Covert Award Call for Submissions
AEJMC’S History Division announces the 38th annual competition for the Covert Award in Mass Communication History for entries published in 2021.
The $400 award memorializes the esteemed Dr. Catherine L. Covert, professor of journalism at Syracuse University (_d._1983). Cathy Covert was the first woman professor in Syracuse’s Newhouse School of Journalism and the first woman to head the History Division, in 1975. Prof. Covert received the AEJMC Outstanding Contribution to Journalism Education Award in 1983.
Submit an electronic copy in pdf form of the published article/essay/chapter via email to Professor Thomas A. Mascaro, mascaro@bgsu.edu, by March 31, 2022. The publication may be self-submitted or submitted by others, such as an editor or colleague. Essays published exclusively online require date of publication, URL, verification of originality and authorship, and the essay in pdf format.
The following links connect to articles providing more background on Dr. Covert.
https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1063&context=sumagazine