Natacha Pisarenko named Southern Cone news director with The Associated Press

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In a memo to staff on Monday, News Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Eduardo Castillo announced that Natacha Pisarenko will oversee all news coverage in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Here is his memo to staff:

The appointment of Natacha, one of AP’s finest photographers, is part of a larger commitment to our coverage in Southern Cone.

Natacha, who has been acting news director since 2020, will be the first woman to lead AP’s Southern Cone region. In a 20-plus year career at AP, Natacha has covered the Olympics, several World Cups and the Dakar Rally. She has produced incredible photo packages looking at victims of sexual violence, as well as the uncontrolled use of chemicals in Argentina and how the agroindustry had grown reliant on genetically modified crops. She has covered natural disasters, political conflicts in Latin America, and has been part of our photo coverage of the war in Ukraine.

As a manager, Natacha has shown that she is a team player with an ability to see the value of a story in all formats. Natacha studied photography at the Avellaneda School of Photographic Arts and at the Argentine Association of Graphic Reporters. She started her career as photojournalist in 1997 at the Argentine newspaper La Nacion. She joined AP in 2002 in Buenos Aires.

Natacha will report to the News Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Eduardo Castillo. She starts immediately, and she will stay in Buenos Aires.