02/13/06

Judy Miller, Miami Herald managing editor, named AP national editor

NEW YORK -- Judy Miller, a managing editor of The Miami Herald who supervised coverage that led to two Pulitzer Prizes, has been named national editor of The Associated Press.

The appointment was announced Feb. 13 by Kristin Gazlay, AP's deputy managing editor for national news.

As national editor, Miller will oversee all national news outside of Washington, D.C., including specialist teams of reporters covering areas such as health, science and religion.

Miller currently is managing editor for news and features at the Herald, where she helped lead the staff to Pulitzers in breaking news reporting in 2001 for coverage of the Elian Gonzalez case and investigative reporting in 1999 for uncovering widespread voter fraud in a city mayoral election that subsequently was overturned.

She has held numerous other positions at the Herald, and also served as deputy city editor at the San Francisco Chronicle and metro editor at the now-defunct Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif.

She also was part of the team whose work led to the Herald's Pulitzer for public service in 1993 for coverage of Hurricane Andrew.

She is a past president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720