BREAKING NEWS, the first book about The Associated Press since 1940, takes readers into the bureaus and out to the field to experience firsthand AP’s groundbreaking reporting on war, politics, crime, disasters and sports.

Written by veteran journalists and editors, BREAKING NEWS documents AP’s role as eyewitness to history.Their accounts of the story behind the story are as telling as the news itself. Watch the promotional video or read an excerpt from the Elections chapter.

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>> BREAKING NEWS Video This six minute video features interviews with veteran AP journalists and BREAKING NEWS contributors including Kathryn Johnson, Tom Jory, David Halberstam and more. The BREAKING NEWS video is available in Windows Media and Quicktime format. Select your preferred version, or download the plug-in by using the links below: BREAKING NEWS - QUICKTIME.MOV BREAKING NEWS - Windows Media .wmv To Download plug-ins : or QuickTime7

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For decades, AP photographers have captured the greatest moments of their time across a spectrum of BREAKING NEWS— in war and peace, from politics, sports and business to nature and entertainment. AP has received 30 photo Pulitzers, the most of any news organization. BREAKING NEWS includes nearly 200 images from AP’s photo archive. Visit AP Images to view photo highlights.

	“For the men and women who tell a story with a camera, there is no substitute for being on the scene. Reporters can make telephone calls and even interview witnesses after the fact, but a camera can only record what it sees.”
— from Photographs chapter

“In 1959, I became AP’s correspondent at Cape Canaveral. It was all as new to me as to my colleagues and competitors. There was no training for the assignment; you had to learn on the job. As AP’s space reporter, I covered a scientific revolution: weather, communications, navigation, and— we knew without being told officially—spy satellites.”
		— Howard Benedict, from Aviation chapter
	“This time, a big press corps accompanied the demonstrators [of the Meredith March]. Harry F. Rosenthal, a member of an AP civil rights task force, called it his most frightening assignment. ‘We never knew who to be afraid of,’ he said. ‘Nobody wanted us there.’ He recalled that about twenty of the twenty-five cars that had been rented by reporters were returned damaged, many with bullet holes.”
		— from Civil Rights chapter
“’They covered the whole bridge, or what was left of it, edging their way foot by foot on the girders. They were fleeing the Chinese the same as we were,’ Desfor recalled. ‘I walked over to the edge of a concrete wall, the river about fifty feet below me, and thought to myself, “the poor, miserable souls.’”
	— Max Desfor on making his Pulitzer prize-winning photo of refugees of the Korean War, from Photographs chapter

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BREAKING NEWS was written by 13 AP reporters and/or editors and draws largely from documents uncovered since the founding of the AP Corporate Archives in 2003.

>> BREAKING NEWS in the Press

10/02/2007 - New exhibit from The Associated Press recounts the agency’s history and the stories behind the News: AP Press Release

06/18/07Ë asap's 'Assignment: You' examines newsgathering and BREAKING NEWS

06/14/07Ë Associated Press, in new book, examines its history

06/05/07Ë AP journalists dissect coverage of the Iraq war for BREAKING NEWS panel discussion

06/03/07– BREAKING NEWS featured on CBS Sunday Morning. (video)

05/30/07– Associated Press releases new book about the stories behind its coverage of history

05/29/07– BREAKING NEWS promotional flyer (PDF)

04/26/07– Associated Press honors memory of David Halberstam

02/08/07 – Princeton Architectural Press announces the publication of BREAKING NEWS

To request author interviews or to request use of photos from the book, contact Jack Stokes, AP Corporate Communications, at 212.621.1720.

>> BREAKING NEWS Exhibits & Presentations

The Associated Press is pleased to offer news outlets, universities and other groups a powerful multimedia package about BREAKING NEWS, that includes stories about the daring and dedicated journalists included in the book and a selection of iconic and unforgettable photographs. The BREAKING NEWS exhibits are ideal for use at schools, journalism conferences, community events and for display in public places. See more information about the exhibits.