07/22/2005

Josh Hoffner appointed news editor for New York City AP bureau

NEW YORK -- Josh Hoffner, an editor on the National Desk of The Associated Press, has been named news editor for New York City.

The appointment was announced July 22 by Jocelyn Noveck, New York City bureau chief.

Hoffner, has worked on the National Desk for five years, most recently helping to coordinate the AP's state-by-state coverage of the 2004 elections. He has worked in a wide range of supervisory roles on the desk, participating in the coverage of such stories as the Sept. 11 attacks, the Columbia shuttle disaster and the Washington-area sniper spree.

Hoffner joined the AP in 1998 in Bismarck, N.D., where he worked for two years. He also worked for the AP in Sioux Falls and Pierre, S.D.

He is a native of North Dakota and a 1998 graduate of South Dakota State University in Brookings, S.D.

Hoffner succeeds Rich Barbieri, who left to become managing editor of Crain's New York Business.

contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720