COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Regina Garcia Cano, who has covered such issues as medical marijuana, pensions and gas drilling for The Associated Press in Illinois, has been hired to work in the cooperative's Columbus bureau. She will begin the temporary assignment June 10.
The appointment was announced Thursday by Karen Testa, editor for the AP's East region, and Deb Martin, news editor for Ohio.
A bilingual native of Mexico City, Garcia Cano is a master's candidate at the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield.