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There are many reasons college newspapers choose to be a member of the Associated Press:

• To help the staff at college newspapers prepare for careers in an evolving industry. Familiarity with AP content gives student journalists a tool they will use in virtually every professional newsroom.
• AP service can add breadth to news reports, not only through our stories and photos, but as a resource for reporters and editors who want to add sources and context to their reporting of the local stories your readers care about.
• And AP’s rates for college newspapers are heavily discounted to make its services more accessible to schools and students.

For the first time the AP is delivering service through AP Exchange; a new and innovative service which allows your staff -- each of whom has his or her own account -- to see all the stories, photos, graphics and videos in your entitlement in one convenient place and can be used with any computer that has access to the Internet. AP Exchange allows users to easily create and save very detailed searches, and receive e-mailed notifications when we move stories or photos that satisfy the search criteria. This service is free to all AP college members.

AP’s Online Video Network provides Web sites with an easy and free way to add high-quality video while also profiting from growing reader and advertiser interest in video.

Below is a list of services that we offer to college newspaper members:

• AP College Basic is our package of world, national, state and sports news. In general, all of the services below are only available with a subscription to AP Basic.
• Entertainment Wire will add news on movies, celebrities, TV and music to your service.
• AP College Plus adds to your AP Basic service by including more news, entertainment, sports and business stories.
  • Verticals are available to College Plus subscribers only. They provide a robust amount of stories in Business, Entertainment, Sports and Lifestyles.
• PhotoStream is AP's premier photo service produced by a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo staff, plus contributions from AP newspaper members. PhotoStream delivers hundreds of color images each day.
• Newsmaker Headshots will give your paper a package of fifty photos of people in the news each month..
• a la Carte Photos offers free-to-view photos and a compare-in-lightbox function; a per-photo charge is incurred when a photo is downloaded.
• Education Alert is a specific college offering that provides education stories pulled from the full AP report.
• AP Graphics provides up to thirty U.S. and world news graphics a day.
• AP Online NewsBriefs will furnish your Web site with headlines and the top two paragraphs of stories, organized by subject, updated around the clock.
• AP Hosted Custom News offers the same content as Online NewsBriefs, but is hosted by AP.
• AP Channels provides access to a premium and rich database of news and information categorized by subject and topic. These are stories beyond your newspaper’s normal level of content to ensure that if a topic matters to your readers, you’ll have access to those stories. AP Channels are available exclusively via AP Exchange and are ideal for both print and online use. College Plus subscribers get one channel for free. A list of all channels is attached is on the information sheet.
• AP Stylebook Online is a fully searchable version of the AP Stylebook with interactive features, links and customization options. New entries and other updates are available immediately, making it an essential handbook for all writers and editors in the classroom and newsroom.

Please note that free classroom use is available to your college if your college newspaper is an AP member.

You can also get more information on our AP College Services product information sheet.

Contacts:

Chief of Bureau: David Marcus

Marketing and Administrative Assistant: Claire Jamieson

T - 617-357-8100

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