Contribution Rules

AP members statewide want:

• Train wrecks, airplane crashes, drownings, unusual deaths and fatalities.
• Meetings where action of statewide interest is taken or a prominent person speaks.
• Riots, demonstrations, strikes.
• Major fires, explosions, chemical spills.
• Major crime, raids, jail breaks, bank robberies, hate/bias crimes or incidents.
• Weather news, including ice and hail storms, heavy snow, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, flooding, heavy and damaging rainstorms, record heat and cold. 
• Human interest stories; the odd, the offbeat, the heartwarming; whatever makes people laugh or cry. 
• Stories on members of the media or public who are having government access (FOI) problems.

• Routine city council, school board or other public meetings.
• Non-fatal auto or boating accidents, unless it's unusual.
• Minor stabbings and shootings, petty crimes, minor house, building or range fires. 
• Suicides or obituaries, unless the person is known statewide or unusual circumstances are involved.
• Publicity handouts, including local pageant winners, fund-raisers and charity events.