Jim Roberts Is Mashable’s Executive Editor and Chief Content Officer

Today is an exciting day for me. I’m joining a new family, as executive editor and chief content officer at Mashable.

To some it might seem a bit of a departure. You might imagine a headline like: "Longtime New York Times and Reuters veteran forsakes legacy media for digital upstart."

Although this is the beginning of a new journey, it also feels like the natural progression for an editor who loves the news and loves even more the opportunity to experiment with new and innovative ways of spreading it to an audience — and growing that audience in the process.

During the past eight years, I’ve had the privilege of working with some of the smartest and most innovative digital journalists on the planet. Read more...