Walter M. Brasch (March 2, 1945 – February 9, 2017) was an American social issues journalist and university professor of journalism. He was the author of a weekly syndicated newspaper column and the author of 17 books. He was a newspaper editor in California, Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio,[1] and a senior editor at OpEdNews.,[2] He died on February 9, 2017.[3][4]