Liz Heron Leaves Facebook for The Huffington Post

Heron, hired by Facebook from the Wall Street Journal last March, announced recently that she is joining The Huffington Post as executive editor.

Liz Heron, Facebook’s head of news media partnerships, is going back into journalism. Heron, hired by Facebook from the Wall Street Journal last March, announced recently that she is joining The Huffington Post as executive editor.

Heron discussed the move in a Facebook post:

Friends, some news about me: I’m delighted to share with you that I’m joining The Huffington Post as executive editor. I’ve long been an admirer of The Huffington Post and its visionary founder, Arianna, who pioneered much of what defines digital media today.

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