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