05/06/2005

Jalonick named Washington AP regional reporter for Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Mary Clare Jalonick, who has worked for the Congressional Quarterly for seven years, has been named a Washington-based Associated Press reporter for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.

She began her new job April 25.

The appointment was announced by Tena Haraldson, AP chief of bureau for North Dakota and South Dakota, and Jim Clarke, incoming bureau chief for Montana.

Jalonick began her career with Congressional Quarterly in 1998 and has covered agriculture, the environment and politics, including congressional and gubernatorial elections.

She earned an undergraduate degree in political science from Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. She is a native of Dallas.