Susan DeSantis, an award-winning journalist with expertise in both digital and print media, has joined the New York Law Journal as its deputy editor-in-chief.

DeSantis comes to ALM from The Record in Northern New Jersey where she was the editor in charge of the digital site, northjersey.com, during the early-morning hours. At the website and newspaper, she was responsible for major breaking news and was the editor who dispatched dozens of reporters and photographers to the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks.