The University of Wisconsin Press is pleased to announce it will become the publisher of the journal Ecquid Novi: African Journalism Studies beginning with volume 29, 2008. The UW Press will publish the journal in cooperation with the Institute for Media Analysis in South Africa (iMasa) and the Department of Journalism at Stellenbosch University. Founded in South Africa in 1980 by Arnold de Beer, Ecquid Novi is entering a new phase in its history. The newly redesigned journal, published twice a year, is edited by Herman Wasserman and has an international editorial board of eminent scholars in the field of African journalism and media studies research. The purpose of the journal is to foster a better understanding of journalism, media studies, and mass communication as research disciplines in the comparative context of Africa and the South, and to build links between these academic fields and media professions in these contexts. The journal’s focus is on Africa, but its academic interest and scope is transnational. The journal is affiliated with the following associations: the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association (JSD/ICA), the Trans-African Council for Communication Education (Tracce), and the South African Communication Association (Sacomm).
Carolyn M. Byerly has been tenured at the rank of associate professor in the Department of Journalism, John H. Johnson School of Communications, Howard University, Washington, DC. She joined the Howard faculty in 2004. She teaches graduate-level courses in mass communication theory, research methods, media effects, political communication, and research writing. She completed her MA and PhD degrees at the University of Washington, Seattle, and her BS at University of Colorado.
Dr. Byerly has also received a grant of $8,150 from the Carnegie-Knight program of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, for a baseline study on women owners of broadcast companies in the United States.
