09/06/06

Terry Spencer appointed AP news editor for Florida

MIAMI -- Veteran journalist Terry Spencer has been named Florida news editor for The Associated Press.

The appointment was announced Aug. 31 by Florida Chief of Bureau Jim Baltzelle.

Spencer, who has been interim news editor since March, had been a supervisor in the Miami bureau since 2001. He replaces Andrew Fraser, who was promoted to assistant chief of bureau in Philadelphia.

Spencer began his journalism career in 1987 as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He also has worked at The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, Calif., the Los Angeles Daily News and The News Journal of Wilmington, Del. He joined the AP in October 1999.

A native of Los Angeles, Spencer is a 1987 graduate of California State University, Fullerton.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720