Beacon Journal hires marketing director

Christine Sabo, who has spent most of her career in markeing communications with the Newspaper Asspociaton of America, has been hred as marketing and community relations director for the Beacon Journal.

Sabo replaces Rita Kelly Madick, who left the Beacon Journal in November.

Sabo was raised in Norton and graduated from Norton High School and the University of Akron. After college, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a reporter for a few years at a weekly newspaper before joining the NAA.

Sabo moved back to the Akron area 10 years ago but continued to work for the NAA, eventually on a contract basis through her business, Partners Institute Inc.

The 43-year-old said she moved back to Akron because it was home, her family was here and because of ''the exceptional community we have here.''

Sabo lives in Bath Township with her husband, Edward Sunkin, also an Akron native. They are finalizing the adoption of their 1-year-old son, Joseph

Click on the headline to see the full story by Betty Lin-Fisher which appeared on the Business section front today.