Julie Pace

 Julie Pace is the Executive Editor and Senior Vice President at The Associated Press. In the past, she served as AP's Washington Bureau Chief, Assistant Managing Editor, and White House Correspondent, contributing fierce news reporting and precise analysis to the AP news report. Pace received the White House Correspondents Association Merriman Smith award for her explanation of the Obama campaign's complicated strategy for voter participation. She joined AP in 2007 as a multimedia reporter, creating and executing the plans of AP for live video coverage of the 2008 Election Day and the inauguration of Obama as President. Obama.A born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Pace began her career as a journalist in 2003 for South Africa's sole independent television network. She later spent two years reporting on election and politics for the Tampa Tribune and its partner television station WFLA. She graduated from Northwestern University