From South Africa, to Indonesia, to Pakistan, 2024 will be a year of pivotal elections that will have global ramifications for democracy. Extra attention will be paid to two elections in particular as...
Julie Pace
Julie Pace is Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of The Associated Press, leading global news coverage from more than 100 countries. Since Pace assumed the role in 2021, AP has significantly expanded its digital news offerings, been awarded two Pulitzer Prizes, and produced an award-winning documentary on the Ukraine war that was nominated for both an Academy Award and the BAFTAs.
Previously, Pace was Washington Bureau Chief for AP, directing AP’s coverage of the presidency, politics and the U.S. government. Before that, Pace was AP’s White House Correspondent, contributing aggressive news reporting and sharp analysis to the AP news report. Pace won the White House Correspondents’ Association Merriman Smith award in 2013 for her work explaining the Obama campaign’s complex approach to voter turnout. She joined AP in 2007 as a multimedia reporter, developing and executing AP’s plans for live video coverage of 2008′s Election Day and the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
A native of Buffalo, New York, Pace began her career as a reporter in 2003 at South Africa’s only independent television network, before spending two years reporting on politics and elections at the Tampa Tribune and its partner television station WFLA. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives in New York.
Generative AI is an epochal development – less like social media and more like the advent of the internet itself. The session will showcase how news organizations around the world are beginning to h...
