AP’s Hussein moves to health care policy beat
Associated Press reporter Fatima Hussein is now covering health care policy. She has been covering the Treasury Department for the AP for past five years. Previously, Hussein had 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 […]
AP’s Sweet adds IRS, tax policy to coverage
Associated Press business reporter Ken Sweet has added the Internal Revenue Service and tax policy to his beat. He will continue to cover banking. Sweet writes about the nation’s biggest banks, their regulators and how financial services impact Americans. “The IRS is a substantial part of the federal government and one of the few agencies that Americans must […]
Tech reporter Liedtke departing AP
Michael Liedtke, a technology and business reporter for the Associated Press since 2000, has accepted its buyout offer and is departing after 26 years. His last day is Thursday. He has been in journalism for 43 years. “I feel like I still have a few stories to tell so it seems likely you will still […]
AP’s Bauder is retiring
David Bauder, the national media reporter for the Associated Press, is retiring. Bauder is the AP’s national media writer, covering the intersection of news, politics and entertainment. He is based in New York. “I decided to raise my hand to volunteer and Thursday is my last day after nearly 40 years,” he wrote on Facebook. […]
AP tech reporter, Business Insider editor named Knight fellows
An Associated Press technology reporter and the deputy editor of defense coverage for Business Insider have been selected for The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. All the fellows will be in Cambridge studying at MIT and other leading research universities in the Boston area. They’ll also attend seminars by leading scientists and storytellers, take […]
Reuters hires AP’s Vucci in DC
Reuters Washington pictures editor Jessica Koscielniak and Washington bureau chief Craig Timberg shared the below note with staff: Colleagues, We are thrilled to announce that Evan Vucci will join Reuters exceptional U.S. photo staff in March as a senior photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. Evan is one of the most respected photojournalists in Washington and […]
Seitz departing AP for KFF
Associated Press reporter Amanda Seitz is departing the news wire to join KFF to cover health care policy in Washington. She will start her new position next week. Seitz has spent the last three years covering the legislation, regulations and politics that shape the U.S health care system. She previously covered misinformation for the AP. She also […]
AP taps Yamat to cover airlines and travel
The Associated Press has named Rio Yamat its airlines and travel reporter on the business news desk. Before joining AP’s business desk, she covered news in the U.S. Southwest more broadly for the AP, with a focus on Nevada. Based in Las Vegas, she’s covered some of the biggest stories in Nevada since 2016, including the 2017 […]
Covering retail as a consumer economy story
Meredith Klein of Meredith & the Media interviewed Anne D’Innocenzio, the national retail reporter for the Associated Press, about her job. Here is an excerpt: As a national retail writer for the Associated Press, you closely follow Walmart, Target, and other major retailers on how they’re overhauling their businesses in a dramatically shifting landscape—economically and politically. […]
AP seeks an energy transition reporter in SE Asia
Do you follow the green energy transition taking place in Southeast Asia, from investments in renewables to electrification of transportation to cleaner industry in major cities? Do you wonder if the Belt and Road Initiative will lead to greener infrastructure, or whether it will build in the use of more fossil fuel for decades? And finally, […]
