Robyn Tomlin is vice president of local news for McClatchy. She was previously president & editor of The News & Observer, The Durham Herald-Sun and southeast regional editor at McClatchy.  She was also VP/managing editor of The Dallas Morning News. Prior to that Tomlin was vice president for digital and communications at the Pew Research Center, where she was responsible for the center’s overall research dissemination, communications strategy and digital operations. Prior to Pew Research Center, she served as the founding editor of Digital First Media’s Project Thunderdome, a national digital news hub in New York producing content, news applications and interactives for more than 75 daily newspapers.

Tomlin also served as the top editor of three daily news operations: the StarNews in Wilmington, N.C., the Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner and the TimesDaily in Florence, Ala. During part of that time, she was also the director of editorial innovation for The New York Times Regional Media Group, leading digital innovation and audience growth strategies for 16 daily news operations located in six states. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Tomlin started her career as a reporter at the North Hills News Record in suburban Pittsburgh and later at the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times before moving into editing roles. She also sits on the board of directors for the American Society of News Editors.