04/06/06

Adam Geller named AP national writer

NEW YORK -- Adam Geller, a business writer for The Associated Press since 2000, has been named an AP national writer, based in New York.

Jerry Schwartz, editor of AP NewsFeatures, announced the appointment on April 6.

As a business writer, Geller has covered labor, employment and workplace issues. He has produced stories about a company that struggled to recover from the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, the use of illegal workers to clean Wal-Mart stores, and what happened at one company when a male executive became a female.

His work has been recognized by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the National Headliners Awards and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

A graduate of Indiana University, he has been a reporter for The Record of Bergen County, N.J., The Tampa (Fla.) Tribune and the Chillicothe (Ohio) Gazette. He also worked as a freelance writer and English teacher in Japan.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1730