FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2013 file photo, Kathleen Carroll, executive editor and senior vice president of The Associated Press, appears during a panel discussion titled "Is Journalism a Crime?" at the 80th Annual Associated Press Media Editors' conference at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis. Carroll, the executive editor of The Associated Press, who led the news cooperatives transformation from analog to digital, will leave her post at the end of the year. The news was announced Wednesday by Gary Pruitt, president and chief executive officer of The AP, who said that Carroll will help with the leadership transition. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)