NJ Adds Digitally Savvy David Beard to Masthead

NJ‘s top brass continually say that the mission leading up to the website roll out in October is to become a “digital first” news organization.  Today the publication announced the hire of David Beard as Deputy Editor-in-Chief and Online Editor. Beard comes from Boston.com, which is now the 8th biggest newspaper site in the nation as of August (Nielsen), measured by unique users. Boston.com, the website of the Boston Globe, attracts between 180 million to 200 million page views a month.