The March 21, 2016 meeting of the Public Affairs Luncheon Club will feature James M. Moroney III, A.H. Belo Corporation Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, The Dallas Morning News.
Moroney will address the relationship between local newspapers in the United States and a sustainable democracy. He is going to discuss the point that local newspapers in the United States Have been facing tremendous financial pressures, and there is some skepticism about whether they will be able to survive. For some, this may not seem an issue. Yet Moroney plans to explain the relationship of local newspapers to democracy.
Moroney is the chairman, president and Chief Executive Officer of A.H. Belo Corporation and has served as executive vice president of A.H. Belo since November 2007. He continues to serve as publisher and Chief Executive Officer of The Dallas Morning News, a position he has held since June 2001.
Moroney began his career with Belo as a sales trainee at WFAA-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 1985 he became local sales manager for WFAA ad later that year was promoted to general manager of KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He returned to Dallas in 1989 as Belo’s controller. He was promoted to president and general manager of KOTV in Tulsa in January 1997. In November 1993 he became a vice president of the Broadcast Division. In January 1997, Moroney was promoted to president/Television Group assuming responsibility for the operations of all Belo’s television stations in 15 markets across the United States. In June 1998, he was named executive vice-president of Belo, with responsibility for finance, treasury and investor relations. He has served as president of Belo Interactive, Inc from its formation in May 1999 until June 2001.
Moroney has served on the board of the Television Bureau of Advertising and numerous civic organizations. He presently serves on numerous boards, including Belo Corporation, the Associated Press, the Executive Committee of the board of the Newspaper Association of America. In April, 2004, Editor & Publisher selected James Moroney as Publisher of the year for his accomplishments at The Dallas Morning News. In 2012, he received the Frank W. Mayborn Award from the Texas Daily Newspaper Association for Community Leadership.
Moroney received his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. He and his wife, Barbara Bass Moroney, have five children.