Trump on trial: AP delivers coverage for the history books
By Lisa Mascaro, Eric Tucker, Mary Clare Jalonick and Jon Elswick
AP Washington journalists Lisa Mascaro, congressional correspondent; Eric Tucker, reporter; Mary Clare Jalonick, reporter; and Jon Elswick, photo editor, anchored expansive and informative coverage of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial – just the third such trial in American history. Coverage of the trial in all formats showcased the AP’s unmatched ability to meet the call of history with sharp storytelling, delivered with speed but hanging on substance. The AP’s mainbar provided a definitive account of the trial for more than three weeks running. And as lawmakers weighed the ultimate judgment on a president, journalists in Washington carefully reported the arguments in real-time while churning out informative sidebars, fact-checks and explanatory guides. The final story alone, on the Senate vote to acquit Trump, appeared on more than 200 newspaper front pages across the country, and hundreds of websites. https://bit.ly/2UQ9EcK
Night falls on the Capitol, in Washington, Jan. 22, 2020, during in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. – AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., tears her copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020. Vice President Mike Pence is at left. – AP Photo / Patrick Semansky
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 27, 2020, during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. – AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, looks out from an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 5, 2020. – AP Photo / Susan Walsh
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes the stairs to speak to reporters about progress in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 23, 2020. – AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, walks into the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2020, during a break in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. – AP Photo / Jacquelyn Martin
From left, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., walk to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2020. – From left, Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., Rep. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., walk to the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 16, 2020.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with the Democratic Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 14, 2020. Pelosi had not yet relayed the articles of impeachment to the Senate for the trial of President Donald Trump. – AP Photo / Jose Luis Magana
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after leading the impeachment acquittal of President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 5, 2020. – AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite
