08/27/2004



Frank Fisher appointed AP chief of bureau in Iowa

NEW YORK – Frank Fisher, Associated Press chief of bureau in Jackson, Miss., has been appointed AP's bureau chief for Iowa, based in Des Moines. The announcement was made Aug. 18 by Tom Brettingen, senior vice president of Newspaper & New Media Markets.

Fisher replaces Kristi Chew, who resigned from the AP after 11 years as Des Moines chief of bureau to become assistant managing editor of Better Homes and Gardens magazine in Des Moines.

Fisher has directed AP's Mississippi operations since January 1999. Previously, he was correspondent in Augusta, Maine, and Carbondale, Ill., and a newsman in Jackson and Albany, N.Y.

A native of San Francisco, Fisher joined the AP in Albany in 1989 after internships at the Seal Beach (Calif.) Journal and Los Angeles Times. He is a graduate of California State University, Long Beach, and served with the Marine Corps and the Army before entering journalism.