AP to produce earnings stories using automative technology
The Associated Press announced in an advisory to customers Monday that the majority of U.S. corporate earnings stories for its business news report will eventually be produced using automation technology. Lou Ferrara, a vice president and managing editor of AP, wrote: For many years, we have been spending a lot of time crunching numbers and […]
AP to change daily markets story
The Associated Press sent out the following advisory to its clients on Friday: Starting next month, The Associated Press will take a fresh approach to its coverage of global financial markets. Instead of two separate stories each day — one about U.S. markets and the other about international markets — AP will produce a single […]
AP seeks gambling industry reporter
The Associated Press is seeking a full-time gambling industry reporter in Las Vegas, with a focus on strong beat reporting, source development and accountability journalism. The reporter must be able to work across departments and formats, especially video. He/she works with the news editor to set beat agenda and develop aggressive spot and hard-edged enterprise […]
Gibbs named new AP biz editor
Lisa Gibbs, a former executive business editor at the Miami Herald and a senior writer at Money, has been appointed AP’s business editor. Gibbs will oversee more than 65 business reporters and editors worldwide. She will be based in New York and start the job in late August. She replaces Kevin Shinkle, who left to oversee […]
What’s behind wire service departure from Treasury
Denny Gulino, a senior correspondent at Market News International, writes about the decision by the four major wire services — Associated Press, Bloomberg News, Dow Jones Newswires and Reuters — to depart from staffing the Treasury Department. Gulino, who has covered the Treasury since the 1980s, writes, “At this writing, four adjacent cubicles in the […]
AP hires biz reporter Horwitz for investigative team
The Associated Press has hired business journalist Jeff Horwitz to join its expanding investigative team based out of Washington. Horwitz is currently on a Knight-Bagehot fellowship at Columbia University. As a reporter for American Banker between 2009 and 2013, he wrote about banks’ legal woes and the fallout from the housing crisis. He documented how […]
AP hires editor for biz news desk in DC
AP deputy business editor Brad Foss sent out the following staff hire announcement on Monday: It’s a pleasure to announce that Tomoko Hosaka, who previously worked for the AP in Japan, will join Business News as the desk supervisor in the Washington bureau, working with Fred Monyak and the economics team. She starts on May […]
AP business editor Shinkle quits for Delta PR job
Kevin Shinkle, the business editor of the Associated Press, has resigned to accept a position as senior vice president of corporate communications at Delta Air Lines. Shinkle’s staff was told of his resignation on Friday morning. In an email to Talking Biz News, Shinkle called the decision to leave business journalism “excruciating” but called it […]
AP biz reporter Freed leaving for PR job
Doug Glass, the news editor for the Associated Press in Minnesota and Wisconsin, sent out the following staff announcement on Wednesday: I’m writing to let you know that Josh Freed is leaving AP, and Minneapolis, to work for American Airlines’ media operation in Dallas. It’s a good fit for Josh, who became an airline expert […]
Foss promoted to AP deputy biz editor
Brad Foss, an assistant business editor who has helped direct The Associated Press’ coverage of the global economy for the past five years, has been promoted to deputy business editor. An AP story states. “In his new role, Foss will shape the daily business report and work with the department’s editors to deliver even more […]
