CNBC hires Choi to edit business and consumer news

Candice Choi has been hired by CNBC to help edit business and consumer news stories. Choi has been at the Associated Press for 17 years, most recently as the water team leader. She was also a longtime food industry reporter, personal finance reporter, and business reporter. She spent 2017-18 as a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the […]

WSJ hires AP’s Arbel for speed and trending team

The Wall Street Journal has hired Tali Arbel as an editor on its speed and trending team. She previously has been at the Associated Press, covering technology and telecommunications. Arbel joined the AP in September 2007. She previously worked at People as a writer and researcher. She also interned at Conde Nast Traveler. Arbel holds a bachelor’s […]

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 […]

Gillespie named AP global business editor

Deputy head of news gathering Michael Giarrusso announced on Monday that deputy managing editor for U.S. news Noreen Gillespie will take on a new role leading AP’s business news coverage. Here’s the memo: We are excited to announce that Noreen Gillespie is the new Global Business Editor. Noreen has a long history of being involved […]

Bloomberg Industry’s Kessler joining AP’s data journalism team

Bloomberg Industry Group investigative reporter Aaron Kessler is joining the data journalism team at the Associated Press. He has been at Bloomberg Industry Group spearheaded an investigative unit that crosses over its industry groups such as Bloomberg Environment and Bloomberg Government. Before that, he was at CNN as a senior producer on the politics team. Kessler previously covered the […]

AP senior economics reporter Crutsinger is retiring

Martin Crutsinger, who has been covering the Federal Reserve for the Associated Press since 1984, is retiring. He covered 13 Treasury secretaries and five Federal Reserve chairs. Crutsinger graduated from the University of Texas in August 1971 with a degree in government. His first journalism job was at the Jacksonville Journal in Florida. He began […]

AP hires Hussein to cover Treasury Department

The Associated Press has hired Bloomberg Industry reporter Fatima Hussein to cover the Treasury Department. Hussein has been covering worker safety and environmental law stories for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Environment. She has also been president of the Washington Baltimore News Guild. Before Bloomberg, she was a legal affairs reporter at the Indianapolis Star and a […]

AP names Johnson its new Washington bureau chief

Associated Press executive editor Julie Pace and head of global news gathering Paul Haven sent out the following announcement on Monday: All, We are thrilled to announce that Anna Johnson, one of AP’s most dynamic and experienced news leaders, will be our next Washington bureau chief, putting her at the helm of AP’s coverage of […]

AP hires Heitmann from Dow Jones

The Associated Press has hired Kristin Heitmann as senior vice president and chief revenue officer, responsible for its revenue functions globally. She will start Jan. 3, 2022. Heitmann will lead a division comprising AP’s sales, product, marketing and customer operations worldwide. She will serve on the AP Management Committee and report to incoming President and […]

AP adds three to its leadership team

Associated Press executive editor Julie Pace sent out the following memo to the staff: In September, we announced a new leadership structure for News, including new positions overseeing global news gathering, global news production and global beats coverage. The goal of this structure is to increase our competitiveness across formats, particularly on breaking news; modernize our production […]