Jonathan Cooper ’97 was recently promoted to Vice President Media Relations & Employee Communications at Digital First Media, which jointly manages the Journal Register Company and MediaNews Group (offering more than 800 print and online products). Before joining the corporate staff at Digital First Media, Cooper held several positions with the Journal Register Company, including leading the Ben Franklin Project, an experiment to publish 18 daily websites and newspapers using free, web-based tools, and he began work on Project Thunderdome, the company’s digital content operations center. He also launched the Journal Register Company’s Media Labs (community-focused media training centers) as well as the open-to-the-public newsroom as part of the Company’s growing audience-focused engagement strategy.
“I made the move to digital while working in New Haven, Conn., at The Register, because I saw a way to tell stories in different formats—especially video,” Cooper explained. “The ability to create and edit video was no longer reserved for television, because the tools and equipment needed were available to everyone—including our audience. Now, there is even the ability for our newsrooms to livestream news without the cost of a TV station’s satellite truck.
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Here’s a great opportunity to connect with other Keene State alums in the Springfield/Hartford area. Join Alumni Board member Jan Temple Metoxen ’68 and former Alumni and Parent Relations Director, Jeff LaValley ’88 M’99 on October 18th, from 6:30–8:30 p.m. at Samuel’s at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., for a regional reconnection event. Come network, reconnect with other area alumni, and hear about what’s happening at KSC. There will be free appetizers and a cash bar.
Please join host Blake Richards ’71, other KSC alumni, and representatives from the KSC Alumni Association for a fun, relaxed gathering.
Social Security and Medicare are important programs for thousands of Granite Staters—245,563 NH citizens rely on Social Security and 216,551 rely on Medicare. If you’re tired of sitting on the sidelines while the President and Congress make decisions about these critical safety nets, come to the KSC Alumni Center on Monday, Oct. 22, to make your voice heard.
The WBUR iLab (part of Boston’s NPR news station) is sponsoring a night of stories and surprises on Sept. 13 with the up-and-coming New York-based “storytelling comedy sideshow” known as 
As colleges and universities throughout the US, including KSC, realize the value of global connection, service, and partnerships that engage the local and international community, two faculty members have co-authored a book to give practical advice and inspiration to this important trend. Through their work with the international field course, Global Engagement, that’s required of all honors students, Geography Professor 
Most everyone entering the job market has questions about the best course to follow here at KSC, or about an effective career path, or how to create a resume or write a cover letter, or how to prepare for an interview.
Hooray! KSC is offering FREE PARKING DURING PUMPKINFEST! Boo! Spaces are limited, and you have to reserve one in advance. There’s lots going on on campus that weekend, but the wonderful folks in the Alumni & Parent Relations Office—and Campus Safety, of course!—are holding 100 coveted spaces for alumni and 100 spaces for parents—first come, first served.
