02/14/2005

Armas named AP correspondent in State College, Pa.

PHILADELPHIA -- Genaro Armas, an Associated Press reporter in Washington, has been promoted to correspondent in State College, Pa.

The appointment was announced Feb. 14 by Chief of Bureau Sally Carpenter Hale.

Armas joined the AP in Albany, N.Y., in 1996. He transferred two years later to Philadelphia, where he covered general assignment news and professional and college sports.

Armas moved to Washington in 2000 to cover demographics. He also covered politics, housing and telecommunications.

Armas, who was born in New York, is a graduate of Syracuse University.

Contact: Ellen Hale, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720