Robin Marty is the Director of Special Projects for the Center for Independent Media, a progressive online news organization with sites across the country. Previously hired on as the state coordinator for Minnesota Monitor (now the Minnesota Independent), Robin assisted in the opening of multiple CIM states and has been heavily involved in the recruiting and mentoring of new state coordinators. Robin has been blogging since 2004, when she started The Power Liberal, and currently runs WoMN Focus, a site dedicated to tracking news on female candidates in Minnesota.