04/05/06

Charles Hutzler named bureau chief in Beijing for AP

NEW YORK -- Charles Hutzler, a veteran reporter in China, has been named chief of bureau in Beijing for The Associated Press.

The appointment was announced March 31 by Acting International Editor Laura Myers.

Hutzler joined AP in 1992, working in Trenton, N.J., then on the International Desk in New York before being sent to China, where he was correspondent, news editor and then bureau chief.

In 2001, he was hired to cover China for The Wall Street Journal and The Asian Wall Street Journal.

Hutzler returned to AP in 2005 to launch a beat focused on providing in-depth reporting on China's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics. He will continue to write on that subject in his new role as bureau chief.

"Charles brings vast experience and great enthusiasm to one of the world's most significant stories -- China's economic expansion and growing diplomatic influence on the global stage," Myers said. "Under his leadership, AP will strengthen, broaden and enliven its coverage of the country as interest grows on the road to the Olympics and beyond."

Fluent in Mandarin, Hutzler is a graduate of Yale University and conducted postgraduate research in Singapore as a Fulbright scholar in 1984-85. He covered China for the Voice of America in 1987-88 and worked in Philadelphia and New Jersey for United Press International.

Hutzler is a native of Baltimore.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1730