David Mindich

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David Mindich
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David T.Z. Mindich
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  • Professor
  • historian
Years active1996–present

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

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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. [1] As of 2021, he is the chair of the journalism department at Temple University. [2] [3] 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. [4] [5]

Personal life

Mindich is Jewish. [1]

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