CfP: 2010 Milton Wolf Essay Contest

The Diplomatic Academy Vienna in partnership with the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania will host a conference from March 16 – 18, 2010 in Vienna, Austria, organized by the American Austrian Foundation. The conference will bring together a diverse group of individuals representing multiple perspectives and nationalities.  Panelists include distinguished print and television journalists, bloggers and social media specialists, NGO actors involved in media outreach, academics, and diplomats.

The conference is organized around the theme: New Media, New Newsmakers, New Diplomacy: The Changing Role of Journalists, NGOs, and Diplomats in a Multi-modal Media World.  The purpose of the conference is two-fold: (1) to identify the changing role of NGOs, journalists, and diplomats in shaping the international media agenda, and (2) to bring together students, scholars and practitioners from around the world to participate in seminars and break out sessions designed to identify current problems and possible solutions to the challenges raised by this changing communications environment.

The conference organizers have launched an essay competition to identify motivated and thoughtful graduate students of international relations, development studies, communication, journalism, law, and related fields who will enrich the conference proceedings.  Seven winning essay writers will win a stipend of up to $1500 each to attend the 2010 Milton Wolf Seminar in Vienna. All essays must be approximately 1,500 words in length (2000 max).  They should be typewritten in English, and double-spaced. Please email all entries in the form of an MS Word or MS Word compatible file to The Center for Global Communication Studies cgcs@asc.upenn.edu with the email subject line: Milton Wolf Essay Contest. Essay submissions should be received by 11.59pm EST, January 20, 2010. More information is available on the CGCS website.