Sally Buzbee is the deputy managing editor of The Associated Press, in charge of creating and building the news cooperative's News Center, a new global headquarters operation based in New York. The headquarters will help support regional news field leaders, keeping AP competitive across formats and regions. The center will also be a place to experiment with new kinds of storytelling and fresh ways to engage readers and viewers.

Previously, Buzbee had served for five years as Middle East editor for the AP based in Cairo, Egypt, running a region of 11 bureaus in 16 countries. This role involved supervising Iraq war coverage, Israeli conflicts with Hezbollah and Hamas, the Darfur crisis and the growing activities of terrorist cells in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Her responsibilities included content across text, photos and video, plus staff and budget, logistics and security issues.

Before moving to Egypt in 2004, Buzbee was assistant bureau chief supervising foreign affairs coverage in the AP's Washington bureau. She covered education, politics and economics in Washington and supervised various coverage areas as a news editor before that.

She joined the AP in Topeka, Kansas, in 1988 and was a correspondent in San Diego before moving to Washington in 1995.

She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.