International Association for Literary Journalism Studies


Home May 2009 Conference IALJS Newsletter IALJS Facts Sheet Officers Membership Mission Statement Constitution Conferences LJS Journal Contact Us Links IALJS Payments	IALJS Facts Sheet Download the IALJS Facts Sheet in pdf version. History Founded on 14 July 2006, following the 1st International Conference on Literary Journalism in Nancy, France. Mission Statement The mission of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies is the improvement of scholarly research and education in Literary Journalism/Reportage -- not journalism about literature but journalism that is literature. To accomplish this, the association's activities include: encouraging critical and cross-cultural scholarly research and inquiry in the field of Literary Journalism; enhancing the standards of content and instruction in Literary Journalism courses; promoting a sense of public service and professional responsibility among both scholars and practitioners of Literary Journalism; fostering close and continuing relationships between academe and the profession; and increasing the understanding and awareness among professionals and academics of the importance of Literary Journalism -- a genre also known around the world as literary reportage, narrative journalism, creative nonfiction, the New Journalism, Jornalismo Literário, el periodismo literario, Bao Gao Wen Xue, literary nonfiction and narrative nonfiction. Founding Members Abrahamson, David, Northwestern Univ, US Bak, John S., Univ Nancy 2, FR Dow, William, Amer Univ of Paris, FR Eisenhuth, Susie, Univ of Technology, Sydney, AUS Greenberg, Susan, Roehampton Univ, UK Hartsock, John, SUNY Cortland, US McKay, Jenny, Stirling Univ, UK Reynolds, Bill, Ryerson Univ, CAN Santos, Isabel, Inst Sup de CSP, POR Serfaty, Viviane, Univ de Marne-la-Vallée, FR Trindade, Alice, Inst. Sup. de CSP, POR Underwood, Doug, Univ of Washington, US Additional Members Alexander, Robert, Brock Univ, CAN Alvino, Paola, Univ of Chester, CAN Berner, R. Thomas, Penn State Univ, US Castanheira, Maria Zulmira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR Chambost, Christophe, V.S. Bordeaux 2, FR Close, Dan, Wichita State Univ, US Colombani, Marie-Jeanne, Sciences Po, FR Connery, Thomas B., Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, US de Graaf, Rutger, Univ Utrecht, NE de Kruif, José, Univ Utrecht, NE Eckel, Leslie, Yale, US Evans, David, Univ Nova de Lisboa, POR Forde, Kathy Roberts, Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities, US Frank, Russell, Penn State Univ, US Gândara-Terenas, Gabriela, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR Grenby, Mike, Bond Univ, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS Hall, Calvin, Appalachian State U, Banner Elk, NC, US Hessell, Nikki, Massey Univ, NZ Jungstrand, Anna, Stockholms Univ, SWE Kenny, John, National Univ of Ireland, IRE Kotash, Myrna, CNFC, CAN Lassila-Merisalo, Maria, Univ Jyväskylä, FIN Lee, Carolyne, Univ of Melbourne, AUS Louis, Delphine, Sorbonne Nouvelle, FR Lyons, J. Michael, Indiana Univ, US Mattson Lauters, Amy, Wichita State Univ, US Marino, Jacqueline, Kent State, US McDonald, Willa, Macquarie Univ, AUS McLean, Fiona, Univ of Chester, UK Massé, Mark, Ball State Univ, US Merljak Zdovc, Sonja, Univ v Ljubljani, SLOV Metello, Isabel, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR Meuret, Isabelle, Univ Libre de Bruxelles, BGM Niblock, Sarah, Brunel Univ, UK Parrat, Sonia Fernández, Univ Madrid, SP Riley, Sam, Virginia Tech, US Frank, Russell, Penn State Univ, US Rubinson, Greg, UCLA, US Sims, Norman, Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst, US Sims, Patsy, Goucher College, Baltimore, US Van Luven, Lynne, Univ of Victoria, CAN Walia, Harjinder, Punjabi Univ, Patiala, Punjab, India Whitney, D. Charles, UC Riverside, US Whynott, Douglas, Emerson College, Langdon, NH, US Conferences 2008 Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal 2007 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris, France 2006 Université Nancy 2 in Nancy, France Websites www.ialjs.org (International Association for Literary Journalism Studies) www.literaryjournalismstudies.org (Literary Journalism Studies) Publications Literary Journalism Studies (currently under review); John C. Hartsock, editor Literary Journalism: The Newsletter of the IALJS; David Abrahamson and Bill Reynolds, editors

IALJS Facts Sheet

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History
Founded on 14 July 2006, following the 1st International Conference on Literary Journalism in Nancy, France.

