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 …