CAIRO (AP) — Adam Schreck, who has covered conflict and upheaval in the Middle East as well as sweeping economic changes reshaping the region, has been named Gulf News Director for The Associated Press. From his base in Dubai, Schreck will lead a team of video journalists, text reporters and photographers in a region comprising of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar. A year later, he was named as a correspondent in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, responsible for business news coverage across the Gulf region. During his time in the Gulf, Schreck has reported on the growing influence of the region's airlines and multibillion-dollar sovereign wealth funds, as well as mounting concerns about Dubai's economy around its 2009 financial crisis.