Mitchell Stephens

Mitchell Stephens , a professor of journalism in the Carter Institute at New York University, is the author of A History of News, a New York Times "notable book of the year." Stephens also has written several other books on journalism and media, including Beyond News: The Future of Journalism and the rise of the image the fall of the word. He also published Imagine There's No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World. Stephens was a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's...See more

Mitchell Stephens , a professor of journalism in the Carter Institute at New York University, is the author of A History of News, a New York Times "notable book of the year." Stephens also has written several other books on journalism and media, including Beyond News: The Future of Journalism and the rise of the image the fall of the word. He also published Imagine There's No Heaven: How Atheism Helped Create the Modern World. Stephens was a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard's Kennedy School. He shares Lowell Thomas' love of travel and had the privilege of following Thomas' tracks through Colorado, Alaska, the Yukon, Europe, Arabia, Sikkim and Tibet. See less