Nearly nine months ago when I came to work at The Heritage Foundation as director of the Center for Media & Public Policy, I embarked on a new path in my career. Having spent the previous five years as a reporter in Washington, it wasn’t an easy decision to make, but in retrospect one that I’m glad I did.

Now, after fully embracing the blogosphere on this site and as contributor at RedState, I have been tasked with a new challenge. Yesterday during an all-staff meeting at Heritage, our president, Ed Feulner, announced several structural changes. One of them involves my taking over as editor-in-chief of Heritage.org.

The new responsibility is part of Heritage’s commitment to adapt and remain the best think tank in Washington. Feulner’s announcement came on the same day as the book “Forces for Good” was released. The book prominently features Heritage as one of 12 “exemplary organizations”; other non-profits such as the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Habitat for Humanity and Teach for America also made the cut.

Given that wonderful news, Feulner was asked, “Why change anything?” His answer is one that came as no surprise. Heritage has always been evolving as a think tank to keep pace with the latest technology and trends on Capitol Hill. There’s no better example of this than Heritage’s relationship with Townhall.com throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, and then its subsequent spin off in 2005. Heritage believed Townhall could be more effective on its own, and the decision proved to be exactly right as its relationship with Salem has blossomed.

For me personally, the new responsibility means that I’ll be developing editorial content for Heritage.org and working closely with other departments to better present Heritage’s vast amount of content online. I’ll retain my title as director of the Center for Media & Public Policy, but I’ll now add editor-in-chief as well.

To handle the added workload, I’ll be hiring a No. 2. Job duties will include helping with management of Heritage.org, promoting Heritage products to bloggers, writing and editing duties, which include development of an active blog. The Center for Media & Public Policy will continue to oversee the Computer-Assisted Research and Reporting boot camps that Mark Tapscott started when he held this job. I’ll be searching for someone who can assist with the expansion of CARR and new ways to market it to journalists and bloggers.

If you know of anyone who would be interested in working at Heritage, please send have them e-mail me. In the meantime, I plan to seek advice both internally and externally as I look ahead to the new challenge.