Philip Meyer
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| Born | October 27, 1930 Deshler, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 2023 (aged 93) Carrboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Professor Emeritus of Journalism University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Philip Meyer (October 27, 1930 – November 4, 2023) was an American journalist and scholar who was a professor and holder of the Knight Chair in Journalism at the
Biography
Before becoming a professor in 1981, Meyer was employed in the newspaper industry for a total of 26 years, the last 23 with Knight Ridder, where he started as a reporter for the Miami Herald. In 1962, he became the Washington correspondent for the Akron Beacon Journal, then a national correspondent, and finally, from 1978 to 1981, the director of news research at company headquarters in Miami, where he worked on Knight Ridder's Viewtron online service.
One of the earliest examples of
The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting hosts the annual Philip Meyer Journalism Award, which "recognize excellent journalism done using social science research methods".[1]
Meyer was a member of Board of Contributors for
The Summer 2008 Carolina Communicator includes a profile of Meyer, written by one of his former students,
Meyer died of complications of Parkinson’s disease on November 4, 2023, at the age of 93.[3]
Bibliography
- Meyer, Philip (27 January 2012). Paper Route: Finding My Way to Precision Journalism. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-8310-7.
- Meyer, Philip (2004). The Vanishing Newspaper: Saving Journalism in the Information Age. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1561-1.
- Meyer, Philip (1991). The New Precision Journalism. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-20664-0.
- Meyer, Philip (1987). Ethical journalism: a guide for students, practitioners, and consumers. Addison-Wesley Longman Limited. ISBN 978-0-582-28680-1.
- Meyer, Philip (1 January 1985). The Newspaper Survival Book: An Editor's Guide to Marketing Research. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-15835-2.
- Meyer, Philip (1973). Precision Journalism. A Reporter's Introduction to Social Science Methods (1st ed.). Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20163-2.
References
- ^ "Investigative Reporters and Editors, Philip Meyer Awards". IRE. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Carolina Communicator - Summer 2008". issuu. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "IRE legend Meyer dies at 93". IRE. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
External links
- Meyer's C.V. at University of North Carolina
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