About Pat Henry
Patrick Henry is a journalist and an educator who has specialized in the graphic communications industry since 1984. He has edited or contributed to most of the leading trade publications serving the industry and currently is executive editor of WhatTheyThink.
A former director of publications for the National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL), Henry is the co-author of a textbook, The Magazine Publishing Industry. He also wrote the chapter on book manufacturing in the forthcoming Volume 5 of A History of the Book in America (University of North Carolina Press).
The author of hundreds of articles on business and technology issues in the printing industry, Henry has taught courses in editing, publishing, and graphic communications technology for New York University since 1987 and for New York City College of Technology since 2002. He was the recipient of a “Person of the Year” award from The New York Printing Teachers Guild in 1999.
In 2000, Henry received the Florence B. and Leo H. Joachim Award for industry service at the Printing Week Dinner in New York City. In 2001, he was chosen to receive a “Gamma Gold Key Award” from Gamma Chapter, Gamma Epsilon Tau (New York City Technical College), the national graphic arts fraternity. He also was inducted into NAPL’s Soderstrom Society, a fellowship recognizing industry service. In 2008, by vote of his peers, he received the Tom McMillan Editor Award for Journalistic Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Graphic Arts Industry.
Henry operates Liberty or Death Communications, a consultancy specializing in editorial, educational, and custom publishing services for the graphic communications and publishing industries. An expert in graphic communication technology, he takes part in many initiatives for knowledge-sharing, training, and recruitment.
