Eric K. Meyer

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Eric K. Meyer
BornAugust 23, 1953
Marion, Kansas
Alma mater University of Kansas (B.S.) 1975 Marquette University (M.A) 1998
OccupationJouranlist
Parents
  • Bill Meyer (father)
  • Joan Meyer (mother)

Eric K. Meyer (born August 23, 1953) is an American associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a newspaper publisher. He is also a former associate dean for academic and administrative affairs with the university's College of Media.

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Meyer was born in Marion, Kansas. His first newspaper was the "Meyer Messenger", which he created as a child. He photocopied the homemade newspaper and distributed it to residents of his neighborhood. Meyer earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1975 and earned a master of arts degree in journalism from Marquette University in 1998. [1] [ failed verification ]

From 1975 to 1977 Meyer worked as a Sunday edition editor, assistant news editor and reporter for Illinois' Bloomington Pantagraph , and later as a news photo and graphics editor, assistant news editor, systems editor, copy desk chief and reporter for the Milwaukee Journal from 1977 to 1994.

Meyer, a former adjunct lecturer at Marquette University, is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1996. His primary duties include teaching information graphics, page layout and design, and online journalism. He also is associate dean for academic affairs and administration in U of I's College of Media.

Meyer started working at Marion County Record in fifth grade, and became an owner with his parents in 1998. At the time he taught at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and sometimes helped out at the paper during school breaks. In 2020, Meyer visited his home town during spring break and didn't return to campus due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He taught classes online for a year and retired after growing frustrated with online learning and did not wanting to teach a hybrid class. [2]

He is former owner of NewsLink , an online resource to national and international news publication websites, including resources to newspapers, magazines, radio, television and blogs. Meyer is president and majority owner of Hoch Publishing Co., publisher of Marion County Record , Hillsboro Star-Journal and the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin . He is the third of three family generations in the newspaper business.

On Friday, August 11, four local police officers and two sheriff’s deputies raided the office of the Marion County Record newspaper; the home of its co-owners, Eric Meyer and his 98 year old mother, Joan Meyer; and the home of Marion vice mayor Ruth Herbel, 80. They seized computers, cell phones, and other equipment. [3] [4] Joan Meyer was unable to eat or sleep after the raid; she collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home. The Record planned to file a federal lawsuit against the city and collaborating law enforcement agencies. [5] Marion County police defended their raid, citing a First Amendment exception for suspected criminal activity - alleged identity theft in the paper's earlier report regarding a Marion restaurateur's liquor license and drunken driving charge. [6]

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  2. ↑ Caro, Mark (2024-06-18). "After the Raid: Lawsuits, Boosted Circulation, Fallout from the Death of a 98-Year-Old Mother". Local News Initiative. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  3. ↑ Smith, Sherman; Bailey, Sam; Mipro, Rachel; Carpenter, Tim (August 11, 2023). "Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones". Kansas Reflector . Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  4. ↑ Kennedy, Dana (2023-08-12). "New York Post: Kansas cops raid Marion County Record newspaper office, seize records, injure reporter". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Kansas Newspaper Says Its Co-Owner Has Died After Being Traumatized by Police Raid". Yahoo News. 2023-08-12. Retrieved 2023-08-13. Joan Meyer "collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home," the Marion County Record reported, noting that she had been "in good health for her age."
  6. ↑ "Police defend raid on Kansas newspaper amid backlash over 'brazen violation of press freedom'". LJWorld.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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