[URBANTH-L]ANN: Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Award

[Angela Jancius]

Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Award

The Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Publication Award is named for the late
social activist and author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities.
The book award honors an outstanding volume published in 2006-2009
addressing issues of urban communication. The award brings with it a $500
prize. An additional award will be given for a major journal article that
addresses urban communication published in 2006-2009 and brings with it an
award of $250.

Each nomination should include four copies of the nominated work, two
supporting letters, a CV, and a brief statement exploring the relevancy and
impact of the nominated work to the broad theme of urban communication.
Self-nominations are welcomed.

Books should be sent to the mailing address below. All other materials can
be sent to via email:

The Urban Communication Foundation
6 Fourth Road
Great Neck, NY 11021
listra at optonline.net

The deadline for nominations is September 15, 2009. The award will be
presented at the November 2009 annual meeting of the National Communication
Association in Chicago. Author and/or publisher presence at the award
ceremony is strongly encouraged.

Further information can be found on the Urban Communication Foundation
website: www.urbancomm.org