About Us

Dr. Maria Hess 
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Maria Hess is the Editor-in-Chief of Delaware Today magazine. She and her team are responsible for the editorial content of four magazines: Delaware Today, Delaware Bride, The Ultimate Guide to Delaware, and 302 Health.

Maria has earned many awards for writing and editing from the Delaware Press Association and the National Federation of Press Women. During her five-year tenure as senior editor of Delaware Today, she created The Arts Buzz, a weekly blog currently featured on delawaretoday.com. She also established relationships with media partners WDEL and WHYY, and serves as a regular, on-air guest on WHYY’s newsmagazine, "First."

Prior to joining Delaware Today, Maria created, produced and hosted the PBS flagship television series "Living in Virginia," for which she earned two Emmy Awards, the National PBS Communications Award, and numerous other national and regional honors.

Maria earned a doctorate in Education and Leadership, and has been named the 2013 Communicator of Achievement by the Delaware Press Association. The highest honor the DPA bestows on its members, the award is given for a lifetime of achievement in the communications profession, recognizing exemplary service to the community and to humanity. Contact Maria at mhess@delawaretoday.com.

Beth Weiss
Art Director
Beth Weiss is Art Director of Delaware Today. For more than 25 years, she has worked as a creative director, art director, and graphic designer. Originally from Connecticut, and the seventh of eight creative siblings, her desire to art direct began at the ripe old age of 12. In previously held positions, Beth was creative director for several national magazines. She is happily married to her husband of 10 years, Carl. Contact Beth at bweiss@delawaretoday.com.

Drew Ostroski
Managing Editor
Drew Ostroski is Managing Editor of Delaware Today. He has worked throughout Delaware and nearby Maryland as a journalist for 25 years. Drew has won many awards throughout is career as a sportswriter, copy editor, and assistant editor in newspapers, as well as for his work at Delaware Today. Originally from Lewes, Drew lives in Newark with his wife and two children. Contact Drew at dostroski@delawaretoday.com

Ron Dubick 
Staff Photographer
Ron Dubick, staff photographer of Delaware Today, started his career at The News Journal Company in 1966 in the photography department. He left in 1981 to start his commercial business and photographed assignments from New England to Florida and westward to Texas and California. In 2001 Ron and his wife, Ellen, moved to Florida where he continued to photograph both commercial and editorial assignments. In 2011 the Dubicks moved back to the area to be with family, including two new granddaughters. In July of 2012 Ron began photographing for Delaware Today.
Contact Ron at rjdubick@earthlink.net.

Mark Nardone 
Staff Writer
Mark Nardone has worked as a writer and editor at Today Media for 17 years.  At Delaware Today, he has written regularly  about politics, food and drink, the arts, and local personalities, and his work has won a bronze medal for Writer of the Year in the annual City Regional Magazine Association editorial and design contest. Unlike most of his family, who live in coastal Sussex, Mark lives in Wilmington with his wife and son. Contact Mark at mnardone@delawaretoday.com.