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Professor Frederick Fico is a professor at the Michigan State University School of Journalism. He joined the faculty in 1982 following his doctoral program in mass media at Indiana University. His teaching interests include reporting, media and society and research methods. His research interests
focus on news coverage of conflict. Before entering academia, Fico worked as a reporter in Connecticut and in publishing in New York.