Walter M. Brasch (March 2, 1945 – February 9, 2017) was an American social issues journalist and university professor of journalism.
He was not only a co-recipient of the Civil Liberties Award of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1996, but was also honored by San Diego State University as a Points of Excellence winner in 1997.
He was the first recipient of the Dean's Award of Excellence at Bloomsburg University.
In 2004 he was the faculty recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr.
[1] He co-authored Social Foundations of the Mass Media (2001) and The Press and the State (1986), and was awarded Outstanding Academic Book distinction by Choice magazine, published by the American Library Association.