Greg Barber

Digital news & product guy. Today, @radiofreeasia. Yesterday, @washingtonpost, @WaPoExpress, @newshour, @coralproject, @voxmedia.

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RFA welcomes Greg Barber as its first Head of Digital Operations and Innovation. His decades of industry experience will be invaluable as he helps lead the ongoing digital transformation of RFA's newsroom.

The full statement on @gjbarb's new role is here: https://t.co/ykQnT6xHPS

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@dmitryshishkin Oh, I’m so sorry, Dmitry. Love to you and your family.

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Discovered a stack of these while doing some house cleaning tonight. Evergreen questions and advice from experts via @coralproject. Still online! https://t.co/2nWDbA9fMQ

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@dmitryshishkin You and me both!

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@NewsEdJane @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks so much, Jane. I hope the honeymoon was relaxing!

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Professional news: I’m winding up my 18-year run at @washingtonpost next week to become a VP of product at @voxmedia, working to develop subscriber experiences that will inform and delight our audience. (1/)

https://t.co/rdUZ0CsWLL

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@colinmegill @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Colin!

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@shefalikulkarni @washingtonpost Thanks, Shefali!

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So long, @washingtonpost. And thanks for everything.

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@Kimbriell @washingtonpost Thanks, Kimbriell!

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- An ad for Trove
- A manual photo-sizing wheel I’ve apparently had since running my high-school newspaper
- The communicorn, a character spawned from the @coralproject project-naming sessions, c. 2015

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Finds from yesteryear discovered while cleaning out my office at @washingtonpost:

- Ad for DC Rider, an Express app for Metrorail commuters (2010-2019)
- Vintage 1990s-era @newshour mousepad
- Ad for a 2012 talk at UNC-Chapel Hill about young people’s news-consuming habits

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- Tape for a 1-point line used during newspaper paste-up
- A button for Trove, a news aggregator (2011-2015)
- A @washingtonpost 2020 election sticker
- A coaster for Express Night Out, a local entertainment site I ran because sure, I leave the house
- A @coralproject sticker

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@fozter @washingtonpost @voxmedia @jrstahl Thanks, Chris! I’ll keep your info handy for when I start up.

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@phoebedoris @rkellett @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Phoebe!

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@jrstahl @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Jess!

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@emottk @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Emily!

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@luciovilla @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Lucio!

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@LauraOliver @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Laura!

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@laurahertzfeld @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Laura!

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@rubinafillion @washingtonpost @voxmedia Thanks, Rubina!