Established in 1945, the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) is an international agency responsible for the evaluation of professional journalism and mass communications programs in colleges and universities mainly located in the United States. ACEJMC's member associations include the American Advertising Federation, the American Press Institute, the Arthur W. Page Society, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the News Leaders Association, the Public Relations Society of America Inc., the Radio-Television Digital News Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Journalism Historians Association, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Broadcast Education Association.