08/23/05

Editors named for asap, new Associated Press service for younger readers

NEW YORK -- The Associated Press has named five top editors for asap, its new service aimed at 18- to 34-year-old readers.

The appointments of Eric Carvin, Lisa Tolin, Shazna Nessa, Bernadette Tuazon and Caryn Brooks were announced Aug. 16 by Ted Anthony, editor of the new service.

The project, built on AP's journalism, is aimed at helping AP members reach the crucial young adult audience with bold and innovative online and print content. It is scheduled to launch next month.

Carvin, 32, was named news editor of asap after two years as the overnight news supervisor at AP headquarters in New York. A graduate of Yale University, he joined the news cooperative in 2000 after five years with the Facts On File World News Digest. He also served the AP as an editor for its National Desk, a news researcher and an exit poll analyst.

Tolin, 30, an editor at AP's National Desk since 2000, will oversee the service's lifestyles, sports and business coverage and its entertainment editor. A graduate of Barnard College, she served in a variety of supervisory roles at the National Desk, most recently as weekend national editor. Before arriving at the AP, Tolin was managing editor of Issues and Controversies On File.

Nessa, 28, asap's interactive editor, most recently has been creating interactive features as a multimedia news designer for the AP. A native of London, Nessa joined the AP Graphics staff in Paris in 1999. She is a graduate of the Sorbonne.

Tuazon, 40, has been named asap's photo editor after two years as the AP's senior photo editor for Latin America. She served as AP's international assignment photo editor and as state photo editor for Pennsylvania. Tuazon graduated from the University of the Philippines and has covered events ranging from national political conventions to the Olympics.

Brooks, 36, who helped produce the prototype for asap, has returned as the service's entertainment editor, her first permanent position at the AP. A graduate of Penn State University, she spent five years as arts and culture editor for Willamette Week, a Pulitzer Prize-winning alternative weekly in Portland, Ore. She recently completed a National Arts Journalism Program fellowship at Columbia University and has written for Newsday, The Oregonian and Metropolis Magazine.

contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720