Faculty Kudos - Week of Aug. 7, 2006

Iris Chyi and George Sylvie (University of Texas) presented "One Product, Two Markets: How Geography Differentiates Online Newspaper Audiences" at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference in San Francisco Aug. 2-5. The paper won the Newspaper Division's Top 3 Paper Award as well as the International Newspaper Marketing Association Award for industry relevance. In addition, Chyi was invited to serve as a panelist in a research panel session "The Digital Picture Economics of Online Journalism and Advertising" organized by the Communication Technology and Media Management and Economics Divisions. Chyi also served as a paper reviewer for the Communication Technology Division of the conference.

Also at AEJMC, David Cuillier took the top award among 85 entrants in an educational competition promoting great teaching ideas. Cuillier was honored for his Great Ideas for Teachers (GIFT) poster on "Finding That Dream House Without FOI Nightmares." His winning project requires students to use public records and word-of-mouth information to aid them in buying a home. Students must research property values and other real estate data -- much of it available in city and county office -- without using the Internet.

Cuillier also presented a Society of Professional Journalists-sponsored journalism training session on accessing government records at the Native American Journalists Association national conference Aug. 10 in Tulsa, Okla. He conducted a training session July 22 for Univision Spanish-language television network in Dallas, Texas, and will conduct writing training Aug. 26 at the Society of Professional Journalists national conference in Chicago.