No ordinary ‘John Doe’: AP’s all-formats win on Cohen guilty plea

By Larry Neumeister and Elizabeth Williams

Larry Neumeister, reporter, New York City, and Elizabeth Williams, freelance courtroom sketch artist, for their quick reaction to a vague advisory about a “John Doe” appearing in court on an unspecified charge, putting the AP at an all-formats competitive advantage when Michael Cohen made a surprise guilty plea to lying to Congress.