Samir Husni is Hederman Lecturer and Professor of Journalism at the University of Mississippi. He also heads the magazine service journalism program at the university.

Dr. Husni edits the annual Samir Husni�s Guide to New Consumer Magazines which is now in its thirteenth year, and is published by Oxbridge Communications, Inc. (www.mediafinder.com). He is also the author of Launch Your Own Magazine: A Guide for Succeeding in Today�s Marketplace, published by Hamblett House, Inc., Nashville, TN.

He has presented seminars on trends in American magazines to the editorial, advertising and sales staff of the magazine groups of the Hearst Corp., Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Meredith Corp., Reader�s Digest Magazine, Sail Magazine, the Swedish magazine group Bonnier, the Finnish magazine group A-LEHDET, Southern Progress magazines, New South Publishing, Inc., the Society of Professional Journalists, the American Society of Magazine Editors, Vance Publishing Corporation, the Florida Magazine Association, The Magazine Association of Georgia and the American Press Institute.

He is the nation�s leading authority on new magazines, according to min:media industry newsletter; The Chicago Tribune dubbed him the planet�s leading expert on new magazines.

Dr. Husni has been interviewed by major U.S. media on subjects related to the magazine industry. He has been profiled and quoted in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and many other newspapers nationwide, as well as the major newsweeklies and a host of trade publications.

He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNBC, CNN, and on numerous radio talk shows including National Public Radio�s Morning and Weekend Editions.

Dr. Husni has been a judge of The National Magazines Awards, The Evangelical Magazines Association, The City and Regional Magazines Association, and The Georgia Magazine Association Awards.

He is on the editorial advisory board of Magazine & Bookseller and a contributing editor to Magazine Retailer.

Dr. Husni holds a doctorate in journalism for the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master�s degree in journalism from the University of North Texas.

When he is not in his office reading magazines, Dr. Husni is at the newsstands buying magazines.