Prof. Jay Black, PhD. Professor of Mass Communications Poynter-Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy University of South Florida - St. Petersburg

"Ethics in Mass Communication"
Mary Ann Wolfe Theater ~ FIU Biscayne Bay Campus
Thursday, April 30, 2003, 2:00 PM

Prof. Jay Black is the Poynter-Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and Press Policy at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, where he is also Professor of Mass Communications. He is founding co-editor of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics and publishes and consults widely on issues of journalism ethics, professionalism, moral development, codes of ethics, etc. He was first author of the Society of Professional Journalist's new handbook, Doing Ethics in Journalism, which went through four printings in 1993 and has been updated for publication by Allyn & Bacon. 

His textbook, Introduction to Mass Communications, came out in its fourth edition in January 1995; each of the earlier editions has been adopted by some 250 universities. Dr. Black holds a Ph.D. in journalism and sociology from the University of Missouri, an MA in journalism and English from Ohio University, and a BA in English from Miami (Ohio) University. He has worked as a reporter and copy editor on four newspapers in Ohio and Missouri and has been a journalism professor in Ohio, Missouri, Utah, Alabama, and Australia. 

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