I'm thrilled to announce that the Online News Association has hired its first full-time Web Editor, Sherry Skalko.

Sherry will play a key role in developing ONA's Web site, www.journalists.org, into an online destination that provides the resources digital journalists need to thrive in today's rapidly changing media environment. Among her first tasks is a revamp of the site and our membership database system.

An editor and content specialist with more than 16 years of experience in print, online and broadcast journalism, Sherry joins the Online News Association after spending the last two and a half years with the Tribune Company, most of it as the Online Editor of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (www.sun-sentinel.com). In that role, she worked with newsroom leaders in transitioning operations toward an online focus, training reporters and editors in multimedia production, and integrating print and online staffs.

Prior to joining the Sun-Sentinel in November 2005, she spent five years with ESPN.com, where she developed her background in multimedia content and platform integration. As the site's NHL editor, she initiated content sharing with ESPN: The Magazine, NHL2Night, Thursday Night Hockey and The Hockey News. As the site-wide Integration Editor, she managed multiplatform projects and event coverage with television news, studio and remote production, and programming departments.

A graduate of Boston University with a degree in Journalism, Sherry began her professional career at the Providence (R.I.) Journal before joining the Central Collegiate Hockey Association for two seasons as the Director of Communications.
Please join me in welcoming Sherry. She can be reached at sskalko@journalists.org.

Cheers,

Jonathan Dube
President
Online News Association
jdube@journalists.org