Broadcaster and author Mark Little will formally accept honourary membership of the Society on Monday 8th March.

Mr. Little began is career in journalism working for The Sunday Business Post. He was then hired as a TV reporter for RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1991. By 1995 he was RTÉ’s first Washington Correspondent.  He remained there until 2001, before returning to Dublin to become Foreign Affairs Correspondent. His Washington post was filled by Carole Coleman.  In 2001 he won TV Journalist of the Year in the ESB National Media Awards.

In 2002, he joined RTÉ’s flagship current affairs programme Prime Time, which he co-presented with Miriam O’Callaghan. In November 2009, he announced his desire to take a leave of absence from RTÉ for the period of a year. His reason was to pursue a project combining digital media and global journalism.

Mr. Little will give a speech on Journalism in the Digital Age.

The address and acceptance will take place in CG12 of the Henry Grattan Building, DCU at 6.30pm.