David Olson has been editor of The Salem News since 2006, overseeing its print edition, website, magazines and now, social media efforts. As a reporter, his beats included the New England fishing industry and Massachusetts politics. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Olson has also served as Boston bureau chief for Ottaway Newspapers,, education editor for the Times Herald-Record of Middleton, N.Y., and editor-in-chief of The Gloucester, Mass, Daily Times. In 2009 he led an APME Online Journalism Credibility Project on creating a credible social media presence from the ground-up.