AP’s Naishadham to cover Portugal and Spain
Suman Naishadham, who has been covering environmental policy around water for The Associated Press, has moved to the Spain and Portugal beat. She has been covering environmental policy for more than three years and was also an AP desk editor and reporter. Naishadham has also worked freelance with her work appearing in Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, […]
AP, KFF Health and NPR’s Thompson win Barlett & Steele Awards
The winners of the 18th Annual Barlett and Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism shine a spotlight on how the decisions of a powerful few impact the vulnerable many. A two-year nationwide investigation by the Associated Press took the top honor among global and national publications for its series showing the direct links between prison […]
AP hires Grattan from Reuters to cover Amazon
Global Climate and Environment News Director Peter Prengaman announced that Steven Grattan will join AP as an Amazon correspondent, based in Bogota, Colombia: Steven comes to AP from Reuters, where he was a member of their breaking news team based in Sao Paulo. Before working for Reuters in Brazil, Steven, a native of Northern Ireland, […]
Columbus Dispatch hires Hendrickson to cover medical business
The Columbus Dispatch has hired Samantha Hendrickson to cover medical business and health care. She is a reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus. Before joining Report for America, she was a general assignment and business reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Hendrickson is a proud alumnus of The Minnesota Daily, the University of Minnesota’s student-run paper, […]
Pollard joining AP’s biz news desk to cover philanthropy
Associated Press reporter James Pollard is joining the wire service’s business desk to cover philanthropy. Pollard will cover how new generations and technology are changing giving. He currently covers state government and inequality for the AP in Columbia, South Carolina. Before joining the Report for America corps, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and political science […]
AP’s Bonnell becomes national security and foreign policy editor
AP Washington bureau chief Anna Johnson and deputy Washington bureau chief Michael Tackett sent out the following on Tuesday announcing that Courtney Bonnell will join AP’s team in Washington as the new national security and foreign policy editor: We know many of you have worked with Courtney over the years and know that in addition […]
Bloomberg hires Bleiberg to cover hacking and cybersecurity
Bloomberg News has hired AP reporter Jake Bleiberg to cover hacking and cybersecurity. He will start next month. Bleiberg has been based in Dallas for the AP, covering criminal justice, law enforcement and politics in Texas and across the country. He previously was a reporter for the Bangor Daily News in Maine. Bleiberg also worked for Vice […]
Reuters hires Stafford as global race and justice editor
Reuters has hired Kat Stafford to be its global race and justice editor. She will start on Sept. 5. Stafford has been with the Associated Press as a national investigative race reporter. She worked with AP journalists around the country and globally to deliver smart and impactful journalism on the issues of race and inequality. Stafford was […]
AP hires Grantham-Phillips to cover trending biz news
The Associated Press has hired Wyatte Grantham-Phillips to cover trending business news. She will start on April 24. Grantham-Phillips has been a trending reporter for USA Today. Her previous work can also be seen in Variety, The Santa Fe New Mexican, California Magazine and more. She is a graduate of Northwestern University.
WSJ’s Day returning to the Associated Press
Wall Street Journal data reporter Chad Day is returning to the Associated Press to be chief elections analyst. Day is the lead data reporter on The Wall Street Journal’s national politics team where he covers presidential campaigns, elections, demographics and money in politics. He also builds newsroom tools that help reporters explore data to better understand the […]
