Jon Cornetto has been in the Digital Content, Communications, and Information Technology fields for more than 20 years -- straddling Journalism, IT, and Business Development roles in every position he has held since the early days of the Internet until today. In 1996, Jon developed multimedia content for a national magazine as Founding Editor of Mother Jones Online -- considered now to be the first general interest magazine to have a presence on the Web. During those early days, his work was highlighted in the New York Times, Newsweek, and on the trendy Ziff-Davis television show, "The Site," hosted by a young Soledad O'Brien. During his tenure as director of Mother Jones Online, his work was mentioned in every issue of the Columbia Journalism Review for its ground-breaking work in online journalism.
He developed digital content strategies and fledgling social media ventures for two major-market Cox television stations -- one in San Francisco and the other in Charlotte, NC -- which both lead dramatically in their markets. Then he moved back to his first love, newspapers, developing content for the third largest newspaper chain in the country, McClatchy.
He developed content for many Silicon Valley firms, including Oracle and SGI. His personal high point was interviewing Dr. Paul Shellard, director of Dr. Stephen Hawking's COSMOS project, about the SGI supercomputers Dr. Hawking and his Cambridge colleagues were using in their research into the origins of the Universe. He was also a reporter for Silicon Valley newspapers and magazines such as Infoworld, IDG' s flagship weekly.
He served as Communications Manager and Web Developer for two winning N.C. Court of Appeals campaigns. Jon's three loves have always been journalism (in all its forms), technology, and the convergence of the two. His focus has always been on quality, innovation, and social value -- while maintaining his personal integrity and his reputation as an uncompromising IT and media professional.