01/22/2004

Deb Martin named AP news editor for Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deb Martin, day supervisor for The Associated Press in Columbus, has been promoted to news editor for Ohio.

The appointment was announced Thursday by Eva Parziale, Ohio chief of bureau.
Martin joined the AP in Columbus in June 1991. Before joining AP, Martin had worked nearly 16 years at The Marion Star, where she was assistant managing editor, city editor, wire editor and reporter.

She is a native of Burbank, Calif., and a graduate of Heidelberg College in Tiffin.
Martin succeeds Nancy Nussbaum, who has been named assistant chief of bureau for Ohio.

The Associated Press, founded in 1848, has more than 240 bureaus in the U.S. and abroad, providing news content in text, audio, video, graphics and photos to more than 15,000 news outlets with a daily reach of 1 billion people worldwide. AP's multimedia services are distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations.

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