Paul Martin Lester (born March 21, 1953) is a Clinical Professor at th
School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC)and a Professor Emeritus from
California State University, Fullerton.
Lester was born in
Flushing, Queens
Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens. The neighborhood is the fourth-largest central business district in New York City. Downtown Flushing is a major commercial and retail area, and the ...
. 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, he received a Master's from the
University of Minnesota and a Ph.D. from
Indiana University in mass communications.
Lester co-wrote a monthly column, "Ethics Matters" for ''
News Photographer
Photojournalism is journalism that uses images to tell a news story. It usually only refers to still images, but can also refer to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (s ...
'' 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 ''Journalism & Communication Monographs'' sponsored by the AEJMC and published b
Sage His research interests include mass media ethics, new communications technologies, and visual communications.
[https://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfiltered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=paul+martin+lester&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&url=&field-feature_browse-bin=&field-binding_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&field-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevancerank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0]
Lester has given speeches, presentations, and workshops throughout the United States and in Australia, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey.
Personal life
Lester is married to xtine burrough. He has a daughter, Allison Lester, and two sons, Parker and Martin Lester.
Books
*''Visual Ethics A Guide for Photographers, Journalists, and Filmmakers'' (2018)
*''Digital Innovations for Mass Communication Engaging the User'' (2014)
*''Visual Communication on the Web'' (2013) with Xtine Burrough.
*''Visual Communication Images with Messages '' 1st ed, 1996 ; latest (7th) Edition 2017. According to
WorldCat, the book is held in 488 libraries
**translated into Chinese by Xiaoting Zhang; Meixue Yang as ''視覺傳播/Shi jue chuan bo''
*''Images that Injure Pictorial Stereotypes in the Media''. Co-edited with Susan Ross, 1st ed. 19966 ; 3rd Edition (2011) Santa Barbara:Prager. According to
WorldCat, the book is held in 3792 libraries.
*''On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited Catastrophes'' Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2010.
*''The Zen of Photography'' (2007).
ersian Edition
*''Visual Journalism A Guide for New Media Professionals'' with Christopher R. Harris. Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 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.).
References
External links
Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lester, Paul Martin
University of Texas at Dallas faculty
California State University, Fullerton faculty
1953 births
Living people
Moody College of Communication alumni
University of Minnesota alumni
Indiana University alumni
Communication scholars