The Nation hires MSNBC editor for Website

The Nation, one of the U.S.'s leading liberal news magazines has hired Joan Connell as the magazine's new Web editor.

Connell has worked as Executive Producer for Opinions at MSNBC.com from 1997 to last year, developing the network's first weblogs. As senior editor at MSNBC.com for the past two years, she also worked on developing citizen journalism initiatives for the site. According to a Nation press release, she also was a Pulitzer Prize nominee in 1994.

The magazine announced Connell's hiring as part of a general expansion of the magazine's online presence, including RSS and podcast feeds and as well as greater interactivity among Nation writers and readers.