03/02/06

David Wilkison named to new position of AP Mid-Atlantic bureau chief

NEW YORK -- David Wilkison, a regional news director for The Associated Press and a former chief of bureau in Kentucky, has been named to the news agency's new position of Mid-Atlantic chief of bureau.

The appointment was announced March 2 by John O. Lumpkin, the AP's vice president/business operations for U.S. newspaper markets. It is effective April 1.

Wilkison will be based in Washington, where he will oversee AP news and business operations for Maryland and Delaware. His responsibilities also will include oversight of business operations in Washington and general news and sports coverage of the city and its suburbs, including northern Virginia. Coverage of the federal government and national politics will remain the responsibility of the AP's Washington bureau.

Wilkison has been a regional news director for the AP since September 2003, working with bureaus in 16 Western and Midwestern states.

Wilkison joined the AP in 1988 in Charleston, W.Va., after graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in journalism. He was named correspondent in Morgantown, W.Va., four years later.

He was promoted to correspondent in Newark, N.J., in 1996 and was named news editor in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1997 before transferring in 1999 to Philadelphia, where he served as news editor and later as assistant chief of bureau. He was named Kentucky bureau chief in 2002.

Wilkison is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Morgantown.

Contact: Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, 212.621.1730