Parrish joins Associated Press board of directors

Associated Press board member Mi-Ai Parrish is the Professor for Media Innovation and Leadership at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication at Arizona State University and has led large news organizations in Phoenix, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Boise, San Francisco and elsewhere.

MAP Strategies Group CEO Mi-Ai Parrish joins other esteemed media colleagues from Hearst, Advance-Newhouse, Gannett, ESPN and others as a newly appointed board member of the Associated Press, providing corporate and policy direction for the 180-year-old cooperative non-profit newsgathering organization.

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting, with a massive reach that spans the globe. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.

Ms. Parrish brings decades of valuable journalism and business experience to AP. In addition to founding MAP in 2018, she is the Professor for Media Innovation and Leadership at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She was the president and publisher of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Arizona Republic/AZCentral.com, part of USA Today Network, and has led expansive media organizations in Kansas City, Minneapolis, Boise, San Francisco and elsewhere.

More than 15,000 news outlets and a range of businesses worldwide contribute to and/or disseminate AP content that has always been committed to the highest standards of objective, accurate journalism.

Founded as an independent news cooperative whose members are U.S. newspapers and broadcasters, the Associated Press remains steadfast in its mission to inform the world. From delivering the news via pony express in 1846 to working in virtual reality today.

Learn more about the Associated Press, its leadership team and proudly independent group of media professionals and business innovators devoted to informing the world with fact-based, credible journalism.