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Covering the Press: Ethics, Values and Social Issues

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Dale Peskin

Dale Peskin is executive director of New Directions for News, a Minneapolis-based think-tank that explores innovation in the media and critical issues impacting the future of news. Peskin has served as a strategist who led corporate initiatives in media convergence and online media, a leader of ideas about change in news and news organizations, an award-winning investigative reporter, and a developer of new approaches in print and online media. Prior to joining NDN, he served as vice president of A.H. Belo Co., the Dallas-based media company, and as a founding officer of its interactive media subsidiary, Belo Interactive. He formerly served as a senior editor at The Dallas Morning News and at The Detroit News. At The Dallas Morning News, he was awarded the Digital Edge Award for pioneering online journalism. At The Detroit News, he was a member of the team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize. His other awards include the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and four Gold Medals from the Society for News Design.

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Seminar speeches given by Dale Peskin:
Covering the Press: Ethics, Values and Social Issues
April 22, 2002
The New Business of Media. Convergence, cross-media ownership and other forces are chipping away at editorial traditions and tipping the influence in favor of economic concerns, requiring new relationships and business models that can sustain both journalistic standards and profitability.

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