Michael P. Smith
Executive Director
Media Management Center
phone: 847-467-2065 m-smith3@northwestern.edu
Michael P. Smith is the executive director of the Center. He oversees the Center's research projects as well as the faculty and curriculum for the Center's on-campus programs.
Smith was a journalist and editor for 23 years. Before joining the Center, he was assigned to the corporate staff of Knight Ridder. In 1982, as assistant managing editor, he was part of the team at the Ft. Wayne (IN) News-Sentinel that won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Smith is the author or editor of several monographs, including Values. Culture. Content., The Newsroom Brain and The Changing Reader.
Smith has a B.Sc. degree in journalism from Ball State University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
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MMC on the move
Where our associates are presenting in coming weeks
March 16
The World Association of Newspapers' USA Study Tour will be here for a "Day at Northwestern." The Media Management Center will teach international newspaper executives about innovation approaches.
Hold these dates
July 19-30 Media Executive Leadership Program, James Allen Center, Northwestern University. Details here.
September 27-29 McCormick Scholars Biennial Symposium, James Allen Center, Northwestern University.
September 29-October 1 McCormick Fellows Fall Forum, James Allen Center, Northwestern University.
Contact Mike Smith for more about MMC engagements.