Tomoko Hosaka Mullaney, deputy economics editor at the Associated Press, has left the news organization.
Mullaney is now vice president of The Asia Group in Washington, working on Japanese business and policy issues.
Mullaney was with the AP since May 2014. She helped guide editorial and storytelling strategy and operations for AP’s Washington, D.C.-based economy team.
She is also co-director of the AAJA: The Media Institute produced by the Asian American Journalists Association and led by a team of award-winning journalists. Its goal is to train thought leaders and sources, bringing more diverse voices to the conversation.
She previously worked in Tokyo for the AP as a business and technology reporter.