Anick jesdanun biography

Anick "Nick" Jesdanun was an American technology journalist who served as deputy technology editor for the Associated Press (AP).
Jesdanun, 51, deputy technology editor for The Associated Press, died in New York City on Thursday of coronavirus-related complications, his family said.
Anick "Nick" Jesdanun was an American technology journalist who served as deputy technology editor for the Associated Press.

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Associated Press Journalist and Avid Marathon Runner Anick Jesdanun Dies of Coronavirus at 51

A journalist and avid marathon runner, Anick Jesdanun, has died following complications of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). He was 51.

Jesdanun, who went by “Nick,” was not a person who would be considered high risk for the contagious respiratory virus, his cousin Prinda Mulpramook said.

In fact, the Associated Press tech journalist was “the picture of health,” Mulpramook wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.

“I wanted to honor Nick by sharing his COVID19 story as a way to spread the word and help save lives,” she said. “Nick was the picture of health. He had no underlying health problems and would not be considered high risk by any means. This past November he ran his 83rd full marathon. In fact, he had run so many New York City Marathons (15!) he was now guaranteed entry for life.”

Mulpramook said that initially, Jesdanun wasn’t sick enough to be in the hospital after testing positive for the virus, instead staying “in his apartment in complete isolation.”

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Jesdanun's cousins said they were all first-generation Americans who grew up as close as siblings. Jesdanun, who was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in New Jersey, was the oldest of the cousins, Harms said, and the cousins' parents, who are from Thailand, would tell the younger ones "we hope you grow up to be like Nick."

"He was our roadmap for the American dream," Harms said, praising Jesdanun's successful career with the Associated Press.

Jesdanun worked his entire career with the AP and was the first reporter at the organization to be given the "internet writer" byline 20 years ago. At the beginning of his career, he wrote about how the internet was changing every facet of life, including dating, reading, democracy, and access to health care, according to the AP.

“Nick was the steady bulwark of AP’s tech team for two decades,” said Frank Bajak, AP’s first technology editor. “He had the deepest institutional memory of AP’s tech coverage and patiently educated dozens of novice colleagues in all things digital.”

Mulpramook, Jesdanun's cousin, told BuzzFeed News she wants pe

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Anick Jesdanun

American journalist (c.1969–2020)

Anick "Nick" Jesdanun (Thai: อนิก เจษฎานันท์; c. 1969 – April 2, 2020) was an American technology journalist who served as deputy technology editor for the Associated Press (AP). Jesdanun covered technology, especially the internet, for AP for more than twenty years and sought to help readers navigate the relatively new technology and its impact on daily life, from the 1990s to 2020. Jesdanun was the first Associated Press reporter to be assigned as an "internet writer" in the news agency's history.^[1]^[2]

Early life and education

Jesdanun's parents, Adisak and Orabhin Jesdanun, immigrated to the United States from Thailand.^[3] He was originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was raised in New Jersey.^[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Swarthmore College in 1991.^[1]

Career

After college, Jesdanun was hired as a reporter for the Associated Press, where he remained for his entire professional career.^[1] He wrote for the AP bureaus in Ph