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February 2008
As nationwide race for presidential nominees rages ahead, we are starting to see more activity in state and local races. Remember the AP provides the only nationwide vote tabulation for president in 2008. In addition we are covering all statewide races, including ballot measures. Many newspapers are signing up for AP's online vote returns, allowing them to publish results in real time on election night -- on the Web. In addition, AP offers a snazzy daily multi-media feed that tracks the campaign season in real time with video from the campaign trail, columnists and blogs, graphics and campaign news. Campaign Plus is only available to newspapers signing up for an election service, so don't wait. Take advantage of the high interest in this year's campaign to draw people to your Web site
Tena Haraldson Chief of Bureau
What’s New AP Elections 2008
For the first time since 1928, in 2008 neither a sitting President nor Vice President will be a candidate for nomination to the Presidency. The states have added excitement by turning the election calendar on its head, setting up the largest election event outside of a general election that the AP has ever covered on Feb. 5. Take advantage of our presidential primary packages, our new Web service--Campaign Plus, and our full compliment of online and print products for this historic election season.
For more information contact your local chief of bureau, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org
New local feature for OVN There’s a new local video feature to benefit affiliates of the AP Online Video Network service. The latest OVN product enhancement now enables media Web sites to upload and showcase locally-produced video and generate incremental local online advertising revenue. Bill Burke, AP’s Director of Online Video said: “We’ve seen some early adopters dramatically increase stream counts by using this capability, which allows affiliates to keep all their video in one place, and which lets them sell local advertising against it.”
For more information contact your local chief of bureau, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org
National Sunshine Week Shines Light on Open Government Sunshine Week will be observed nationwide from March 16-22 this year. AP will participate by providing a story for Sunday, March 16, dealing with public access to electronic communications. Each state will also work on its own similar story.
Sunshine Week is led by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and is funded mostly by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. It has become a national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include print, broadcast and online news media, civic groups, libraries, non-profits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
Sunshine Week started with a single day -- Sunshine Sunday -- celebrated in 2002 in Florida. From there it became a national, week-long event in 2005.
The Associated Press launches a Q&A initiative, called ‘Ask AP’ The Associated Press launched a new Q&A initiative, called “Ask AP,” where AP journalists will answer written questions from the public about the news. Readers are invited to send questions to the e-mail address newsquestions@ap.org, with “Ask AP” in the subject line. The answers will appear in periodic installments of the new Q&A column, both online and in newspapers. Each column will end with a call for additional questions AP journalists should pursue.
For the first column, the AP received questions from around the United States on a wide variety of topics. Eric Carvin, a supervisor in the news department who is overseeing the initiative along with Deputy Managing Editor Tom Kent, assigned reporters and editors to answer questions that fell within their areas of expertise. The column was made available Jan. 18, for use by AP members both online and in print.
For more information, visit: http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/pr_011808a.html or visit the AP corporate Web site at http://www.ap.org/pages/about/whatsnew/whatsnew.html.
Academy Awards Online
For questions on how to access this content, contact the Support Desk at 877-836-9477, email at APcustomersupport@AP.org or contact your chief of bureau.
AP launching a multimedia project on presidential politics The Associated Press will launch an ambitious, multimedia project on presidential politics, called “The Measure of a Nation.” Written by veteran AP journalists Ron Fournier and Ted Anthony, “The Measure of a Nation” is designed as a user’s guide to America for people trying to make sense of the changes unfolding in the country and how the landscape of their daily lives might impact their votes.
The anchor of the first package, released Friday, Feb. 1, is "The Mythic Presidency" -- a provocative, 2,600-word magazine-style piece that takes the reader to unexpected places to reveal the cult of the presidency in U.S. society and examines how the myths that grew up around various chief executives inform how Americans will select a president in 2008.
See more details at: http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressreleases/preleaseindex.html.
AP Products
AP Money & Markets Extra gives your readers investing news, trends and tools geared to weekend newspapers. By the weekend, investors know what the market did during the week. They want to understand performance and learn about trends. With more than 30 visually appealing, analytic modules, you can give them the information they want. For most members already taking a stock service, Money & Markets Extra is available at no extra cost.
For examples of the 30 modules and more information about M&M Extra, check out www.ap.org/markets.
To join a conference call and Webex to hear about the latest developments, contact your AP chief of bureau, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org.
Online tools for tracking winter weather
AP also offers OPENS, the Organizations, Places and Events Notification System, which gives you the tools to collect and distribute information without missing a beat. It keeps up with the rapidly changing school closings and event cancellations without diverting your resources from news coverage. Site visitors can access real-time closing and event information automatically through the OPENS Web interface.
For more information about either service, contact your AP chief of bureau, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org.
Springs sports on the way
For a tip sheet with suggestions, details, and links, contact your AP chief of bureau, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org.
Design AP Exchange’s new navigation
Additionally, AP offers online training for your newsroom to get the most out of AP Exchange and its enhanced features. To get the full details on AP Exchange training, contact your chief of bureau. For more information, visit the AP Exchange blog at http://apexchange.ning.com.
For information please contact your AP bureau chief, Tena Haraldson tharaldson@ap.org or email talkback@ap.org
Special Editions for February The spring Home and Garden Special Edition is available Tuesday, Feb. 5. Stories include:
Schedule Special Editions 2008
A New Era in Newspapers AP will host a brunch during the NAA Marketing Conference on February 24, 2008. Learn more about new AP initiatives designed to save you time and money: Member Choice, the Digital Cooperative, AP Exchange and more ...
Sunday, February 24, 2008 Orlando World Center Marriott Resort & Convention Center Brunch 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
If you are interested in details and would like to attend, please contact Allison Stahley, astahley@ap.org.
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nature of the Academy Awards on Feb. 24 depends on the status of the
writers’ strike, but coverage has begun and can be found in the
Entertainment front of Hosted Custom News. Interactives are available
in the box called "Multimedia." They'll also be linked in each Oscars
story. We expect to move photos and audio commentary from the red
carpet, backstage photos, and packages on the winners and highlights.
With
winter storms sweeping the country, the Associated Press offers services
to make your Web site the destination for weather updates. Hosted
Custom News offers a Severe Weather section, with latest weather
stories, interactives, photo galleries and a zip-code based weather
forecast search tool. 
Winter
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away. NASCAR season and baseball’s spring training begin this month.
Give your readers the latest via Hosted Custom News’ sports lineups and
fronts for each sport. 
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