Associated Press promotes Veerasingham to executive VP and COO

The Associated Press named Daisy Veerasingham as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. She will be relocating to New York from London for her new role. The new role gives Veerasingham responsibility over all the company’s units, which will report to both her and CEO Gary Pruitt. Veerasingham will continue reporting to Pruitt […]

AP taps Myers as data editor

Justin Myers, a veteran data journalist who has been with The Associated Press for 6 years has been promoted to the role of data editor at the company. Previously, he held the post of data journalist and automation editor at AP. In this role, Myers will manage the data analysts on the data team and […]

The Associated Press seeks newsperson, water policy

The Associated Press seeks an enterprising reporter with a proven track record of developing sources and breaking stories to cover water regulatory and policy developments west of the Mississippi as a newsperson, based in Washington, D.C. This is a temporary position, lasting for two years. Reporting to a deputy health and science editor, this reporter […]

NY Times taps Schmall as its new correspondent

Emily Schmall is an award-winning foreign correspondent at The New York Times. She has been named the Times’ newest correspondent based in New Delhi. Previously, Schmall worked at The Associated Press for more than 6 years. She joined as a correspondent covering the Texas economy and news across 700 miles of the Lone Star State. […]

Crain’s Chicago promotes Zimmerman to deputy digital editor

Crain’s Chicago Business has promoted general assignment reporter Sarah Zimmerman to deputy digital editor for audience and social media. “We hired Sarah originally as a general assignment reporter, and it was her ability to think quickly on her feet and fill in well on any beat that gave us confidence she would adapt to the […]

Former AP reporter Tarinelli joins the NY Law Journal

Ryan Tarinelli, a temporary newsperson at The Associated Press, has joined The New York Law Journal as the Journal’s Albany-based reporter. There, he will be covering the statehouse, courts and similar things. Before coming to the AP, Tarinelli was working as a crime reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Prior to that, he was a reporting […]

AP broadcast journalist Byrne takes on expanded regional role

Paul Byrne, an experienced broadcast journalist at The Associated Press will take on an expanded regional role as he takes on the post of deputy news director for Latin America. Previously, Byrne has covered civil unrest, economic instability and other major stories in Latin America. In his new role, Byrne will be leading video coverage […]