Gena Asher | Nov. 14, 2007
Phil Meyer, Knight Chair in Journalism at the University of North Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications, visits Thursday and Friday to speak to assistant professor Joann Wong’s classes and to graduate students. He’ll also have a chance to reconnect with two of his former students, School of Journalism Dean Brad Hamm and Roy W. Howard Professor David Weaver.
Meyer is a leader in social science research methods, honing his skills as a Detroit Free Press reporter during the 1967 riots. His application of social science research methods, learned at Harvard’s Nieman Fellowship program, helped the staff win the Pulitzer Prize for general local reporting.
His 1973 book, Precision Journalism, outlines some of those social science research methods. His latest book, The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, was published in 2004.
Meyer is a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists and has received career awards from the National Press Foundation, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center and Research Federation of the Newspaper Association of America.
At UNC, Meyer teaches undergraduate and graduate students in newswriting and advanced reporting, among other duties.
Meyer is a leader in social science research methods, honing his skills as a Detroit Free Press reporter during the 1967 riots. His application of social science research methods, learned at Harvard’s Nieman Fellowship program, helped the staff win the Pulitzer Prize for general local reporting.
His 1973 book, Precision Journalism, outlines some of those social science research methods. His latest book, The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age, was published in 2004.
Meyer is a fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists and has received career awards from the National Press Foundation, Freedom Forum Media Studies Center and Research Federation of the Newspaper Association of America.
At UNC, Meyer teaches undergraduate and graduate students in newswriting and advanced reporting, among other duties.
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