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Jonathan Kealing (Online editor)

I joined the News Center as a part-time reporter in December 2006 and am now the online editor. I started as a full-time reporter covering Kansas University, my alma mater, in August 2007 after graduating, and became online editor in May 2008.

Previously, I was editor of my college newspaper and had internships at the Kansas City Star, Des Moines Register and Austin Business Journal. My primary role is to help the staff engage the community via our Web sites, create interactive, multimedia journalism and promote the growth of our online sites.

In my spare time, I like to read books and spend time with my fiancee and our dog, a border collie-lab mix. I also like to travel and spend time enjoying all that Lawrence has to offer.

You can follow me on Twitter, where I provide behind the scene updates on news and what's going on in Lawrence.

Recent stories

KU’s Chancellor issues statement putting support behind Lew Perkins: By Jonathan Kealing; November 20, 2009; In the wake of an ongoing investigation of KU football coach Mark Mangino, and with rumors flying in the media and on message boards, KU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little issued a statement this morning indicating her full support of athletic director Lew Perkins.
Dense fog makes morning commute a challenge: By Jonathan Kealing; November 19, 2009; The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory Thursday morning for most of Northeast Kansas. Counties affected include Douglas, Leavenworth, Wyandote, Jefferson, Franklin, Shawnee and Johnson, among others.
Investigation of Mangino launched after player complains coach poked him: Reesing tells media that Perkins told players an outside entity would conduct ‘unbiased’ investigation of football coach; By Jonathan Kealing; 11:57 a.m., November 17, 2009 Updated 09:42 p.m.; The Kansas Athletic Department is conducting an investigation of football coach Mark Mangino and the Journal-World has confirmed the investigation began after Arist Wright complained that Mangino poked him in the chest in the days before KU took on Colorado.
Public invited to Wednesday’s free seminar on Twitter: By Jonathan Kealing; November 9, 2009; If you’ve heard about Twitter but aren’t sure about how to jump in and get the most out of it, a free event Wednesday may be your opportunity to get a little bit of help.
Regents approve expansion of Memorial Stadium: By Jonathan Kealing & Scott Rothschild; 10:45 a.m., September 17, 2009 Updated 04:52 p.m.; The Kansas Board of Regents has OK’d a $34 million addition of seating on the east side of Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium.
Kream Keegan contest canceled for 2009: By Jonathan Kealing & Jesse Newell; September 14, 2009; We’re sorry to announce that we won’t be running the Kream Keegan football pick ‘em contest for the 2009 football regular season.
Westwood committed to cancer vision: By Jonathan Kealing; August 18, 2009; Before Robert Hemenway retired as Kansas University’s chancellor this summer, he’d staked out becoming a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center as the university’s No. 1 priority.
Sunflower Broadband to offer refunds to residential Internet customers after Wednesday’s outage: By Jonathan Kealing; August 13, 2009; Sunflower Broadband residential Internet customers will receive a credit on their next bill equivalent to the charge for one day’s Internet access.
Maintenance hampers local Internet access, takes down local Web sites: By Jonathan Kealing; 05:21 p.m., August 12, 2009 Updated 12:16 a.m.; Planned maintenance early today by Level 3 Communications, one of the vendors that provide Internet bandwidth to Sunflower Broadband, went awry Wednesday and hampered several local Web sites, including this one. By Wednesday night, Internet service had been restored to most of the community.
Defense rests with blood stain expert in Jaeger trial: By George Diepenbrock & Jonathan Kealing; 02:18 p.m., August 7, 2009 Updated 07:02 p.m.; A forensic investigator testified Friday afternoon that the blood stains at the apartment of Matthew Jaeger’s ex-girlfriend supported Jaeger’s version of what happened the night Jaeger is accused of attacking her.

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Recent photos

Barbara Schnitker, director of clinical services at the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, prepares to take questions from the community about the H1N1 vaccine, which arrived in our community on Monday. Karrey Britt, health report, helps her get started.

Lindsey Slater, education reporter, and Lawrence Schools Supt. Rick Doll, prepare for a chat with LJWorld.com users.

Tonganoxie High football players surround 6Sports Director Kevin Romary as he delivers a live broadcast during 6News Main Street Live in Tonganoxie on Wednesday.

A few dozen Tonganoxie residents watch the live broadcast as it's being shown over the air at a TV during the Main Street Live: Tonganoxie broadcast on Wednesday

A line of Tonganoxie residents forms as they wait for free brats and refreshments from Johnsonville and Pepsi. About 100 residents turned out for Main Street Live: Tonganoxie.

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