User:Chanson

Christopher Hanson, an Associate Professor of journalism at the University of Maryland, is one of America's leading press critics. A writer and media scholar, he has published close 100 articles in Columbia Journalism Review, on which he serves as a contributing editor. He also has writen frequently about news media in other publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, and Journalism and Mass Communications Quarterly. He has been widely quoted as an expert on news media and been interviewed on National Public Radio, BBC, CNN, and other broadcast outlets. Hanson recieved a B.A. in history from Reed Collge, an M.A. in politics and philosophy from Reed College, and a doctorate in mass communications from the University of North Cazrolina, Chapel Hill. He worked as a print journalist for 20 years at Time magazine, The Washibgton Star, Reuters, and Hearst newspapers. The press critic's forthcoming book Accusers on Trial (Greenwood Press, 2007) assesses how news organizations have stereotped women in uniform.