Submissions
policy for ‘Members in the News’
Submissions for the “Members in the News”
feature are welcome from all current members of AAA*. Deadline
for submission is one week after the publication or broadcast
of the news item; however, advance submission also is welcome.
For example, you are invited to send us notice of upcoming television
and radio programs, newspapers, magazines, online news sites,
etc., that you will be featured in. (Please note: In most cases,
blogs and wikis do not qualify as professional news media and
therefore will be excluded unless they are operated and vetted
by professional news organizations or professional journalists.)
Advance submissions are strongly encouraged as
this will allow us to post the item and invite other members
to tune in or look for articles in a timely manner.
Members are limited to one submission per month.
However, you may cite up to three news articles, programs or
op-eds you’ve been featured in or on or had published
in your submission.
What we want
Please include the following in your submission:
Jennifer Steffensen, Media Relations Associate
jsteffensen@aaanet.org
Submissions are not accepted over the phone.
What you can expect
A short paragraph describing your appearance in the
media will be posted. When applicable, a link will be included
that goes directly to the article or program clip you appeared
in. Please note that most media outlets update their Web content
frequently, and most often, links will expire after two weeks.
Links that become dead will be removed, but the original paragraph
of information will remain. If a link becomes dead before we
are able to post the submission, the link will not be posted.
If your submission involves a radio or television
item, we will link to clips available on the broadcaster’s
Web site. Please note that not all networks make clips available,
and we do not yet have the Web capability to create, post or
Podcast clips on our site.
Please note
We also welcome submissions regarding op-eds written
by members. These will be treated in “Members in the News”
the same as other articles in print. We are unable to post the
content of op-eds in their entirety at this time due to new
questions regarding copyright.
While we try to be as inclusive as possible, publication
of submissions is at the discretion of the “Members in
the News” editor. The feature’s content should be
considered a selection of what is available in the news media
about our members and the field of anthropology.
Consideration can be based on newsworthiness or
prominence of the item submitted, volume of submissions in a
given week, adherence to submission criteria, and technical
and staffing limitations. Submissions relating to material that
is libelous, infringes on copyright or constitutes a violation
of other laws will not be accepted.
For more information about “Members in the
News” and submissions, please contact Jennifer Steffensen,
media relations associate, at 703-528-1902, ext. 3039, or jsteffensen@aaanet.org.
*Current membership is required
to be considered for inclusion in “Members in the News.”
Submissions will not be accepted from non- or lapsed** AAA members.
However, if you do join or renew your membership, subsequent
submissions will be accepted, and you may retroactively submit
news items that are no more than one month old. To check the
currency of your membership, please contact Member
Services online or by calling 703-528-1902, ext. 303. For
further questions, please contact the media relations associate.
**Please note that situations
may arise where a news item quotes multiple current members
and lapsed members. In these instances, to avoid confusion,
the MIN editor may elect to note the lapsed member's inclusion
in the item as follows in this example: “Past member Jane
Doe was mentioned in the article.”
