Daisy Veerasingham

Daisy Veerasingham is a British businesswoman who has been the president and CEO of the Associated Press since 2021, succeeding Gary Pruitt. Quotes "What we are focused on is ensuring that we can provide content that is ready to go for our customers to use, and that is where our focus is at the moment." Speaking on the prospect of a direct-to-consumer streaming service for AP’s content in an interview with TVNewsCheck. September 13, 2021 "Adaptability is really important — the style and the way that you do things has to change according to the environment. There are times where you step up and lead, but there are equally times where you can lead in a more informal manner." A key element of Daisy Veerasingham's leadership style, as quoted from the Business Insider on becoming the first woman, the first person of colour, and the first non-American to be the president and CEO of Associated Press, the 175-year-old nonprofit news organization. September 29, 2021 "I have always wanted to work in an organization that is global. Whilst these situations are tough, I have found retaining a sense of humor and understanding cultural nuance has been vital to not take things like that too personally." Daisy Veerasingham on how she been treated differently during her international travels because of her race or gender, as quoted from the Business Insider. September 29, 2021 "Philanthropy can help by injecting resources to both insulate coverage from cutbacks and accelerate important reporting projects. Grants can give newsrooms the runway they need to deepen their coverage, experiment with new approaches, help make important shifts toward greater diversity, and confront relentless threats from misinformation." Quote from an article written by Daisy Veerasingham on The Center for Effective Philanthrophy blog. May 4, 2023 "It will help to sustain what we do, grow what we do, and add new and incremental journalism services for the industry.The state of local news is at an actual point of critical crisis, and we see this exacerbating further." "We felt that this is the ecosystem the AP has supported since its founding and that it's a space that we need to step in and help shore up." Daisy Veerasingham gives insight into AP launching nonprofit group to raise at least $100M for local news June 25, 2024 "Our intellectual property has to be protected. Why is that important? Because we put journalists on the frontlines every single day. We’ve just talked about the huge number of risks that come with that. And that’s why we have to protect our intellectual property and [second] we have to achieve a fair value for that." "We’re a licensing business so we have a good framework … I think it is really important where those two principles can be respected — that you get independent fact-based and nonpartisan journalism information or content into the training of these algorithms." Daisy Veerasingham on the use of AI in journalism September 19, 2025 External links Category:Living people Category:Businesswomen from England