07/14/2004


Sally Buzbee appointed AP's chief of Middle East News, based in Cairo

NEW YORK -- Sally Buzbee, assistant chief of bureau for news in the Washington bureau of The Associated Press, has been appointed AP's chiefof Middle East News, based in Cairo.The appointment was announced July 14 by Deborah Seward, AP's international editor.

Buzbee has been a reporter, news editor and World Services supervisor in the Washington bureau. She joined the AP in Topeka, Kan., in 1988, worked in Kansas City and Los Angeles and was correspondent in charge in San Diego.

Buzbee is a native of Walla Walla, Wash. She has an undergraduate degree
from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Georgetown University. She has lived in Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Buzbee replaces Earleen Fisher, who retired.