01/25/2005

Benjaminson named supervisory correspondent for AP's Houston bureau

DALLAS -- Wendy Benjaminson, an assistant managing editor at the Houston Chronicle, has been named supervisory correspondent for the Houston bureau of The Associated Press.

AP Texas Chief of Bureau Dale Leach announced Benjaminson's appointment Jan. 25.

Benjaminson began her journalism career in 1983 at The Washington Times. She later worked as a reporter for United Press International and Market News Service before joining The Associated Press' Washington bureau in 1990 as night political editor.

She worked briefly in the AP's Houston bureau before joining the former Houston Post in 1992 as assistant city editor. She moved to the Chronicle a year later and has served in various roles, including assistant state editor, politics editor, metropolitan editor and, currently, assistant managing editor in charge of the Sunday paper.

Benjaminson, a 1983 graduate of the University of Maryland, replaces Michael Graczyk, who is moving to a broader reporting role with the AP in Texas.

Contact: Ellen Hale, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720