Ms. Retha Hill

BET.com Vice President of Content Development

As vice president for content development, Hill is responsible for BET.com's content strategy, including integration of BET Network news and features.

Formerly, Hill was executive producer for special sections at washingtonpost.com, where she specialized in creating new vertical market products.  Previously, she held responsibility for long-range planning for the Web site's arts and entertainment coverage.  Hill joined the Post Web site as content developer of the site's first local portal.  Before joining the paper's online division, Hill spent several years as a metro reporter atThe Washington Post.                


A 1999 McCormick Tribune Fellow, Hill has been a visiting faculty member at The Poynter Institute.  As a 1992-93 Freedom Forum fellow, Hill created and implemented a program to improve high school journalism in the District of Columbia Public School System.  She is a member of the National Press Club, the Washington Association of Black Journalists and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.  As a member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Hill serves as chair of the association's newly created New Media Task Force, whose mission is to train journalists and students in online content and business development.  Hill also speaks frequently on online ethics.