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Media group names award after AP’s Niedringhaus

Anja Niedringhaus The International Women’s Media Foundation said the award will be given out every year to a female photojournalist whose work “follows in the footsteps of Anja Niedringhaus.” It is funded with a $1 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, a private family foundation that seeks to improve the lives of the […]

APRIL 15, 2014

AP Video Hub announces new deal with Le Figaro

The Associated Press today announced a new deal with leading French newspaper Le Figaro, making it the first French publisher to license AP Video Hub, a state-of-the-art online video delivery platform.

DEC. 4, 2013

AP names Talmadge bureau chief for North Korea

Eric Talmadge He joins Senior Video Journalist Rafael Wober and Asia Chief Photographer David Guttenfelder in directing AP’s pioneering news coverage and operations in Pyongyang. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Brian Carovillano, AP’s Asia-Pacific news director in Bangkok. Talmadge, 51, has reported on a wide range of stories and events throughout Asia over the […]

OCT. 15, 2013

Jake Coyle, Jessica Herndon named AP film writers

Jake Coyle and Jessica Herndon Coyle will be based in New York City and Herndon will be based in Los Angeles. “We are excited to have two dynamic writers and reporters covering the film industry to break news about the movies while providing useful, relevant film reviews,” said Nekesa Mumbi Moody, the AP’s entertainment and […]

SEPT. 11, 2013

AP names new correspondent in Springfield, Ill

Kerry Lester Lester, 30, joins the AP from the Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Ill. She will join a four-person team covering state government and politics in Illinois that includes investigative reporter John O’Connor in Springfield and political reporters Sara Burnett and Sophia Tareen in Chicago.   The appointment was announced Wednesday by Central Region […]

MAY 8, 2013

Larson named AP’s West Africa bureau chief

Krista Larson chats with orphans she interviewed at a Catholic church sheltering more than 800 Muslims in Carnot, Central African Republic who had fled sectarian violence earlier this year. Krista Larson, who has covered the Ebola outbreak and the deadly conflict in Central African Republic for The Associated Press, has been named bureau chief for […]

OCT. 30, 2014

Froke named APME executive director and AP Stylebook editor

APME Executive Director Paula Froke. (AP Photo) Froke’s appointment to her new role was announced Thursday by David Scott, AP’s deputy managing editor for operations. As executive director of APME, Froke will lead an industry organization that seeks to foster journalistic excellence, support and train the leaders of today’s multimedia newsrooms and represent the interests of customers in […]

OCT. 19, 2017

David Biller, nuevo director de noticias de AP en Brasil

Brazil News Director David Biller. (AP Foto/Silvia Izquierdo) El anuncio fue hecho el miércoles por Matt Chandler, el director de noticias de la AP para América Latina y el Caribe. “David dirigirá un equipo de texto, foto y video talentoso y activo que consistentemente ha hecho una cobertura rápida, atractiva e interesante de varias historias […]

OCT. 9, 2019

Vineeta Deepak to lead AP’s coverage of South Asia region

Vineeta Deepak (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) From her base in the Indian capital, New Delhi, she will drive AP’s multiformat reporting on the world’s largest democracy as it exerts its influence abroad while grappling with rising nationalism and growing inequality despite an economic boom at home. She will lead a large team of videojournalists, photographers and […]

APRIL 17, 2019

Skoloff named to lead video across AP’s West region

Brian Skoloff (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Skoloff will oversee and drive video coverage across 13 Western states from the regional hub in Phoenix, working closely with video journalists and contributing text reporters and photographers across the territory while collaborating with video editors in Washington and London. Skoloff takes on this important role as the West […]

APRIL 10, 2019

Tom Berman named news director for US Central region

Tom Berman. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) The appointment was announced Tuesday by Managing Editor Brian Carovillano. Berman will be based in Chicago, AP’s Central regional hub, where he has been regional editor since August 2014. AP is in the process of merging the management of its text, photo, video and interactive journalism at regional desks around the world. […]

MARCH 20, 2018

Q&A: The changing market for video news

The Associated Press today released a report looking at the news market in the Middle East and North Africa and suggesting ways it needs to evolve, particularly when it comes to video. The report is the latest in a series of Deloitte studies for AP into video news consumption globally. (The first covered Europe and the second covered Asia.)Here, Sue Brooks, director of international products and platforms for AP, explains why the market for video news has never been stronger.