Ben Burns

Current

• Director, Journalism Program at Wayne State University

Past

• Editor & Publisher at Adams Michigan Newspapers
• Editor & Publisher at Adams Publishing
• Executive Editor/Chief Administrative Editor at The Detroit News

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Education

• Michigan State University

Connections

39 connections

Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Website

Ben Burns’s Experience

• Director, Journalism Program

  Wayne State University

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  September 1991 — Present (18 years 3 months)

  Coordinates the journalism faculty at professional journalism program that awards B.A. and M.A. degrees

• Editor & Publisher

  Adams Michigan Newspapers

  (Newspapers industry)

  January 1988 — April 1991 (3 years 4 months)

  Editor & Publisher of The Macomb Daily and The Daily Tribune of Royal Oak and half a dozen weekly newspapers in Oakland and Macomb Counties

• Editor & Publisher

  Adams Publishing

  (Higher Education industry)

  1988 — 1991 (3 years )

• Executive Editor/Chief Administrative Editor

  The Detroit News

  (Higher Education industry)

  1983 — 1988 (5 years )

Ben Burns’s Education

• Michigan State University

  BA , Journalism , 1958 — 1963

  Activities and Societies:

  Editor, Student newspaper; vice pres., Excalibur, senior men's honorary; member, Blue Key honor society; president, men's co-op housing; varsity fencer

Additional Information

Ben Burns’s Websites:

• My Website

Ben Burns’s Interests:

Media management, ethics, journalism, fishing, gardening, reading

Ben Burns’s Groups:

Society of Professional Journalists, American Educators in Journalism & Mass Commuications, Rotary,

Ben Burns’s Honors:

Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, Adams Apple Award, Michigan State News Hall of Fame, Memphis High School Sports Hall of Fame, Society of Professional Journalists, Detroit Chapter, Lifetime Achieement Award

Ben Burns’s Contact Settings

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