Beth Belton, a veteran business journalist, has been named news editor of a new financial desk being created in the Associated Press’ Washington bureau, according to a wire story.
The AP story stated, “Under Belton’s direction, the new desk will provide added breadth and depth to AP’s business news coverage. It will focus on corporate and regulatory activity for a premium service, AP Financial News, that was started in 2004.
“Belton, 50, was online news editor for BusinessWeek from 2000 until this year, overseeing a significant expansion of the news magazine’s Internet presence. Before that, she was a reporter and editor for the Money section of USA Today for 10 years. She also has worked for investment publications and The Washington Times.”
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