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More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning

Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.

Nearly 700 people were killed 100 years ago this week in the deadliest US tornado

MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) — From Logan School’s top floor, 11-year-old Othella Silvey should have been able to see her house easily — it was less than two blocks away. But after a monstrous tornado ripped through the Illinois town of Murphysboro on March 18, 1925, Othella saw nothing but flattened wasteland. “She couldn’t tell which […]

MARCH 17, 2025

AP to name first preseason All-America football team, kick off 82nd year of Top 25 poll

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation’s top college football players, will begin its 92nd year with its first preseason edition on Tuesday, Aug. 22. The preseason edition of the AP Top 25 football poll, entering its 82nd year, will be released a day earlier on Monday, Aug. 21.

AUG. 1, 2017

AP Top 25 college football poll kicks off 81st year

The AP Top 25, the longest-running college football poll of its kind, will begin its 81st year with the much-awaited preseason edition on Sunday, Aug. 21.

AUG. 18, 2016

Updated: AP responds to latest DOJ letter

Statement from May 14, 2013From Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press:

Longtime AP executive James W. Mangan dies at age 87

Andrew Mangan said his father died of a heart ailment Friday while playing tennis in San Antonio. “If you look at his career history, AP tossed a lot of different challenges to Jim. He did well in every one of them,” said Louis D. Boccardi, former AP president and CEO. James Mangan started with AP […]

AUG. 26, 2015

AP to showcase images of daily life worldwide at Tokyo gallery

LONDON — An exhibit of Associated Press news photography depicting daily life around the world will be showcased at the Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery in Tokyo beginning Jan. 2, 2014.

DEC. 19, 2013

AP appoints Matt Chandler as news director for Latin America

AP News Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Matt Chandler. (AP Photo) The appointment was announced Friday by Ian Phillips, AP’s deputy managing editor and vice president for international news. Based at AP’s Latin America headquarters in Mexico City, Chandler will oversee more than 100 journalists and editors in text, photos and video in […]

MARCH 1, 2019

AP Stylebook 2014 adds religion chapter with over 200 terms

The Associated Press today released the 2014 Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes about 200 new or revised entries plus a separate chapter with more than 200 religion terms. Religion writer Rachel Zoll helped create the new chapter, which combines existing terms from the Stylebook’s entries with new and revised entries, […]

MAY 28, 2014

AP’s Doug Ferguson gets PGA lifetime journalism award

AP golf writer Doug Ferguson poses at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, April 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Ferguson is the 30th recipient of the PGA award, which recognizes members of the media for steadfast coverage of golf throughout a career. Ferguson has covered more than 500 golf events. Ferguson joined the AP as […]

JAN. 15, 2019

AP’s red carpet experience will broadcast live on Xbox 360

The Associated Press is bringing the red carpet to the Xbox 360® entertainment system from Microsoft.

FEB. 7, 2013

AP, Frontline documentary ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ to premiere on PBS and begin streaming online

On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, Frontline, the PBS documentary series produced at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press will present the U.S. broadcast and streaming premiere of “2000 Meters to Andriivka”: a stunning and immersive portrayal of the men fighting on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. From the Oscar®-winning team behind “20 […]

NOV. 13, 2025