08/30/2004

Jodie DeJonge promoted to AP bureau chief for New Jersey

NEW YORK -- Jodie DeJonge, Associated Press assistant chief of bureau in Philadelphia, has been appointed AP's bureau chief for New Jersey.

The announcement was made Aug. 30 by Tom Brettingen, senior vice president of Newspaper & New Media Markets.

DeJonge replaces Dan Day, who resigned from the AP after 23 years in various positions.

DeJonge joined the AP in 1989, and has been assistant bureau chief in Philadelphia since February. She earlier served as news editor in AP bureaus in Indianapolis and Albuquerque, N.M.

A native of Grand Rapids, Mich., DeJonge joined the AP in Milwaukee after working for The Northwest Herald in Crystal Lake, Ill.

She is a graduate of Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va.

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