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Guinevere Smith named National Entertainment Photo Editor for The Associated Press

By Brent Phelps March 28, 2008

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Guinevere Smith leaves Getty Images to assume post as National Entertainment Photo Editor for The Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) has announced that it has appointed Guinevere Smith to the post of National Entertainment Photo Editor. Smith Joins the AP from Getty Images which acquired her former employer AllSport (a sports photography agency) in 1999. After assisting in the consolidation of the picture desk to the New York office, Smith created the entertainment editing department, based in Los Angeles, and became manager of entertainment editing. In 2006, she was promoted to North American manager for field editing, managing live coverage of sports and entertainment events.

Initiatives in entertainment, sports and financial news are part of the AP 2.0 corporate strategy, which focuses on new growth opportunities for The Associated Press in markets around the world. In her new role Smith will be based in Los Angeles, where she will direct, develop and enhance AP´s photo entertainment coverage in the United States. Her responsibilities will also include working with Canadian Press to coordinate entertainment coverage in North America.

”Her skills bring an exciting dimension to the AP photo leadership team”, said National Photo Editor Victor Vaughan, who made the announcement: “We are committed to offering the best entertainment visual content to our audiences and glad to have ‘Guin’ on our team.”

Smith succeeds Dan Becker, who was named AP director of entertainment content in January.

Web: http://www.ap.org

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john griffin, March 28, 2008   [#]

congrats to Guin.  I’m sure she will do a great job leading the AP into the future. sounds like an exciting role.

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