AP hires new personal finance editor

Trevor Delaney will join the Associated Press next month as personal finance editor, according to an e-mail announcement Friday from new AP business editor Hal Ritter. 

The personal finance editor slot is a new position at AP that will oversee the development of and direct a new AP personal finance service for print and online. Â

Ritter wrote, “Trevor is the editorial director for personal finance at Black Enterprise magazine. He’s in charge of personal finance coverage across all platforms at the company — the magazine, web site, television and radio. Before joining BE, he worked at ALM Media (formerly American Lawyer Media), where he launched and then ran two magazines, Law Firm Inc. and Small Firm Business.  Before ALM Media, he was a staff writer for SmartMoney and wrote for the investing section of the magazine.

“Trevor has a degree in business from Georgetown, a law degree from Emory University School of Law and a master’s in journalism from Columbia. His experience launching products and driving personal finance coverage as both reporter and editor is the combination we were looking for to lead personal finance coverage at the AP. Trevor will start July 16.”

At Black Enterprise, one of Delaney’s chief responsibilities was writing and editing the Moneywise section of the magazine, the department that offers expert money management and investment advice, and contributing to the writing and editing of financial-related feature stories.