Jessica Stoikes has joined Pavement Maintenance and Reconstruction as the assistant editor. Stoikes comes to the publication with a journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and five years of web writing under her belt. As assistant editor she is looking forward to continuing the magazine’s mission of bringing quality “how to” information to pavement maintenance contractors through a variety of media, including the publication, Blacktop Update (the magazine’s monthly e-newsletter), the website (www.pavementonline.com) and various social media including Facebook and Twitter. In addition to managing product information for the magazine Stoikes will handle the Contractor Snapshot department and write feature-length job stories and contractor profiles.
