AP names Jaymes Song administrative correspondent for Hawaii

Jaymes Song becomes admin correspondent for Hawaii

HONOLULU — Jaymes Song has been named administrative correspondent for The Associated Press in Honolulu, overseeing news and operations for the bureau covering Hawaii and other parts of the Pacific.

The appointment was announced Thursday by John Raess, chief of bureau for northern California, northern Nevada and Hawaii.

Song, who assumes his new duties immediately, joined the Honolulu bureau in November 2000 and has had a variety of editing and reporting responsibilities in Hawaii. In an interim news manager role, Song has led the bureau on major breaking news, including last year’s deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck American Samoa, as well as efforts to improve enterprise and watchdog reporting. As a reporter, Song has covered many breaking news and sporting events, as well as reported on the tourism industry, Native Hawaiian affairs and the demise of Hawaii’s iconic sugar industry.

Song, 36, is a native of Seattle. A graduate of Western Washington University, he also has been a reporter at the Honolulu Star-Bulletin and The Orange County Register.