03/01/07

Ron Fournier returns to AP as online political editor

NEW YORK -- Ron Fournier, who left The Associated Press last summer to edit a political Web site, is returning to the news cooperative in a new role as online political editor, AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll announced March 1.

Fournier was the AP's chief political writer at the time he left to edit Hotsoup.com, a site that was founded by a bipartisan group of prominent political strategists. Hotsoup was launched last fall as a nonpartisan forum for dialogue on politics as well as other topics including science and popular culture.

In his new role, Carroll said, Fournier will develop new approaches to the AP's online political and election coverage and lead new coverage on accountability and governing.

Fournier started in political reporting in Little Rock, Ark., covering Bill Clinton, who was governor at the time. He covered Clinton's presidential campaign and moved to Washington in 1993, where he spent 13 years covering politics and the White House.

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