06/05/07

AP Press Release

Christina Almeida appointed AP news editor for Montana, Wyoming

NEW YORK -- Christina Almeida, night supervisor in the Los Angeles bureau of The Associated Press, has been named AP's news editor for Montana and Wyoming.
The appointment was announced June 5 by Denver Bureau Chief Jim Clarke, who oversees Montana and Wyoming.

Almeida joined the news cooperative in 2001 in San Diego and transferred later that year to Los Angeles. She moved in 2003 to the AP's Las Vegas bureau, where she worked for two years covering state politics and courts.

She returned to Los Angeles in 2005 as a growth and development reporter before becoming night supervisor last year.

A native of Los Angeles, Almeida graduated in 2001 from the University of Southern California with bachelor's degrees in print journalism and political science.

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