Dwight Bentel

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Dwight Bentel

Communications

#4485

World Rank

#6262

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Journalism

#641

World Rank

#729

Historical Rank

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Why Is Dwight Bentel Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Dwight Essler Bentel was an American journalist and professor. He has been called "the father of journalism" at San Jose State University. In 1934, he founded the Spartan Daily, the campus newspaper. In 1936, he founded the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, which has produced six Pulitzer Prize winners and thousands of journalists, and is one of the largest programs of its kind in the nation. The school renamed the building that houses the school "Dwight Bentel Hall" in 1982. Subsequently, the on campus advertising agency has been named Dwight, Bentel and Hall Communications.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Dwight Bentel?

Dwight Bentel is affiliated with the following schools:

• San Jose State University