12/07/06

Kim Gamel appointed to new AP position of news editor in Baghdad

NEW YORK -- Kim Gamel, a veteran correspondent and editor for The Associated Press, has been appointed to the new position of news editor in Baghdad.

The appointment was announced Dec. 7 by International Editor John Daniszewski.

Gamel, who reported from Baghdad earlier this year, has served as news editor in Stockholm, Sweden, and covered the United Nations during two tours on the International Desk in New York.

She took up her assignment in Iraq on Dec. 1 and reports to Chief of Bureau Steven R. Hurst.

Gamel joined the AP in 1996 as a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa. She has also worked for the news organization in Raleigh, N.C.

Before joining the AP, Gamel was a reporter for The Moscow Tribune in Russia and was a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for The News, a Mexico City-based newspaper.

A native of Boise, Idaho, Gamel is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She holds a master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Contact: AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1720