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FILE - In this July 12, 2014, file photo, Myanmar journalist Thet Oo Maung, known as Wa Lone, right, stands with other journalists with their mouths taped, symbolizing the government's crackdown on media, in Yangon, Myanmar. Under Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has aggressively pursued legal charges against dozens of journalists, along with other attempts to suppress and discredit the media. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 1968, file photo, South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the National Police, fires his pistol into the head of suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem (also known as Bay Lop) on a Saigon street, early in the Tet Offensive. The photo showed the war's brutality in a way Americans hadn’t seen before. Protesters saw it as graphic evidence that the U.S. was fighting on the side of an unjust government. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)

Associated Press video news editor Derl McCrudden poses in the AP's London newsroom on Jan. 5, 2018. The global news cooperative announced on Friday, Jan. 26, that McCrudden has been appointed to the new position of deputy managing editor for digital and visual journalism. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Chris Lanese speaks during a hearing on a lawsuit filed against the Washington Legislature by a coalition of news media organizations over records access, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, in Olympia, Wash. Lanese is weighing the case that will determine whether the Legislature is fully subject to the state's public records act. He heard arguments for more than two hours Friday in a key hearing in the case brought by a coalition of news organizations led by The Associated Press, who sued in September. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

This Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 photo shows Janelle Cogan in Atlanta, who The Associated Press named as its new deputy director of storytelling for the U.S. South. The appointment was announced Mon., Dec. 18, 2017, by Ravi Nessman, AP's news director for the U.S. South. Cogan will help develop innovative ways to tell stories and reach new audiences. (AP Photo/Alex Sanz)

This combination photo shows, top row from left, director Patty Jenkins, actress Brooklynn Prince, actress Beanie Feldstein, singer SZA, and bottom row from left, actress Bianca Lawson, actor Daniel Kaluuya, comedian-actor Kumail Nanjiani and actress Millicent Simmond, who have had their breakthrough moment in 2017. (AP Photo/File)