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B. Aubrey Fisher Outstanding Journal Article Award
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Presented each year for the best article(s) appearing in the Western Journal of Communication. Criteria are:

Significance of the article's contribution to the literature of the discipline.

Level of response the article has elicited from other scholars and teachers.

Substantive importance and methodological rigor—significance of the topic and elegance and thoroughness of the study's method.

Substantive and/or methodological innovativeness—the degree to which the article breaks new ground.

Style-clarity, grace, parsimony, evocativeness of expression.

The Milton Dickens Award for Exemplary Empirical Research
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This award recognizes an outstanding article in Communication Reports. The award is given at the end of each editorial term (i.e., once every three years).

Distinguished Service Award
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Speeches Honoring Recipients

Honors persons who have made considerable and long-standing contributions both to WSCA and to the field of communication.

Model Teaching Program Award
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Given annually to a communication program from either elementary/secondary schools or community colleges. Criteria are:

The program should reflect the breadth and/or depth of the communication discipline.

The program should have teaching personnel with specialized training in communication.

The program should integrate curricular and co-curricular activities.

The program should have strong administrative support.

The program should relate to the mission of the particular institution.

Master Teacher Award
Given by the Communication and Instruction Interest Group
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K-12 Award
Given by the Elementary-Secondary Schools Interest Group
(award ended after 1999)
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