Kathy Gannon named news director for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Vice President for International News Ian Phillips and Middle East News Director Karin Laub today announced a key appointment, sending this memo to staff:
AP first and fast on Soleimani strike
In a memo to staff on Friday, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano described how sourcing and teamwork allowed AP to dominate on the news of a U.S. drone strike killing Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, nudging the U.S. and Iran closer to the brink of war:
Samya Kullab named AP Iraq correspondent
Veteran journalist Samya Kullab has been named Iraq correspondent for The Associated Press.
New Middle East leadership team is named
In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on Friday outlined a new structure for AP’s Middle East region:
AP journalists accept Pulitzer Prize for Yemen coverage
At a luncheon at Columbia University in New York on Tuesday, the AP journalists who documented torture, corruption and starvation in Yemen’s civil war accepted a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting.