Mindich is a journalism professor at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University, where he served six years as chair; before that, he was a journalism professor at Saint Michael's College in Vermont, where he served nine years as chair.  The author of three books and numerous articles, including ones in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, Mindich was named the 2006 Vermont Professor of the Year. 

 

Before becoming a professor, Mindich worked as an assignment editor for CNN and earned a doctorate in American Studies from New York University.