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Amit Schejter

Amit Schejter is an Israeli communication scholar and professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev who studies media policy and justice.

born 1961Research on media policy and justiceFounding the Journal of Information PolicyChairing the Association for Civil RightsPresidency of Oranim College

Born: 16 November 1961, Philadelphia
Occupation: social scientist, communication scholar
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Boston University, Rutgers University

Amit Schejter was born in 1961 in Philadelphia

Schejter was born in Philadelphia on November 16, 1961. He grew up in Ramat HaSharon, attended Rothberg High School and was active in the Scouts. His father was Professor Shraga Schejter.

He earned a law degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1986. He then received a master's in mass communications from Boston University in 1991 and a doctorate in communication and information policy from Rutgers in 1995.

He worked as bureau chief and adviser to education ministers Yitzhak Navon and Shulamit Aloni. From 1993 to 1997 he handled legal affairs at the Israel Broadcasting Authority, and from 2000 he was vice president for regulation at Cellcom. He also sat on several public committees and in 2014 chaired a panel on media regulation.

He taught at Tel Aviv University from 1997 to 2000 and joined Penn State in 2004, where he founded the Journal of Information Policy. In 2012 he moved to Ben-Gurion University, where he headed the communication department and served as dean. From 2020 to 2023 he was president of Oranim College.

He chairs the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and the Israel Communication Association. He is married to journalist Judy Maltz, and they have 4 children.