NAMES TO KNOW: Jon Dube, J'97, becames VP of ABCnews.com

From a memo by David Westin, president of ABC News about Jon Dube, J'97:

I am pleased to announce that Jonathan Dube will be returning to ABCNews.com next month as the new Vice President in charge of our website. Jonathan worked with us in the early days of our site and then went on to a tour at MSNBC.com. Most recently he has been in charge of the digital platforms at the Canadian Broadcasting Company. In his new role at ABC News Digital, Jonathan will oversee the strategic planning, business strategy, editorial content, and production of our website. Jonathan will report to Paul Slavin.

He's also the current president of the Online News Association.

Jon's official bio:

JONATHAN DUBE
Vice President, ABCNEWS.com

Jonathan Dube was named vice president of ABCNEWS.com in August 2008. He is responsible for the strategic planning, business strategy, editorial content and production of the network’s 24-hour online news service.

Mr. Dube joined ABC News from CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), where he was Director of Digital Media responsible for leading the strategic planning, product development, editorial programming and delivery of CBC News across digital media platforms. Prior to this position, Mr. Dube served as the Editorial Director for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Web site, CBC.ca, where he oversaw the editorial content for Canada’s largest news and sports site.

Mr. Dube also currently serves as president and board member of the international Online News Association, overseeing the world's largest association of online journalists, with more than 1,500 members.

From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Dube was the managing producer of MSNBC.com. In that role, he oversaw site-wide editorial planning, the front page of the news site and worked on strategic initiatives. He first joined MSNBC.com in 2000 as technology editor and later served as senior producer.

In 1999, Mr. Dube worked with ABCNEWS.com for the first time as a national producer where he wrote, edited and produced national and international news such as the Columbine High School shooting, Microsoft trial and World Trade Organization protests.

Prior to joining ABCNEWS.com, Mr. Dube had spent most of his career in the newspaper industry. He covered local breaking news for The New York Times and New York Newsday, Connecticut state politics for The Danbury News-Times, and crime in the south for The Charlotte Observer. While at The Observer, he co-wrote a Weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie in 1998, the first time a news site used the Weblog format to cover breaking news.

Mr. Dube has received numerous honors throughout his career. He won the first national Online Journalism Award for Breaking News for his coverage of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle for ABCNews.com. At CBC News, he led the website to major awards in Canada and internationally, including numerous RTNDA Canada Awards and an EPpy Award. He has also won four online journalism awards and two investigative reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, as well as the first-ever new media award from Columbia University.

Additionally, Mr. Dube is the founder and publisher of CyberJournalist.net, a resource site for journalists. He writes a Web Tips column for Poynter.org, the Web site of The Poynter Institute. He has written about online journalism as a contributor to two books: Reporting and Writing: Basics for the 21st Century, by Christopher Scanlan (1999); and Shop Talk and War Stories: Journalists Examine Their Profession, by Janice Winburn (2003).

Mr. Dube is a native New Yorker and has a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University. He has a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he studied new media.

Congrats to Jon. His website: JonDube.com