To help create more regional online news activities and build local community, ONA has named named a number of members around the country to act as regional coordinators.

Andrea Panciera is the chair of the regional events subcommittee(apancier@projo.com).

Here are the regional coordinators:

West Coast
August Cole - (SF): acole@marketwatch.com
Mary Zerafa - S. Calif and West Coast (based in LA): Mary.Zerafa@laopinion.com
Lucy Mohl - Northwest (based in Seattle) lmohl@seattletimes.com

Midwest
Regina McCombs - Midwest - (based in Minn): regina@startribune.com
Scott Anderson - Midwest (based in Chicago) SBAnderson@tribune.com
Denise Polverine - Midwest (based in Cleveland) dpolveri@cleveland.com
Steve Fox - Midatlantic (based in DC) steve.fox@washingtonpost.com

South
Hyde Post - South (based in Atlanta): hpost@ajc.com
Oscar Martinez - South (based in Texas): OMartinez@dallasnews.com
Joe Murphy - South (based in North Carolina): jmurphy@journalnow.com

Northeast
Andrea Panciera - New England (based in Providence) apancier@projo.com
Suzanne Rowland - NYC: Suzanne.m.rowland@abc.com
Angela Morgenstern - NYC: amorgenstern13@mac.com

Please contact your regional coordinator if you're interested in finding out about regional activities or getting involved.

Please contact Membership Chair Jonathan Dube at jdube@journalists.org if you have any questions or ideas or want to volunteer as a regional coordinator in your area.

And stay tuned for upcoming local events in your area!