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Biography of Craig Saila
Craig Saila specializes in online news media with a unique focus on creating engaging user experiences for web apps and content-rich sites; for more than a decade, he has led teams designing and developing for North America’s leading news sites.
In January 2008, he joined msnbc.com to guide the web design and development of its network of sites. Prior to msnbc.com, he worked at Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail. One of his notable achievements there was the first implementations of the social media features now standard on any mainstream news site.
Saila has worked directly — or through his consultancy, Saila Media — with a diverse range companies to help shape and define their online media presence. These include publications and financial service companies, as well as larger organizations such as Torstar, Canoe, Toronto Life, and the Ontario Science Centre. He helped create the curriculum for, and then went on to teach, one Canada's first university courses about online journalism.
Throughout his career, Saila has written and spoken about online media strategies and emerging trends. He also co-founded a national literary magazine, which published fiction and poetry from emerging writers across North America.
Craig Saila graduated from Ryerson University, with a Bachelor’s of Applied Arts in Journalism.