11/ 01/04

Ian James named head of AP news operations in Venezuela

NEW YORK – Ian James, a correspondent for The Associated Press in San Juan, Puerto Rico, since 2000, has been named the AP's new chief of bureau in Caracas, Venezuela.

The appointment was announced Nov. 1 by Deborah Seward, AP's international editor.

James succeeds James Anderson, who resigned. James joined the AP in 1998 in Miami and transferred to the International Desk in 1999.

A native of California, he holds a bachelor's degree in public policy studies from Duke University and a master's degree from Stanford University's journalism program.

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