03/26/2009

AP Media Advisory

ANNUAL MEETING MEDIA ADVISORY: The Associated Press

Here are the media arrangements for The Associated Press annual meeting and luncheon Monday, April 6, 2009, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, Calif.

The proceedings will be webcast at www.ap.org

Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
One Market Place,
San Diego, California, USA 92101
619.232.1234
http://manchestergrand.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/

ALL TIMES ARE LOCAL AND APPROXIMATE.

The Associated Press annual meeting begins at 10:45 a.m. PT in the Randle Ballroom.

MORNING PROGRAM

10:45 a.m.-noon PT

Randle Ballroom
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, Calif.

Introduction: Tom Curley

Interview: A live satellite interview with Army Gen. David McKiernan, Commander NATO Forces in Afghanistan - ISAF
John Daniszewski, AP Senior Managing Editor
Jason Straziuso, AP Chief Kabul Correspondent

News Program: Economic Stimulus: The Money Tap is Flowing
Beth Fouhy, National Political Reporter, New York
Jeannine Aversa, Newsperson, The Economy Team, Washington, D.C.

Report of the Chairman: Dean Singleton, Chairman

Report of the President: Tom Curley, President and CEO

LUNCHEON PROGRAM

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. PT

Randle Ballroom
Manchester Grand Hyatt
San Diego, Calif.

Presiding: Dean Singleton, Chairman

Speaker: Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, Mexico

Mexico's Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora will speak and take questions at the AP Annual Luncheon (see bios for him and Gen. McKiernan at http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_032509a.html). The luncheon begins at 1 p.m. PT in the Randle Ballroom.

For the annual meeting and the AP luncheon especially, media representatives are strongly encouraged to REGISTER IN ADVANCE with the Newspaper Association of America (there will not be a press room onsite). The AP and NAA are coordinating to share media credentials registration information for expedited access to events.

Members of the working press can request press credentials in advance by contacting NAA Senior Manager, Communications Jeff Sigmund at 571.366.1088 or jeff.sigmund@naa.org. All news media will be asked to show photo identification and current press credentials from a news organization. NAA reserves the right to refuse credentials.

There is open coverage of the AP events. AP Television News will NOT act as a pool.

There will be Webcasts of the morning's annual meeting and of the luncheon speech, accessible on AP's corporate Web site at http://www.ap.org. The Webcasts will be archived for later viewing.

AP's annual meeting page is at http://www.ap.org/annual09/ See details about the NAA program at http://www.naa.org/Conferences/Annual09Home/Program.aspx

Jack Stokes
The Associated Press
Corporate Communications
office: 212.621.1730

(This media advisory is also available on the AP annual meeting page at http://www.ap.org/annual09/)