Dennis Herrick

Photo: Ruth Schiek

Dennis Herrick is retired as a lecturer emeritus from the journalism faculty at the University of New Mexico. He also taught for two years at the University of Iowa, where he earned his M.A. degree in 1998. He received a B.A. from Marquette University in 1964.

He was owner and publisher of a group of weekly newspapers and a shopper in Iowa for 12 years before selling his company in 1997. His newspapers won several awards for news coverage, editorials, photography and newspaper design. He also was a reporter for more than 11 years with daily newspapers in Michigan. As a licensed commercial real estate broker, he specialized in the sale of magazines and newspapers. He was chief of staff for a member of Congress in 1977-85. He is an Army infantry veteran of the Vietnam War.

He is the author of Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism. The second edition was published in 2012 by University of New Mexico Press. The first edition was published in 2003 by Iowa State University Press and reissued in 2005 in India by Surjeet Publications.

As for the photo, one of his hobbies is tagging migrating monarch butterflies. He also writes fiction and won the 2004 Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest and the 2010 Society of Southwestern Authors Short Story Contest. Several of his short stories are published online by Amazon.com. His writings are featured on his author website.

Sample Publications:

• "Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism," 2nd edition, University of New Mexico Press, 2012.
• "The Tiguex War in Fact, Folklore and Fiction," Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint, eds. The Latest Word from 1540, University of New Mexico Press, 2011
• Winter of the Metal People: The untold story of America's first Indian war, (forthcoming)
• "Handbook of Media Management and Economics," (pdf) review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Spring 2006
• "Spirit Journey," fictional short story, Wapsipinicon Almanac literary magazine, December 2005
• "Hunting Season," fictional short story, Tony Hillerman Mystery Contest winner, Cowboys & Indians magazine, March 2005
• "The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century," (pdf) review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Winter 2004
• "Backstory: Inside the Business of News," (pdf) review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Summer 2004
• Media Management in the Age of Giants: Business Dynamics of Journalism, a textbook for media management courses, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing (formerly Iowa State Press), 2003
• "The Business of Media: Corporate Media and the Public Interest," (pdf) review in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Summer 2002
• "Acquiring a neighbor's paper often the fastest, safest way to grow," Publishers' Auxiliary, National Newspaper Association, December 2001
• "What you should know to sell your newspaper," Publishers' Auxiliary, National Newspaper Association, December 2007