Sally Jacobsen

Sally Jacobsen was an American journalist, foreign correspondent and editor whose career spanned 39-years at the [Associated Press](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press "Associated Press at Wikipedia"). In 1999, Jacobsen became the first woman to serve as the international editor for the AP, where she oversaw the news agency's overseas news bureaus. During her tenure as international editor, Jacobson supervised the AP's foreign coverage on the [United States invasion of Afghanistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan "United States invasion of Afghanistan at Wikipedia") in 2001 and the [2003 war in Iraq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_war_in_Iraq "2003 war in Iraq at Wikipedia"). She was later promoted to AP deputy managing editor for operations and projects, where she edited the [*AP Stylebook*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_Stylebook "Associated Press Stylebook at Wikipedia").

Jacobsen grew up in [Gunnison, Colorado](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnison,_Colorado "Gunnison, Colorado at Wikipedia"). She received her bachelor's degree from [Iowa State University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_University "Iowa State University at Wikipedia") and a master's degree in economics from [Cornell University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_University "Cornell University at Wikipedia").

Jacobsen retired from the Associated Press in 2015 and resided in [Croton-on-Hudson, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton-on-Hudson,_New_York "Croton-on-Hudson, New York at Wikipedia"). She died from cancer at Phelps Memorial Hospital in [Sleepy Hollow, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Hollow,_New_York "Sleepy Hollow, New York at Wikipedia"), on May 12, 2017, at the age of 70.

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