ATLANTA (AP) - R.J. Rico, an industrious reporter with excellent news judgment, has been hired by The Associated Press for the Baton Rouge legislative relief position.
The 11-week assignment was announced Friday by South Regional News Director Ravi Nessman and Deep South Editor Jim Van Anglen.
The 27-year-old has worked for the past two years as a news associate at the Shared News Desk in Atlanta.
As a freelance journalist, he has also published stories in a range of outlets including The Guardian, The New York Times and VICE.
In 2014, Rico traveled to Ukraine to cover the uprising and produced a number of stories for VICE about the intersection between sports and war.
Rico has a B.A. in history from Yale University.
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