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Journalism

Ulf Jonas Bjork

 

Title
Professor

Contact
E-mail: jbjork@iupui.edu
Telephone: (317) 278-5325
Fax: (317) 278-5321
Business URL: http://journalism.iupui.edu

Office Hours
By appointment.

Education
University Degree Year
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Communications		 Ph.D. 1987
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Communications		 M.A. 1984
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Communications		 B.A. 1980
Stockholm Institute of Journalism, Stockholm, Sweden
Journalism		 Journalist's certificate 1978

Media Experience
Year Responsibility
Summers 1978-79, 1981-83, 1985 News Editor and Announcer, Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Stockholm Sweden
edit and announce news bulletins for the foreign broadcasting service and the national radio news program
1984 Creative consultant, Geamatic Company, Seattle, 1984.
design advertising and promotion material for a small electronics company
1978-79 Assistant editor, Eastern Business Magazine (English-language trade journal), Stockholm, Sweden
copy editing and layout

Teaching Experience
Teaching assistant at Department of Journalism, Stockholm University, 1979, and at School of Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, 1981-86. Assistant professor, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1987-88. Assistant and associate professor and professor, School of Journalism, IUPUI, 1988-present.

Philosophy of teaching
Future media professionals need strong practical skills, but it is also essential that they have good general knowledge and that they be able to reflect on what they do.

Recent Publications
Bjork, Jonas, "A Context for the New York Sun's Moon Hoax." American Journalism Fall 2001.

Bjork, Jonas, "Swedish Television and American Westerns, 1959-1969," Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television August 2001.

Bjork, Jonas, "Svenska Amerikanska Posten: An Immigrant Newspaper With American Accents." In Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck, eds., Swedes in the Twin Cities: Immigrant Life and Minnesota's Urban Frontier (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001.)

Bjork, Jonas, "The Swedish-American Press as an Immigrant Institution," Swedish-American Historical Quarterly, October 2000.

Bjork, Ulf Jonas, "The U.S. Commerce Department Aids Hollywood Exports, 1921-33," The Historian, Spring 2000.

Professional Affiliations

  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
  • American Journalism Historians Association.
  • Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies.
  • Swedish-American Historical Society.

Professional Service
Reviewer, American Journalism, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1995-97. Duties: Evaluate manuscripts for publication.

Member, Advisory Committee, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Rock Island, Ill., 1998-present.