After Syria attack, reporter shares father’s heartbreaking farewell
A staff memo by Jerry Schwartz, deputy director of top stories and enterprise, describes how Beirut reporter Sarah El Deeb came to interview a father who lost his two children, his wife and other relatives in a chemical attack in Syria, and persisted in finding ways to bring the family’s story to the world in all formats:
Producing distinctive, compelling journalism
In a memo to global news staff, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee outlined two new assignments aimed at furthering AP’s enterprise reporting and visual storytelling:
New managing editor and deputy managing editor for operations are named
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee today announced two key appointments: Brian Carovillano is the new managing editor and David Scott becomes the new deputy managing editor for operations.
Investing in the 'intimacy of the individual story'
As AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll delivered the Joe Alex Morris Jr. Lecture at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard Thursday night, she called for international news coverage that engages audiences one powerful story at a time.
New head of international news and editor at large for standards are named
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll today announced two key appointments: Ian Phillips is the new Vice President for International News and John Daniszewski becomes the new Editor at Large for Standards.