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08/09/2010

Niko Price named Europe Editor for the AP

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has appointed Niko Price as its Europe editor, overseeing news operations from the European Union to the former Soviet Union and from Scandinavia to the Sahara.

Niko Price

Price had been AP's regional editor for Latin America and the Caribbean since 2005, where he built a bilingual regional operation and led coverage of stories including the war on drugs and Haiti's devastating earthquake.

The appointment was announced Monday by Senior Managing Editor John Daniszewski, who oversees international news and photos.

"Niko has a record of accomplishment in Latin America for delivering news with accuracy, speed and impact. He will carry out that mission in Europe, working closely with colleagues in photos, text and video to produce a news report about the continent that is second to none," said Daniszewski.

Europe is one of the AP's five international regions. It stretches from the Russian Far East to Iceland in the west, and takes in parts of North Africa, including Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. As Europe editor, Price supervises more than 20 European bureaus and the AP's news editing center in London.

Price, 40, has reported for The Associated Press from five continents, covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Moammar Gadhafi's efforts to open Libya to the outside world, the dismantling of Mexico's single-party system, the papal transition following the death of John Paul II and the 2004 Olympics in Greece. As the first editor of its Latin America region, he has overseen coverage of the Mexican drug wars and this year's deadly earthquakes in Haiti and Chile.

He succeeds Dan Perry, who has been named AP's chief of bureau in Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories and is assuming a new role as special editor for international news.

Price joined the AP in 1993 in Carson City, Nev., transferring to Los Angeles six months later and to the International Desk at AP headquarters in New York in 1995. In 1997 he was named a Mexico City correspondent, and became news editor there two years later. From 2003-2004 he held the position of correspondent-at-large, covering major events around the globe.

Price won a National Headliner Award and another from the Overseas Press Club for his coverage of Hurricane Mitch in Central America, and an AP Gramling Award for leading coverage of Mexico's 2000 presidential election. He was given AP Managing Editors awards for coverage of Saddam Hussein's capture and for a survey of civilian deaths in Iraq. In 1999, the Newspaper Association of America named him one of its "20 under 40" as a recognition of his contribution to the industry.

An American born in Amsterdam, Price graduated from Harvard University and holds a master's degree from Stanford University in Latin American Studies. He is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French, and speaks some Dutch and Mandarin.