AP biz editor Foss moves to top stories editor role

Brad Foss, who has been the Associated Press global business editor since December 2017, has moved to a top stories editor role.

He is assigning and editing coverage of the biggest news stories of the day, plus longer features.

Foss was previously a business reporter and deputy business editor at The Associated Press. He guided in-depth reporting projects on the financial crisis and the Great Recession, wealth inequality and the effects of technology on the workplace. The business news department has been a leader in digital experimentation and won numerous awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers during his tenure.

From 2001 through 2006, Foss was AP’s national energy and transportation reporter, covering Enron’s collapse, airline industry upheaval after 9/11 and the effects of Hurricane Katrina on oil and gas markets.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University and a master’s degree from Columbia University.