Journalism & Mass Communication Educator
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Journalism & Mass Communication Educator is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the fields of communication, journalism, and media studies. The editor-in-chief is Jami Fullerton (Oklahoma State University). It traces its roots to a newsletter founded in 1944. The journal was established in 1958 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Editors of the journal have been Oliver Smith (1958-61), Wallace E. Garets (1961-62), Cornelius S. McCarthy (1963-66), Jacob Jaffe (1967-69), Larue Gilleland (1969-76), William J. Roepke (1976-83), Thomas A. Bowers (1983-88), James A. Crook (1988-2001), Jeremy Cohen (2001-06), Dane S. Claussen (2006-12), Maria B. Marron (2012-17), and Jami Fullerton (since 2017).
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