Mission Statement
The mission of the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies is the improvement of scholarly research and education in Literary Journalism/Reportage -- not journalism about literature but journalism that is literature. To accomplish this, the association's activities include: encouraging critical and cross-cultural scholarly research and inquiry in the field of Literary Journalism; enhancing the standards of content and instruction in Literary Journalism courses; promoting a sense of public service and professional responsibility among both scholars and practitioners of Literary Journalism; fostering close and continuing relationships between academe and the profession; and increasing the understanding and awareness among professionals and academics of the importance of Literary Journalism -- a genre also known around the world as literary reportage, narrative journalism, creative nonfiction, the New Journalism, Jornalismo Literário, el periodismo literario, Bao Gao Wen Xue, literary nonfiction and narrative nonfiction.

Founding Members
Abrahamson, David, Northwestern Univ, US
Bak, John S., Univ Nancy 2, FR
Dow, William, Amer Univ of Paris, FR
Eisenhuth, Susie, Univ of Technology, Sydney, AUS
Greenberg, Susan, Roehampton Univ, UK
Hartsock, John, SUNY Cortland, US
McKay, Jenny, Stirling Univ, UK
Reynolds, Bill, Ryerson Univ, CAN
Santos, Isabel, Inst Sup de CSP, POR
Serfaty, Viviane, Univ de Marne-la-Vallée, FR
Trindade, Alice, Inst. Sup. de CSP, POR
Underwood, Doug, Univ of Washington, US

Additional Members
Alexander, Robert, Brock Univ, CAN
Alvino, Paola, Univ of Chester, CAN
Berner, R. Thomas, Penn State Univ, US
Castanheira, Maria Zulmira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR
Chambost, Christophe, V.S. Bordeaux 2, FR
Close, Dan, Wichita State Univ, US
Colombani, Marie-Jeanne, Sciences Po, FR
Connery, Thomas B., Univ of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, US
de Graaf, Rutger, Univ Utrecht, NE
de Kruif, José, Univ Utrecht, NE
Eckel, Leslie, Yale, US
Evans, David, Univ Nova de Lisboa, POR
Forde, Kathy Roberts, Univ of Minnesota-Twin Cities, US
Frank, Russell, Penn State Univ, US
Gândara-Terenas, Gabriela, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR
Grenby, Mike, Bond Univ, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
Hall, Calvin, Appalachian State U, Banner Elk, NC, US
Hessell, Nikki, Massey Univ, NZ
Jungstrand, Anna, Stockholms Univ, SWE
Kenny, John, National Univ of Ireland, IRE
Kotash, Myrna, CNFC, CAN
Lassila-Merisalo, Maria, Univ Jyväskylä, FIN
Lee, Carolyne, Univ of Melbourne, AUS
Louis, Delphine, Sorbonne Nouvelle, FR
Lyons, J. Michael, Indiana Univ, US
Mattson Lauters, Amy, Wichita State Univ, US
Marino, Jacqueline, Kent State, US
McDonald, Willa, Macquarie Univ, AUS
McLean, Fiona, Univ of Chester, UK
Massé, Mark, Ball State Univ, US
Merljak Zdovc, Sonja, Univ v Ljubljani, SLOV
Metello, Isabel, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, POR
Meuret, Isabelle, Univ Libre de Bruxelles, BGM
Niblock, Sarah, Brunel Univ, UK
Parrat, Sonia Fernández, Univ Madrid, SP
Riley, Sam, Virginia Tech, US
Frank, Russell, Penn State Univ, US
Rubinson, Greg, UCLA, US
Sims, Norman, Univ of Massachusetts-Amherst, US
Sims, Patsy, Goucher College, Baltimore, US
Van Luven, Lynne, Univ of Victoria, CAN
Walia, Harjinder, Punjabi Univ, Patiala, Punjab, India
Whitney, D. Charles, UC Riverside, US
Whynott, Douglas, Emerson College, Langdon, NH, US

Conferences
2008 Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in Paris, France
2006 Université Nancy 2 in Nancy, France

Websites
www.ialjs.org (International Association for Literary Journalism Studies)
www.literaryjournalismstudies.org (Literary Journalism Studies)

Publications
Literary Journalism Studies (currently under review); John C. Hartsock, editor
Literary Journalism: The Newsletter of the IALJS; David Abrahamson and Bill Reynolds, editors