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Former AP correspondent Wheeler dies at 88
This April 23, 1969 file photo, shows Associated Press foreign correspondent John Fenton Wheeler. Wheeler, who was the last U.S. reporter expelled from Cold War-era Cuba, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File) Wheeler died on April 21, according to an obituary from Parker Funeral Service in Columbia, Mo. Wheeler’s 21-year AP career […]
APRIL 30, 2013
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Gary Pruitt, of McClatchy, to become new president and CEO of The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The Associated Press today named Gary Pruitt as its new president and CEO. Pruitt, currently chairman, president and CEO of The McClatchy Co., will join AP in July.
MARCH 21, 2012
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AP Fernando González director de noticias de Caribe, Andes
Fernando González, designado director de noticias de Associated Press para las regiones caribeña y andina.posa para la foto eb Ciudad de México, 23 de marzo de 2020. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte) González, quien desde 2016 era subdirector de noticias para Latinoamérica y el Caribe en Ciudad de México, ayudará a conducir las operaciones de recolección de […]
MARCH 24, 2020
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Richard Pyle, accomplished AP reporter for 50 years, dies
This October 1970 file photo shows AP journalist Richard Pyle. (AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — Journalist Richard Pyle, whose long and accomplished Associated Press career spanned the globe and a half-century of crisis, war, catastrophe and indelible moments in news reporting, died at age 83. He died Thursday at a hospital of respiratory failure due to lung […]
SEPT. 29, 2017
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Iowa AP reporter and editor Melanie Welte dies
Her husband, David Welte, said she died after contracting pneumonia while awaiting a liver transplant. For most of the past 21 years, the news day for the AP in Iowa began with a 5 a.m. message from Welte to AP customers that announced she had arrived at work and was on the hunt for news. […]
FEB. 4, 2013
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Former AP Boston sports editor O’Hara dies
This is a 1977 file photo showing Associated Press sports writer Dave O’Hara. O’Hara, who covered Boston sports greats from Ted Williams to Larry Bird during a 50-year career with The Associated Press, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at his home in Winter Haven, Fla., his daughter, Debbie O’Hara-Rusckowski said. He was 86. (AP Photo/File) […]
APRIL 10, 2013
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AP names Torchia as bureau chief in South Africa
Christopher Torchia The appointment was announced Thursday by Africa Editor Andrew Selsky. “Torchia is one of the best foreign correspondents in the business and has the experience and talent to deliver fascinating stories from this important and diverse region,” Selsky said. As southern Africa bureau chief, Torchia, 45, will oversee coverage of South Africa, Zimbabwe, […]
JAN. 3, 2013
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This 1969 photo shows Sein Win, a Myanmar journalist who worked for The Associated Press from 1969 to 1989 in what was then called Burma. Win, who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country's turbulent history, has died at age 91. His daughter Aye Aye Win said he died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013 in a Yangon hospital after a long period of ill health. (AP Photo)
Sein Win, force for press freedom in Myanmar, dies
This 1969 photo shows Sein Win, a Myanmar journalist who worked for The Associated Press from 1969 to 1989 in what was then called Burma. Win, who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, has died at age 91. His daughter Aye Aye […]
OCT. 17, 2013
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Nekesa Mumbi Moody named AP global editor for entertainment and lifestyles
Nekesa Mumbi Moody. (AP Photo) Moody will oversee text and visual staff based in New York, London, Hong Kong, Nashville and Los Angeles. The staff is responsible for coverage of movies, music, television, video games, fashion, food, travel and events such as the Oscars, Emmys, Cannes Film Festival and Fashion Week. The announcement was […]
JULY 19, 2012
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Fernando González new AP news director for Caribbean, Andes
News Director for the Caribbean and Andes Fernando González (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) González, who has been the AP’s deputy news director for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City, since 2016, will help lead the cooperative’s newsgathering operation in all formats from Havana and Caracas. The appointment was announced on Tuesday by Latin […]
MARCH 24, 2020
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AP’s John Daniszewski named to Pulitzer board
John Daniszewski Columbia University, which oversees the prizes, made the announcement Wednesday. “I am delighted and honored to join the board and look forward to the opportunity to participate in the review of so much tremendous work in journalism and the fine arts,” Daniszewski said. Daniszewski was named in 2009 as AP’s vice president and […]
MAY 1, 2013
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