About

The mission of the Journalism Interactive Conference is to improve journalism education by:

• Advancing the national discourse about how journalism schools are preparing students for a rapidly changing industry
• Expanding the knowledge of media educators through training in digital media teaching strategies and technologies
• Creating a community of journalism educators engaged in teaching and using digital media and providing them with meaningful networking opportunities to share teaching strategies and techniques

History of J/i

The J/i conference was founded in 2011 by the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
It was expanded in 2013 through a partnership with the University of Florida, which hosted and served as lead organizer for the 2013 event. J/i has since expanded further to become a consortium with the addition of the University of Missouri, a sponsoring school for both the 2013 and 2014 J/i events and host of the 2015 conference.

National Planning Committee

• Steven King, University of North Carolina
• Lynda Kraxberger, University of Missouri
• Mike McKean, University of Missouri
• Mindy McAdams, University of Florida
• Sean Mussenden, University of Maryland
• Matt Sheehan, University of Florida
• Amy Simons, University of Misouri
• Judd Slivka, University of Missiouri
• Leslie Walker, University of Maryland
• Deborah Wenger, University of Mississippi