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Amanda Y. Barrett (she/her/hers)

Vice President, Standards and Inclusion
The Associated Press
Valley Stream, New York, United States

Amanda Barrett is Vice President for News, Standards and Inclusion at the Associated Press. She manages a five-person Standards and Style team, which sets standards for AP journalism and produces the renowned AP Stylebook, a reference book for journalism and communication professionals. Amanda also oversees the Nerve Center, the AP’s global news coordination hub, talent development and news research. 

In 2020, Amanda created an Inclusive Storytelling effort focused on broadening the global AP news report to bring in more diverse audiences and viewpoints. The AP partners with The Maynard Institute and The Ida B. Wells Society on an Inclusive Journalism Initiative. She also works to recruit a wide range of journalists and mentors staff and colleagues across the industry as they seek to create fulfilling career paths.

Amanda also serves on the executive board of The Chronicle of Philanthropy and as a coach for The Media Transformation Challenge. Besides being a word nerd, she is an ardent fan of sports and Star Trek. Amanda got her start in journalism as a teenager when she attended a Minority Journalism Program at The Roanoke (Va.) Times. She worked in sports there and at The Orlando Sentinel before spending 10 years at Newsday in New York in a variety of roles. She has been at AP for 18 years.

Amanda got her start in journalism as a teenager when she attended a Minority Journalism Program at The Roanoke (Va.) Times. She worked in sports there and at The Orlando Sentinel before spending 10 years at Newsday in New York in a variety of roles as an editor in the newsroom and for the news organization’s online sites. Amanda is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. She joined the AP in 2007 as a content coordinator in Interactives. She served as the deputy East Region editor and New York City News editor before taking on planning and administration at the Nerve Center.

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