Manning leaves Post for ASU

Jason Manning, the political editor for washingtonpost.com, will soon join Arizona State University as the new director of Student Media.
Manning will direct The State Press, the university’s independent campus daily with a circulation of 17,000; the ASU Web Devil, the online operation of The State Press; the weekly State Press Magazine; and Channel 2, a student-operated campus cable TV channel.
Manning has a deep background in digital media. Since January 2006 he has served as political editor at The Washington Post’s Web site, supervising teams of reporters, videographers, producers, bloggers and interns. Washingtonpost.com is third among all U.S. newspaper Web sites in usage.
“The Cronkite School is leading the way with innovation and forward thinking,” Manning said. “The opportunity to teach courses at Cronkite means rubbing elbows with some of the brightest faculty and most enterprising students in the country. I am thrilled to take part in what is going on here.”