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He's been described as "a web reporting pioneer" by The Poynter Institute, "a major figure in the online-news business" by Editor & Publisher and "one of the first journalists to use an online (Weblog) journal" by The New York Times. (More comments) As Vice President of ABCNEWS.com, Dube is the general manager responsible for the strategic planning, business strategy, editorial content and production of the network's 24-hour online news service. He also serves as President and board member of the international Online News Association, running the world's largest association of online journalists, with more than 1,500 members. He has previously served as the organization's Vice President and chaired the organization's conferences in 2003 in Chicago and 2004 in Hollywood. Dube is also the founder and publisher of CyberJournalist.net,
a site about how technology is transforming the media. (CyberJournalist.net
in the news) Dube won the first national Online Journalism Award for Breaking News for his coverage of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle. 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. Dube joined ABC News from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he was Director of Digital Media responsible for leading the strategic planning, product development, business development, editorial programming and delivery of CBC News across digital media platforms. Dube also previously served as Editorial Director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's award-winning website, CBC.ca, overseeing all editorial content and staff. Prior to joining the CBC, he served as managing producer for MSNBC.com, overseeing site-wide editorial planning and the front page of one of the largest Internet news sites; serving as the key liaison between the technology and editorial staffs; and coordinating with partners such as NBC News, Microsoft and Newsweek. He also served as the site's technology editor, overseeing the site's technology coverage and content partnerships. After Sept. 11, he helped write and edit war coverage. Prior to joining MSNBC.com, Dube worked for ABCNEWS.com for the first time, as a national producer. While there, he covered stories such as the Columbine High School shooting, the WTO protests in Seattle, the presidential campaign and international terrorism. He managed the site's coverage of the Microsoft antitrust trial and, working with ABC News Investigative reporter Brian Ross, broke the news online that a student known as Mafiaboy had been arrested for attacking major Internet sites. He also shot digital photos and video, created interactive graphics, filed reports for ABC Radio and worked with ABC News correspondents and producers. Prior to joining ABCNEWS.com, Dube spent most of his career in newspapers. He's covered New York City for The New York Times and New York Newsday, covered Connecticut state politics for The Danbury News-Times, and covered crime in the South for The Charlotte Observer. While at The Observer, he helped write a Weblog covering Hurricane Bonnie in 1998, the first time a news site used the Weblog format to cover breaking news. 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). Scanlan's book also cites a story of Dube's as an example of great lead writing. He has also written or worked for the Columbia Journalism Review, The Washington Monthly, CBS Evening News, The New York Observer, APBNEWS.com, The Hartford Courant, The Middletown Press, The Chronicle of Higher Education and The South London Press. A native New Yorker, Dube has a bachelor's degree from Wesleyan University in Middleton, Conn., and a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where he studied new media and now serves on the school's Annual Fund Committee. Dube currently lives in New York with his wife, who is also a journalist, and his beagle, who is also very curious. You can reach Jonathan Dube at jon (at) jondube.com. |
Jonathan Dube is
a leader, teacher and pioneer in digital news. An award-winning print and online journalist,
Jonathan Dube is the President of the Online News Association, the Vice-President in charge of ABCNews.com and the Publisher of CyberJournalist.net.