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

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. Lester was born in Flushing, Queens. After an undergraduate degree in journalism from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,07 ...

and employment as a photojournalist for ''

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'' in

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, he received a Master's from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

and a Ph.D. from

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in mass communications. Lester co-wrote a monthly column, "Ethics Matters" for ''

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'' magazine for the

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. 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

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, 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

, 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