Julie Pace
Julie Pace | |
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| Born | March 16, 1982 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Amherst Central High School 2000 |
| Alma mater | Medill School of Journalism - Northwestern University 2004 |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Employer | Associated Press |
| Spouse |
Michael Ferenczy (m. 2014) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Jim and Diane Pace |
Julie Marie Pace (born March 16, 1982) is an American journalist from
executive editor and senior vice president of the Associated Press on September 1, 2021.[1] Pace moves to the position after working as AP's Washington, D.C. bureau chief since 2017. She has worked at the AP since 2007 as a political journalist.[2][3]
Early life
Pace is the daughter of James J. Pace and Diane M. Pace. Her father is the owner of I.G.S. Landscaping, which is a lawn maintenance company headquartered in Amherst. Pace's mother is a supervisor of radiology at D.I.A./Invision Health of Williamsville, New York State. She is a 2000 graduate of Amherst Central High School and a 2004 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[4]
Career
After graduation she worked for a year as a journalist in South African independent television station
Tampa Tribune before joining the Associated Press
(AP) in 2007 as a video producer. She was the AP's first multimedia political journalist. Pace covered the 2008 presidential election and began covering the White House in 2009 when Barack Obama took office. In 2013 she was named chief White House correspondent and in 2017 was promoted to Washington bureau chief.
One of her major acts as bureau chief was the expansion of the fact-checking division, as well as publishing explanatory articles on how the A.P. calculates votes and projects the victors of political elections, an integral part of the A.P. since 1848.[5] She is succeeding Sally Buzbee, who in May was named as the first woman executive editor of The Washington Post.[6] Pace is the third consecutive female executive editor of the Associated Press, following Buzbee and Kathleen Carroll, who held the role from 2002 to 2016.
Personal life
In 2014 she married Michael Ferenczy, a viral researcher at the National Institutes of Health.[7]
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ O'Shei, Tim. "The Julie Pace file: What others have to say about her". The Buffalo News. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "AP Definitive Source | Julie Pace named Washington bureau chief". blog.ap.org. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ O'Shei, Tim (September 5, 2021). "The Julie Pace file: What others have to say about her". Retrieved September 7, 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "AP's Sally Buzbee named exec editor of The Washington Post". AP NEWS. May 11, 2021. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
- ^ "Julie Pace, Michael Ferenczy". The New York Times. October 19, 2014.