AP way ahead on coverage of Pensacola base shooting

By Brendan Farrington, Mike Balsamo and Cody Jackson

Tallahassee, Florida, correspondent Brendan Farrington, Washington reporter Mike Balsamo and Atlanta video journalist Cody Jackson produced a series of scoops in the investigation of the Pensacola naval station shooting, keeping AP ahead of national and local media in the days that followed. From Farrington’s report that investigators believed the shooter hosted a dinner party where participants viewed videos of mass shootings, to Balsamo’s confirmation of the shooter’s nationality and name, the three led coverage of one of the week’s top stories. On Monday, at least 10 Florida newspapers had the AP coverage on their front pages, including the Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times and Orlando Sentinel. https://bit.ly/35leT6o