# Sally Buzbee

> Sally Buzbee is a startup investor at The Associated Press (Washington). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Associated Press](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/associated-press)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-buzbee-12282a103/

Sally Buzbee is a startup investor at The Associated Press in Washington. Sally Buzbee is AP's new executive editor and senior vice president, taking that role this month after serving for six years as the news organization's Washington bureau chief. As Washington bureau chief, Buzbee oversaw AP's coverage of the recent U.S. presidential campaign and election and the 2012 election, including oversight ofpolling and investigative units, and also oversaw coverage of institutions such the White House, Congress and the Pentagon. Buzbee joined the company in 1988 as a reporter in Kansas and also worked as a reporter in Los Angeles and Washington. In 1996 she became assistant bureau chief for news in Washington where she ran spot news coverage and oversaw in-depth foreign affairs and national security coverage. For five years beginning in November 2004, Buzbee served as AP's Middle East regional editor based in Cairo. In that position she led AP's news coverage across media formats during the Iraq war, and managed personnel, logistics, budgets and security for AP's Middle East region. Buzbee holds a journalism degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University. She has two daughters, Emma, 18, and Margaret, 16.

## About The Associated Press

VC Fund · New York, United States

The Associated Press is one of the largest and trusted sources of independent newsgathering, supplying a steady stream of news to its members, international subscribers, and commercial customers. It is a not-for-profit news cooperative that is owned by American newspaper and broadcast members.It has covered all the major news events of the past165 years, providing quality, informed reporting of everything from wars and elections to championship games and royal weddings.The Associated Press has been first to tell the world of many of history’s important moments, from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of the shah of Iran and the death of Pope John Paul. During its early years, The Associated Press delivered news by pigeon, pony express, railroad, steamship, telegraph, and teletype. In 1935, it began sending photographs by wire. A radio network was formed in 1973, and an international video division was added in 1994.Today, it employs the newest technology to collect and distribute content. The Associated Press is in the process of repairing its video and photography content: transitioning to high-definition, expanding its coverage and building a new and flexible infrastructure. It has one of the industry’s most sophisticated digital photo networks; a 24-hour continuously updated online, multimedia news service; a state-of-the-art television news service; and one of the largest radio networks in the U.S.The Associated Press’s commercial digital photo collection is one of the world's largest collections of historical and contemporary imagery. AP Mobile, the Associated Press’s award-winning news app, has been downloaded over 9 million times since its launch in 2008.Since the Pulitzer Prize was established, in 1917, The Associated Press has received 51 Pulitzers, including 31 photo Pulitzers.The Associated Press was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in New York with more than 280 offices worldwide, including every statehouse in the U.S. Most of its staffers are journalists and editors, and The Associated Press has more than 3,700 employees.

5 contacts available at The Associated Press.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barbara Ortutay | Technology Writer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/barbara-ortutay |
| Justin Pritchard | National Investigative Editor/Reporter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-pritchard |
| Kathleen Carroll | Senior Vice President - Executive Editor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kathleen-carroll |
| Ken Dale | Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ken-dale |
| Sally Buzbee | Executive Editor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sally-buzbee |

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