"Mr. Magazine™"
Dr. Samir Husni
Director of the Magazine Innovation Center, The University of Mississippi, School of Journalism
Samir Husni, aka "Mr. Magazine™", is the director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi, School of Journalism. He is also Professor and Hederman Lecturer at the School of Journalism. In 2010 he founded the ACT (Amplify, Clarify and Testify) Experience to help study, promote and enhance print in a digital age.
Dr. Husni, author and speaker, has been profiled in The New York Times, USA Today, and many other newspapers and trade publications world-wide. Additionally, he has appeared on Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN, CNNFN, PBS, and on numerous radio talk shows including National Public Radio as well as On The Media.
He is "the country's leading magazine expert," according to Forbes ASAP magazine, "a world-renowned expert on print journalism" according to CBS News Sunday Morning and The Chicago Tribune dubbed him "the planet's leading expert on new magazines."
Dr. Husni is the President and CEO of Magazine Consulting & Research, a firm specializing in new magazine launches, repositioning of established magazines, and packaging publications for better sales and presentations. Dr. Husni holds a doctorate in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master's degree in journalism from the University of North Texas.