Dube to join Canada's premier online news site

Via Editor & Publisher: Jonathan Dube will be stepping down in July as managing producer of MSNBC.com to become the editorial director of CBC.ca, the online Canadian news organization announced today.

Dube is currently based in Seattle. The award-winning journalist is on the board of the Online News Association. He also founded CyberJournalist.net and writes a column for Poynter Institute. He has written for numerous publications, including Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Monthly and The Charlotte Observer. In 1998, Dube was the first to cover breaking news -- Hurricane Bonnie -- by blogging on a mainstream news site, according to the CBC press release.

The editorial director is a new position at CBC.ca. "' ... it's a critical step as we continue to invest in increasing quality and service for the online audience. CBC.ca's goal is to be in the very top tier of quality media sites, on par with the BBC and the New York Times. We're confident Jonathan can help us do that,'" said Sue Gardner, senior director of CBC.ca.