AP Names New White House Correspondent

Stays in-house to tap campaign coverage vet Julie Pace

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/4/2013 3:16:53 PM

The AP has named reporter Julie Pace to succeed Ben Feller as White House correspondent.

Feller is heading to New York, where his wife, Elisabeth is editor at the New York Times.

In a memo Friday posted on the AP website, Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee praised Pace for what she said had been a "steady stream of scoops and smart stories" since Pace moved to the campaign beat to cover the President during the 2008 campaign. she joined AP in 2007.

She is a 2004 graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Her resume includes South African TV station e.tv, freelance work in South Africa and Zambia, and a stint at the Tampa Tribune.