Jessie Misskelley, right, and Jason Baldwin exit the Craighead County Courthouse Annex Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, in Jonesboro, Ark. (AP Photo/The Jonesboro Sun, James Byard, File)
The Associated Press is the oldest and largest news organization in the world, serving as a source of news, photos, graphics, audio and video for more than one billion people a day. In the U.S. alone, AP serves 5,000 radio and TV stations and 1,700 newspapers.
In Arkansas, the AP news report is delivered to all daily newspapers plus more than six dozen broadcast outlets. The staff, including a photographer, covers news and sports of statewide importance from bureaus in Little Rock and at the state Capitol.
