James M. Moroney III

James M. Moroney III was named Executive Vice-President of A. H. Belo Corporation in November 2007 with responsibilities for its three newspaper operating companies in Dallas, Texas, Providence, Rhode Island and Riverside, California. He continues to serve as publisher and chief executive officer of The Dallas Morning News, a position he has held since June 2001. He had served as president of Belo Interactive, Inc. since its inception in May 1999 and is a member of A. H. Belo's Management Committee.

In June 1998, he was named executive vice president of Belo, with responsibility for finance, treasury and investor relations. In January 1997, Moroney was promoted to president/Television Group assuming responsibility for the operations of all of Belo's television stations in 15 markets across the United States.

Moroney has served on the board of the Television Bureau of Advertising and numerous civic organizations. He presently serves on the boards of Cistercian Preparatory School in Dallas, the State Fair of Texas, the American Press Institute, the Advisory Board of the College of Communications at the University of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, The Bishop's Finance Council of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas and is Secretary of the Board of the Newspaper Association of America.

Moroney graduated from Stanford University in 1978 with a B.A. in American Studies. In 1983 he received his M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

He is married to Barbara and they have five children, Sean, Meagan, Kyle, Callie and Jenny.