Kent Cooper
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Kent Cooper (March 22, 1880 – January 31, 1965) served with the Associated Press (AP) for 41 years, last as executive director.
Background
Kent Cooper was born on March 22, 1880, in Columbus, Indiana; his father was Democratic U.S. Congressman George W. Cooper.[1]
Career
His father's early death led Cooper to turn his after-school job as reporter for a local newspaper into a full-time job. He became a reporter for the Indianapolis Press newspaper. He joined the Scripps-McRae Press Association (later United Press), established his own news agency, and then returned to Scripps-McRae in a buy-out.[1]
In 1910, Melville Stone, editor of the Associated Press, hired him as traveling inspector. In 1912, he was promoted to chief of traffic. In 1920, he was promoted to assistant general manager.[1] In 1925, he became general manager.[2]
In the late 1920s, Cooper hired AP's first class of women reporters, including Marguerite Young, who later, as Washington bureau chief for the Daily Worker, would introduce Soviet spy Hede Massing to American diplomat Noel Field.[3]
Innovations introduced under his stewardship include use of the first high-speed telegraph printing machines, use of teletype (instead of Morse Code), and introduction of a photograph wire service (by 1935, known as World Wide Photos).[1] By 1929, he had also opened bureaus in London, Paris, and Berlin.[4]
During his 41 years with AP, Cooper's positions included general manager (1925–1943) and finally executive director.
Personal and death
In 1920, Cooper married Marian Rothwell; they divorced in 1940.[5]
On January 31, 1965, he died in West Palm Beach, Florida. He is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York.[6]
Legacy
Cooper Glacier in Antarctica is named for him.
Awards
Cooper received honorary degrees from:
- Indiana University in 1941[7]
- Northwestern University in 1947[8]
- New York University in 1948[9]
Works
Cooper coined the term "the right to know" with publication of his book The Right to Know (1956).[10]
Books:
- Barriers Down (1942)
- Anna Zenger, Mother of Freedom (1946)
- The Minnesota Strip (1949)
- The Right to Know (1956)
- Kent Cooper and the Associated Press: An Autobiography (New York: Random House, 1958)
Articles:
- "The Future of the AP" (December 1943)[11]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kent Cooper". Encyclopedia Britannica. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taft, William H. (2015-07-16). Encyclopaedia of Twentieth Century Journalists. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-40325-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Young, Marguerite (1993). Nothing but the Truth. Carlton. pp. 15 (AP, Byron Price), 16 (Marshall Ballard, Clarke Salmon), 32 (James Williams). LCCN 93219200.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Editor & Publisher. ASM Communications. 1929.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jr, Charles Carey (2020-03-01). American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries, Revised Edition. Infobase Holdings, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4381-8214-8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-4823-0.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."I.U. To Honor Kent Cooper, Late A.P. Head". Rushville Republican. p. 7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AP Executive Kent Cooper Honored". Indiana Evening Gazette. May 26, 1947. p. 2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kent Cooper Gets Honorary Degree". Monroe News Star. June 9, 1948. p. 2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Schudson, Michael (2015-09-14). The Rise of the Right to Know: Politics and the Culture of Transparency, 1945–1975. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-74405-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Future of the AP". Associated Press. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
Further reading
- Allen, G. (2023). Mr. Associated Press: Kent Cooper and the Twentieth-Century World of News. United States: University of Illinois Press.
External links
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kent Cooper". Encyclopedia Britannica. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
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