Sarah Nordgren - 2009 Fellow

SARAH NORDGREN, Deputy Managing Editor, Associated Press

Sarah Nordgren is a deputy managing editor for Associated Press. She is responsible for directing domestic news operations, global development and recruitment. She oversees hiring, retention and development efforts for AP's global news staff.

Nordgren leads a team that oversees the AP news staff and the news reports in all 50 states. She has been director of state news since 2003, and for three years before that served as deputy director.

She joined the AP in 1985 in Chicago and worked there for 14 years, including assignments as a reporter specializing in children and family issues, a desk supervisor and assistant chief of bureau. She won three Lisagor Awards from the Chicago Headline Club, one each for writing, reporting and magazine writing.

In 1999, she left to become Page 1 editor at the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill., but returned to AP a year later for the deputy job in state news.

Nordgren is a native of Omaha, Neb. She graduated from William Smith College and received a master's degree in American Studies from Boston University. She previously worked for Chicago's City News Bureau and for United Press International.