[Editors] Fwd: An update on Institute communications

[Elizabeth Thomson]

Some of you may have already seen this, but some of you probably have  
not.....

Elizabeth
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Elizabeth A. Thomson
Senior Media Relations Officer, Research News
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
News Office, Room 11-400
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)
<thomson at mit.edu>

<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www>
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> From: "Kirk D. Kolenbrander" <kdk at MIT.EDU>
> Date: January 15, 2009 3:53:12 PM EST
> To: infogroup at mit.edu
> Subject: [Infogroup] An update on Institute communications
>
> Dear Members of Infogroup,
>
> Given your key role in MIT’s outreach efforts, I wanted to update  
> you on a recent reorganization of Institute communications.
>
> Starting this week, the MIT News Office and Technology Review will  
> have some of their communications functions combined and will now  
> come under one management. Jason Pontin, who is currently Technology  
> Review’s CEO, editor in chief, and publisher, will additionally  
> become MIT’s Director of Communications and an Advisor to the  
> President. I hope you will join me in thanking Pamela Dumas Serfes  
> for her dedicated leadership and loyal service to the News Office,  
> and welcome Jason Pontin in his expanded role.
>
> This reorganization will allow us to explore new and improved ways  
> of sharing MIT’s discoveries and innovations with the Institute  
> community and the public at large. We expect to build upon the  
> strength News Office by partnering it with Technology Review’s  
> century-long history of producing an award winning magazine and its  
> digital, international publishing business. Bringing them together  
> allows MIT to avoid duplicative functions, lower expenses, and  
> improve the quality, range, and reach of editorial services offered  
> by both Technology Review and the News Office.
>
> Although there will be joint management, the News Office will report  
> to me, while Technology Review will retain its editorial  
> independence and continue to report to its Board.
>
> If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to be in touch with  
> either Jason or me.  Jason can be reached at jpontin at mit.edu.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Kirk D. Kolenbrander
> Vice President for Institute Affairs & Secretary of the Corporation
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