeier at reitmeir@illinois.edu with the following information:
- Name
- Book requested
- University
- Department/Unit
- Course the book would be used in
- Enrollment
- Email address for ebook link
New Books
Interviews and External Links
- Video interviews with the authors of Front Pages, Front Lines
- “‘Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.,’” in the Chicago Sun Times
- Rob Wells on “Why one of the biggest scandals in American history should make us rethink journalism” from The Washington Post
- E. James West mentioned in “The Radical Blackness of Ebony Magazine” from the New York Times
- Kim Gallon on “What the Mainstream News Media Can Learn from the History of the Black Press in the Age of a Pandemic” from Medium
- E. James West on “Ebony Magazine and Lerone Bennett Jr.: A New Book on Popular Black History in Postwar America” from Black Perspectives
- Q&A with Amanda Frisken, author of Graphic News
