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02/23/2005


Bouryal named assistant bureau chief for Pennsylvania


PHILADELPHIA -- Kristie Kiernan Bouryal, director of news coverage and editorial for ABCNEWS Digital in New York, has been appointed assistant chief of bureau for The Associated Press in Pennsylvania.

The appointment was announced Feb. 23 by Sally Carpenter Hale, Pennsylvania chief of bureau.

Before moving to ABC's online division, Bouryal was manager of news and programming for ABC News Radio in New York. She also founded the Affiliate Services Unit of ABC News Radio.

Bouryal holds a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University.

She succeeds Jodie DeJonge, who was named chief of bureau in Trenton, N.J.

Contact: Ellen Hale, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720

 

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