Melanie Sill

Current

• Editor and Senior Vice President at The Sacramento Bee

Past

• Executive Editor/ Senior VP at The News & Observer
• Managing Editor at The News & Observer

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Harvard University

Connections

134 connections

Industry

Newspapers

Websites

• My Company

Melanie Sill’s Summary

Project management, strategic planning, operational leadership

Melanie Sill’s Specialties:

Content strategy, publishing, communications

Melanie Sill’s Experience

• Editor and Senior Vice President

  The Sacramento Bee

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)

  November 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

  Oversee news and information for print and online editions of The Sacramento Bee, California's capital region news source

• Executive Editor/ Senior VP

  The News & Observer

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)

  May 2002 — November 2007 (5 years 7 months)

  Oversee news content and strategy for daily print and online news organization

• Managing Editor

  The News & Observer

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MNI; Newspapers industry)

  January 1998 — May 2002 (4 years 5 months)

Melanie Sill’s Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  BA , Journalism , 1977 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Beta Kappa; The Daily Tar Heel

• Harvard University

  Activities and Societies:

  Nieman Fellow (journalism) 1993-94

Additional Information

Melanie Sill’s Websites:

• My Company

Melanie Sill’s Interests:

Leadership, online networking and journalism, music (guitar), gardening

Melanie Sill’s Groups:

National Freedom of Information Coalition Board of Directors, Elon University School of Communications Board of Advisers

•    UNC Alumni
•    Newspaper Professionals Network

Melanie Sill’s Honors:

Edited 1995 newspaper series, "Boss Hog: N.C.'s Pork Revolution" that won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service for The News & Observer, North Carolina's state capital daily

Melanie Sill’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• getting back in touch