Meet Roxanne Elias

Roxanne joins the newspaper world after working in broadcast journalism for nearly five years. She has worked in San Diego and Rochester, Minn.

Meet Elaine Sung

Elaine joins The Blade after 13 years at ESPN and ESPN.com. She also worked at the Miami Herald, the Washington Post and Newsday on Long Island.

Meet Trevor Hooth

Trevor joins The Blade after spending the summer as an intern for the Toledo Mud Hens. He is working on the sports copy desk.

Meet Ron Seibel

Ron is a Toledo-area native. He joins The Blade from the Albany (Ga.) Herald, where he was the sports editor.

Meet Ashley Bastock

Ashley joins our sports department. She has been freelancing for the Cleveland AP bureau, SB Nation and NEOSportsInsiders.com. She also worked as a Tim Russert Fellow at NBC's 'Meet the Press'.

Meet Dave Barkholz

Dave comes to the Blade with 33 years experience as a business and finance reporter. He has worked at Automotive News and other Crain Communications publications.

Meet Kate Mitchell

Kate joins The Blade from The Daily Telegram in Adrian, Mich. She is working on our copy desk as a paginator and copy editor.

Meet Liz Skalka

Liz comes to The Blade from Connecticut, where she was an enterprise/general assignment reporter for the Stamford Advocate. Liz is covering politics for The Blade.

Meet Kate Snyder

Kate joins The Blade from the Zanesville Times Recorder. She will helps us with coverage of cops, courts and general assignment.

Meet Scott Albert

Scott joins the digital desk as a web editor and Blade NewsSlide editor. He has worked at the Union-Tribune in San Diego, the Orange County Register, the Detroit Free Press, and the Commercial Appeal in Memphis.