George T. Arnold, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus in the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University where he taught news and feature writing, language skills, ethics, and law for 36 years. He worked full-time for seven years as a newspaper reporter to finance bachelor's and master's degrees from Marshall, and he holds a doctorate in journalism and mass communications from Ohio University.His textbook/resource book, Media Writer's Handbook, a Guide to Common Writing and Editing Problems (McGraw-Hill, 6th edition), is in its third decade of continuous publication and has been purchased at more than 300 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Dr.Arnold also has published more than 50 professional and academic articles.
