Vanessa Williams To Become Assistant Metro Editor

We are delighted to announce that Vanessa Williams, currently a senior editor on the Continuous News desk, will become Assistant Metro Editor with responsibility for overseeing the section’s coverage for washingtonpost.com.

This is an important step in the evolution of Metro’s commitment to extend its coverage on the Web and other multimedia platforms. Continuous News will still have an important role in overseeing and providing coverage for the Web, especially on weekday mornings. For most of the rest of the time, however, Metro, under Vanessa’s leadership, will take the initiative itself to ensure that wp.com