Colleen Smith Armstrong has been promoted to group publisher of the San Juan Islands’ group. She will oversee the Islands’ Sounder, Journal of the San Juans and Islands’ Weekly. She will continue to serve as editor of the Sounder. Colleen has been with Sound Publishing for 11 years.

Armstrong has served as publisher of the Sounder since 2012. She was made associate publisher of the Sounder in summer of 2011 and has been editor since 2008. Prior to that, she managed the Islands’ Weekly on Lopez for five years.

Cali Bagby has been promoted to assistant editor of the Islands’ Sounder. She is also the editor and sales rep for the Islands’ Weekly on Lopez Island. Cali has been with Sound Publishing for three years. Prior to that, she was an embedded journalist in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Joanna Massey has joined the San Juan papers’ team as the new circulation manager  as well as office manager for the Islands’ Sounder.

Originally from the East Coast, Massey has spent the last five years on Orcas. She returned from a one-year trip to Australia in August with a new appreciation for international life.

With a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from American University, her experience has included cold case review with the Metropolitan Police in D.C and social work with abused women. She most recently worked at Islanders Bank.

Massey is an avid dog-lover and enjoys puzzles of all kinds. She says she is very excited to be part of the Sound Publishing team.

All three women live on Orcas Island.