Sally Jacobsen (June 12, 1946 – May 12, 2017) was an American journalist, foreign correspondent and editor whose career spanned 39-years at the Associated Press. In 1999, Jacobsen became the first woman to serve as the international editor for the AP, where she oversaw the news agency's overseas news bureaus.[1] During her tenure as international editor, Jacobson supervised the AP's foreign coverage on the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 war in Iraq.[1] She was later promoted to AP deputy managing editor for operations and projects, where she edited the AP Stylebook.[1][2]
^ abcdefghHanley, Charles J. (2017-05-12). "Sally Jacobsen, AP's first female international editor, dies". Associated Press. from the original on 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
sally, jacobsen, june, 1946, 2017, american, journalist, foreign, correspondent, editor, whose, career, spanned, years, associated, press, 1999, jacobsen, became, first, woman, serve, international, editor, where, oversaw, news, agency, overseas, news, bureaus. Sally Jacobsen June 12 1946 May 12 2017 was an American journalist foreign correspondent and editor whose career spanned 39 years at the Associated Press In 1999 Jacobsen became the first woman to serve as the international editor for the AP where she oversaw the news agency s overseas news bureaus 1 During her tenure as international editor Jacobson supervised the AP s foreign coverage on the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and the 2003 war in Iraq 1 She was later promoted to AP deputy managing editor for operations and projects where she edited the AP Stylebook 1 2 Jacobsen grew up in Gunnison Colorado 1 She received her bachelor s degree from Iowa State University and a master s degree in economics from Cornell University 1 Jacobsen retired from the Associated Press in 2015 and resided in Croton on Hudson New York 1 She died from cancer at Phelps Memorial Hospital in Sleepy Hollow New York on May 12 2017 at the age of 70 1 Jacobsen was survived by her husband Patrick Oster a novelist and retired managing editor for Bloomberg News their son Alex and two Airedale terriers Tazz and Gemma 1 References Edit a b c d e f g h Hanley Charles J 2017 05 12 Sally Jacobsen AP s first female international editor dies Associated Press Archived from the original on 2020 06 20 Retrieved 2017 06 08 Associated Press Stylebook legacy apstylebook com nbsp This article about a United States journalist born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sally Jacobsen amp oldid 1146134995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
