Vice President, ABCNews.com; President, Online News Association; Publisher, CyberJournalist.net
Greater New York City Area
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- Vice President (General Manager), ABCNews.com at ABC News
- Publisher at CyberJournalist.net
- Columnist / Visiting Faculty at Poynter Institute
- President at Online News Association
- Past
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- Director of Digital Media, CBC News at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Editorial Director, CBC.ca at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Managing Producer at MSNBC.com
- Senior Editor at The Media Center at The American Press Institute
- National Producer at ABCNEWS.com
- Staff Writer at Charlotte Observer
- Freelancer at The New York Times
- State Capital Reporter at Danbury News-Times
- Writer at Newsday
- Writer at Middletown Press
- Education
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- Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
- Wesleyan University
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Jonathan Dube’s Summary
Jonathan Dube is Vice President of ABCNEWS.com. An award-winning leader in digital media, he also serves as the President of the Online News Association; the founder and publisher of CyberJournalist.net, a site about how technology is transforming the media; and a columnist and occasional visiting faculty member for The Poynter Institute.
He's been described as "a major figure in the online-news business" by Editor & Publisher magazine and "a web reporting pioneer" by The Poynter Institute. Among his accomplishments, he was one of the first journalists to use the blog format to cover news, when he blogged Hurricane Bonnie for The Charlotte Observer in 1998.
Dube has also worked as Director of Digital Media for CBC News, Editorial Director for CBC.ca, Managing Producer of MSNBC.com and National Producer for ABCNEWS.com. Among his many honors, he won the Online News Association's first Breaking News Award in 2000 for his coverage of the World Trade Organization protests. He has a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University School of Journalism, which awarded him its first-ever New Media Award.
Jonathan Dube’s Specialties:
General management, strategic planning, business development, P&L, online content, product development, digital media, online news
Jonathan Dube’s Experience
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Vice President (General Manager), ABCNews.com
ABC News
(Public Company; DIS; Broadcast Media industry)
2008 — Present (1 year)
General manager responsible for the strategic planning, business strategy, editorial content and production of ABC’s 24-hour online news service.
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Publisher
CyberJournalist.net
(Online Media industry)
2000 — Present (9 years)
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Columnist / Visiting Faculty
Poynter Institute
(Online Media industry)
2000 — Present (9 years)
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President
Online News Association
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
2000 — Present (9 years)
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Director of Digital Media, CBC News
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
2007 — 2008 (1 year)
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Editorial Director, CBC.ca
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
(Online Media industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
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Managing Producer
MSNBC.com
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
2000 — 2005 (5 years)
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Senior Editor
The Media Center at The American Press Institute
(Online Media industry)
2002 — 2005 (3 years)
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National Producer
ABCNEWS.com
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
March 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 4 months)
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Staff Writer
Charlotte Observer
(Public Company; Online Media industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
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Freelancer
The New York Times
(Public Company; Newspapers industry)
1996 — 1997 (1 year)
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State Capital Reporter
Danbury News-Times
(Newspapers industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
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Writer
Newsday
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Newspapers industry)
1994 — 1994 (less than a year)
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Writer
Middletown Press
(Online Media industry)
1993 — 1994 (1 year)
Jonathan Dube’s Education
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Columbia University - Graduate School of Journalism
Masters of Science , New Media / Journalism , 1996 — 1997
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Wesleyan University
B.A. , History
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Jonathan Dube’s Interests:
New technologies, ONAconference
Jonathan Dube’s Honors:
Online Journalism Awards, 2000. Winner, Breaking News. For coverage of WTO protests.
Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards, 2000.
* First Place, Online News Feature Writing. For 3 stories, including one on Columbine.
* First Place, Online Spot News Reporting. For coverage of a Native American whale hunt.
* Second Place, Online Spot News Reporting. For coverage of the WTO protests.
* First Place, Online Business Reporting. For interactive story about rise and fall of AT&T.
New Media Award, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 1997
Society of Professional Journalists Excellence in Journalism Awards, 1995.
* First Place, Investigative Series. For coverage of a spate of teenage suicide attempts.
* First Place, Investigative Article. For investigation of priest sexually abusing children.
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