11/07/06

Matthew Brown named Billings correspondent for AP in Montana

NEW YORK -- Matthew Brown, an environmental reporter with The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, has been named correspondent in Billings for The Associated Press in Montana.

Brown has been with The Times-Picayune since 2003. He was a part of the reporting team that earned the newspaper two Pulitzer Prizes this year, in breaking news and for community service, for coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

The announcement was made Nov. 6 by Jim Clarke, AP's bureau chief for Montana and Wyoming.

Brown succeeds Becky Bohrer, who transferred to the AP's New Orleans bureau in August, after six years in Billings, to be a lead reporter for hurricane recovery.

Brown worked for The Record of Hackensack, N.J., the Daily Record of Morristown, N.J., and a chain of weekly newspapers in Northern Virginia.

Brown is a 1993 graduate of the University of Colorado.

Contact: AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720