Paul Martin Lester
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Paul Martin Lester is a tenured, full professor of Communications at California State University, Fullerton
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Lester was born in Flushing, Queens
. After an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin
and employment as a photojournalist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Lester received a Master's from the University of Minnesota
and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in mass communications. He co-wrote a monthly column, "Ethics Matters" for News Photographer magazine for the National Press Photographers Association
. From 2006, Lester was the editor of the Visual Communication Quarterly until 2011 when he was named editor of & Communication Monographs sponsored by the AEJMC and published by Sage. His research interests include mass media ethics, new communications technologies, and visual communications.
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Fullerton is a public university located in Fullerton, California. It is the largest institution in the CSU System by enrollment, it offers long-distance education and adult-degree programs...
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Lester was born in Flushing, Queens
Flushing, Queens
Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...
. After an undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
and employment as a photojournalist for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, Lester received a Master's from the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in mass communications. He co-wrote a monthly column, "Ethics Matters" for News Photographer magazine for the National Press Photographers Association
National Press Photographers Association
NPPA is the acronym for the National Press Photographers Association, founded in 1947. The organization is based in Durham, North Carolina and its mostly made up of still photographers, television videographers, editors, and students in the journalism field...
. From 2006, Lester was the editor of the Visual Communication Quarterly until 2011 when he was named editor of & Communication Monographs sponsored by the AEJMC and published by Sage. His research interests include mass media ethics, new communications technologies, and visual communications.
Books
- Images that Injure Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media 3rd Edition (2011) with Susan Ross (eds.).
- Visual Communication Images with Messages 5th Edition (2011).
- On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes (2010).
- The Zen of Photography (2007). [Persian Edition].
- Visual Journalism A Guide for New Media Professionals with Christopher R. Harris (2002).
- The Spiral Web On the Nature of Coincidence (2000).
- The Zen of Photography (2000).
- Desktop Computing Workbook A Guide for Using 15 Programs in Macintosh and Windows Formats (1996).
- Photojournalism An Ethical Approach (1991).
- Ethics of Photojournalism (1990), (ed.).