Author

Melvin Mencher

Melvin Mencher, a 1953 Nieman Fellow, is professor emeritus at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. The 10th edition of his book, "News Reporting and Writing," was published by McGraw Hill Higher Education in 2006.

Will the Meaning of Journalism Survive?

‘Journalism educators are in a state of disquiet, if not distress, at their students’ lack of the broad background essential for independent journalism.’
March 15, 2006

Journalism Reflects Our Culture

Journalism is no more in a survival mode today than it was 52 years ago when Louis Lyons and my Nieman classmates worried about how a compliant and objective press…
December 15, 2004

What Should Be Taught in Journalism Schools?

An aspiring reporter ‘doesn’t need to learn how—he needs to learn what.’
December 15, 2002