Managing Today’s News Media

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Samir “Mr. Magazine™” Husni, Ph.D.  is the founder and director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University f Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media. He is also Professor and Hederman Lecturer at the School of Journalism. As Mr. Magazine™ he engages in media consulting and research for the magazine media and publishing industry. Dr. Husni is the author of the annual Samir Husni’s Guide to New Magazines;  Just Common Sense: Mr. Magazine’s Ideas to Grow and Cultivate Magazine Media ; Magazine Conversations; Magazine Publishing in the 21st Century; Launch Your Own Magazine: A Guide for Succeeding in Today... More About Author

Debora Halpern Wenger, a veteran journalist and educator, is associate professor and director of undergraduate journalism at the University of Mississippi. She is also a former associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to her academic appointment, she served as assistant news director at WFLA-TV in Tampa, Fla. She started her career as a reporter/anchor at KXJB in Fargo, N.D., moved on to producing at WBBH in Ft. Myers, Fla., and WMUR in Manchester, N.H., then became executive producer at WSOC in Charlotte, N.C. Wenger conducts multimedia training in newsrooms across the country and is co-author of the broadcast,... More About Author

Hank Price, is a veteran television executive who has led some of the nation’s most prominent stations including WBBM-TV, the CBS owned station in Chicago, KARE-TV, the Gannett-owned NBC affiliate in Minneapolis/St. Paul, WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, NC and WFMY-TV in Greensboro, NC.  He is currently the President & General Manager of WVTM-TV, the Hearst-owned NBC affiliate in Birmingham, Al.  Since 2000 Price has also been Senior Director of Northwestern University’s Media Management Center where he concentrates on future journalism and business models.  Earlier in his career Price was a national television consultant with... More About Author