April 8, 2004

Steven Gutkin named AP chief of bureau in Jerusalem

NEW YORK -- Steven Gutkin, chief of Southeast Asia services in Jakarta, Indonesia for The Associated Press, has been named the AP's new chief of bureau in Jerusalem.

The appointment was announced Thursday by Deborah Seward, AP's international editor.

In his new post, Gutkin succeeds Dan Perry, who was named Europe-Africa editor, a new post in London.

Gutkin was previously AP bureau chief in Caracas, Venezuela, and before that an editor on the AP's International Desk in New York. He was a correspondent in Venezuela for five years and Colombia for seven years. In all, Gutkin has reported from 23 countries in Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

Gutkin has a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Pomona College.