David Mindich
Professor
802-654-2637
E-mail dmindich@smcvt.edu
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After graduating from Brandeis University in 1985, David had no idea what he wanted to do with his life. After a brief stint as a radio and club DJ in London (a fact that invariably cracks up his students), David returned to his native New York City and took a production assistant job at CNN. Before leaving, David wrote scripts, cut tape, edited packages, field produced, and was promoted to assignment editor.   He then returned to school, getting a masters and Ph.D. at New York University. He came to Saint Michael's College in 1996.

David has written articles for the Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, and other publications. He is the author of Just the Facts: How "Objectivity" Came to Define American Journalism and Tuned Out: Why Young People Don't Follow the News (Oxford University Press, 2005).  David founded Jhistory, an Internet group for journalism historians, in 1994. In 1998-1999, he was head of the History Division of the AEJMC. In 2002, the AEJMC awarded David the Krieghbaum Under-40 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Teaching and Public Service. He lives in Burlington, Vermont with his wife, Barbara Richmond (whom he met at CNN) and their two children. His Homepage can be found here.