Roger Cooper is associate professor of media at Ohio University. He is also director of the OHIO-in-LA program. Every year, Cooper travels with more than twenty Ohio University students to Los Angeles where he teaches classes, facilitates relationships and excursions, and oversees internships throughout the fall and summer semesters. Cooper has been published in such peer-review journals as Mass Communication and Society, International Journal of Sport Communication, Journal of Sports Media, Communication Theory, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Journalism Educator, Journal of Media Education, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and Media Management Review.