During her tenure at PostLive, she raised the profile of the platform by linking it to the outlet's award-winning enterprise journalism and utilizing its deep bench of seasoned journalists as moderators.

She also created the high value editorial content, such as the successful Pre-Game series before presidential debates, a news-driven morning event called Coffee@WaPo, and the Security Tomorrow," conversations with columnist David Ignatius.

Working with newsroom leadership in 2016, Romano arranged for the Post to have its first-ever political convention venues outside the official workspaces in both Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Romano started at the Post in the paper’s acclaimed Style section, writing in-depth profiles on personalities like Jesse Jackson and Gary Hart.

[2] As a regional correspondent in Tulsa, she covered national issues including race relations, the fall of Enron, the death penalty, and both Oklahoma City bombing trials in Denver.

In 1991, she created and designed the Post's personality column, "The Reliable Source", which became a well read and high impact feature at the paper.