Meeting/Event Information

"Ethics of Convergent Media"

Join us for our September luncheon featuring Tony Pederson, professor and the Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism at Southern Methodist University. Did you know PRSA has declared September as ethics month. Now is a good time to think about ethical scenarios you've encountered at your current workplace, or perhaps future ethical issues you may encounter on the job. You don't want to miss this lunch when Tony will lead our discussion on ethics. His media ethics course is wildly popular at SMU and he will be sharing some of that same knowledge with our attendees! We are confident he will have a tremendous amount of insight to offer our lunch attendees after spending 29 years with the Houston Chronicle.

To help you prepare for Tony's presentation, check out PRSA's online ethics toolbox that offers more resources about ethical dilemmas and a few case studies: http://www.prsa.org/AboutPRSA/Ethics/Resources/.

More details coming soon!

About Tony Pederson:
Tony Pederson holds the rank of professor and is the Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism at Southern Methodist University. In that position he chairs the Division of Journalism in the Meadows School of the Arts. Before assuming the Belo chair in June of 2003 he was senior vice president and executive editor of the Houston Chronicle. His teaching at SMU focuses on media ethics, and he has written extensively on the subject and serves as a local resource for media in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. He lectures and speaks frequently on mass media issues, especially relating to converging media.

He is a longtime activist in First Amendment issues and international press freedom issues, especially in Latin America. He was president of the Inter American Press Association in 1999-2000.

Pederson spent 29 years with the Houston Chronicle. From 1992 until 1994 Pederson served as chairman of Texas Media, a coalition of media groups formed to pursue access issues and open government in Texas. He has received the James Madison Award from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas for his work on First Amendment issues and the Jack Douglas Award from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association for service to Texas newspapers. Pederson serves as a director of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and the Inter American Press Association and is a member of the board of advisers for the International Center for Journalists. He also serves as a consultant for El Universal, the largest newspaper in Mexico City.
Pederson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism/communication from Baylor University and a Master of Arts in journalism from The Ohio State University.

 ** Cancellations are due by Monday, September 8 at 5pm.  No show will be billed. Please contact Liz Kennedy to cancel your reservation.