Samir Husni

Samir Husni is professor of journalism, the Hederman Lecturer and the director of the University of Mississippi’s Magazine Service Journalism Program. He is the nation’s leading authority on new magazines. His expertise grew out of a childhood pasttime of collecting magazines, which grew into an addiction and snowballed into a doctoral thesis, a teaching career and then a book. For the past 11 years, Husni has published Samir Husni's Guide to New Consumer Magazines (Hearst Magazine Enterprises). It has become the de facto standard of what's hot and what's not in the magazine industry. He is the author of Launch Your Own Magazine: A Guide for Succeeding in Today’s Marketplace and is a contributing editor to Magazine Retailer. He has presented seminars on trends in American magazines nationally and internationally and is frequently interviewed on the topic of magazines. He has a Master’s degree from the University of North Texas and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri.

		(662) 915-5502
		Hsamir@olemiss.edu

Seminar speeches given by Samir Husni:

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