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| Born | August 23, 1953 |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas (B.S.) 1975Marquette University (M.A) 1998 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
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Eric K. Meyer (born August 23, 1953) is an American associate professor of journalism at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a newspaper publisher. He is also a former associate dean for academic and administrative affairs with the university'sCollege of Media.
Meyer was born inMarion, Kansas. His first newspaper was the "Meyer Messenger", which he created as a child. He photocopied the homemade newspaper and distributed it to residents of his neighborhood. Meyer earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism from theUniversity of Kansas in 1975 and earned a master of arts degree in journalism fromMarquette University in 1998.[1][failed verification]
From 1975 to 1977 Meyer worked as a Sunday edition editor, assistant news editor and reporter for Illinois'Bloomington Pantagraph, and later as a news photo and graphics editor, assistant news editor, systems editor, copy desk chief and reporter for theMilwaukee Journal from 1977 to 1994.
Meyer, a former adjunct lecturer at Marquette University, is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Illinois, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1996. His primary duties include teaching information graphics, page layout and design, and online journalism. He also is associate dean for academic affairs and administration in U of I's College of Media.
Meyer started working atMarion County Record in fifth grade, and became an owner with his parents in 1998. At the time he taught atUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and sometimes helped out at the paper during school breaks. In 2020, Meyer visited his hometown during spring break and didn't return to campus due toCOVID-19 pandemic in the United States. He taught classes online for a year and retired after growing frustrated with online learning and did not wanting to teach a hybrid class.[2]
He is the former owner ofNewsLink, an online resource to national and international news publication websites, including resources to newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and blogs. Meyer is president and majority owner of Hoch Publishing Co., publisher ofMarion County Record,Hillsboro Star-Journal and thePeabody Gazette-Bulletin. He is the third of three family generations in the newspaper business.
On Friday, August 11, 2023, four local police officers and two sheriff's deputiesraided the office of theMarion County Record newspaper; the home of its co-owners, Eric Meyer and his 98 year old mother, Joan Meyer; and the home of Marion vice mayor Ruth Herbel, 80. They seized computers, cell phones, and other equipment.[3][4] Joan Meyer was unable to eat or sleep after the raid; she collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home. TheRecord planned to file a federal lawsuit against the city and collaborating law enforcement agencies.[5]Marion County police defended their raid, citing a First Amendment exception for suspected criminal activity - alleged identity theft in the paper's earlier report regarding a Marion restaurateur's liquor license and drunken driving charge.[6]
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Joan Meyer "collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home," the Marion County Record reported, noting that she had been "in good health for her age."
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