David Mindich is an American professor and historian. He is the chair of the journalism department at

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and the former chair of the journalism department at Saint Michael's College, and the author of ''Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News''.

Career

Mindich was a professor and the chair of the journalism department at Saint Michael's College, where he taught from 1996 to 2017. While at Saint Michael's, he served as the faculty advisor for the ''Defender'', the school's newspaper, as well as the ''Echo'', its rival. As of 2021, he is the chair of the journalism department at

. He is also the author of ''Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News'' and ''Just the Facts: How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism''.

Personal life

Mindich is Jewish.

Works

* Just the Facts: How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism (NYU Press, 1998) * Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don't Follow the News (Oxford University Press, 2004) *The Mediated World: A New Approach to Mass Communication and Culture (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020)Review of ''The Mediated World'': Adam W. Tyma, ''Journalism & Mass Communication Educator'',

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mindich, David 1963 births Media historians Living people