John Hassell

Current

• Vice President of Content at Advance Internet

Past

• Deputy Managing Editor/Digital at The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
• Reporter at Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)
• Reporter at The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

• Managing Editor at The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, NY)

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Education

• Cornell University

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Connections

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Industry

Online Media

Websites

• My Company

John Hassell’s Summary

John Hassell’s Specialties:

Media management, new product development

John Hassell’s Experience

• Vice President of Content

  Advance Internet

  (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  As Vice President of Content at Advance Internet, Inc., I manage editorial operations and development for one of the country's largest and fastest-growing digital news companies. We are a leading creator of highly interactive, community-based news and information websites created in alliance with 34 newspapers owned and operated by Advance Publications, Inc., and its subsidiaries. Advance Internet, Inc., develops and manages 11 local websites including al.com, cleveland.com, lehighvalleylive.com, MassLive.com, MLive.com, NJ.com, NOLA.com, OregonLive.com, PennLive.com, SILive.com and syracuse.com, as well as two specialty sites, gulflive.com and MardiGras.com.

• Deputy Managing Editor/Digital

  The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)

  (Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

  1995 — November 2008 (13 years )

  For the final two of my 13 years at The Star-Ledger, I was the editor responsible for expanding the newspaper's presence on the Web and finding new ways of gathering and distributing local news and information. Key projects included building and managing a continuous news desk and training a staff of 330 in blogging, video and other multimedia skills; developing hyperlocal sites in Morristown and Newark; establishing the pharmaceutical industry niche site Pharmalot.com; and launching Ledger Live, a popular webcast. In earlier roles at the The Star-Ledger, I edited the Sunday and Monday papers and the Sunday Perspective section, and served as a foreign correspondent and national political correspondent.

• Reporter

  Asbury Park Press (Neptune, NJ)

  (Newspapers industry)

  1992 — 1995 (3 years )

  Municipal reporter, bureau chief, Statehouse correspondent and special projects writer.

• Reporter

  The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

  (Newspapers industry)

  1991 — 1992 (1 year )

  Early AM cops, general assignment.

• Managing Editor

  The Cornell Daily Sun (Ithaca, NY)

  (Newspapers industry)

  1990 — 1991 (1 year )

  Masochism 101

John Hassell’s Education

• Cornell University

  1987 — 1991

Additional Information

John Hassell’s Websites:

• My Company

John Hassell’s Interests:

Journalism, new media, technology.

John Hassell’s Honors:

Quill & Dagger Society
1998 Finalist for the Livingston Award for international reporting
2005 Pulitzer Prize (as lead writer on The Star-Ledger's coverage of the resignation of New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey)
2006 Silver Gavel Award (as editor of a Star-Ledger series on the USA Patriot Act)
Other awards from: Society of the Silurians, South Carolina Press Association, New Jersey Press Association, New Jersey Association of Black Journalists, South Asian Journalists Association.

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