Washington Post taps Chia-Ming Liu as projects editor, new initiatives

The following excerpt was sent out from The Washington Post’s director of strategic initiatives Elite Truong:

We are excited to announce that Marian Chia-Ming Liu will become a projects editor focused on new initiatives, which includes Lede Lab, The Post’s storytelling R&D team, and other strategic initiatives. Marian will work with partners across the company to identify and realize opportunities to expand the reach of Post journalism.

Marian takes on this role after a successful run as operations editor with Metro, where she trained staff on Ellipsis, The Post’s primary digital publishing system.

Previously she was a writer, music critic and editor at CNN in Hong Kong and several newspapers, including the Seattle Times, San Jose Mercury News and Source Magazine. She also launched a hyperlocal entertainment site and app for the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

Marian is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, with a degree in mass communications and integrative biology, and earned an executive MBA from the University of Washington.

Please congratulate her on the new role. Her first day will be May 31.