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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.

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.)

AP photographer killed, reporter wounded

Anja Niedringhaus Anja Niedringhaus, 48, an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television News freelancer who witnessed the shooting. Kathy Gannon, an AP correspondent who for many years was the news organization’s Afghanistan bureau chief and currently is a special correspondent for the region, was shot twice and later underwent […]

APRIL 4, 2014

Allegations against top priest under review after AP report

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who is leading the U.S. Catholic Church’s sex abuse response, has been accused of mishandling a case where his deputy allegedly manipulated a woman into a sexual relationship. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church in Texas says it is reviewing allegations that a top monsignor continued to […]

JUNE 7, 2019

Should media avoid naming the gunmen in mass shootings

People wait outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) A few months after teen shooters killed 12 classmates and her father at Columbine High School, Coni Sanders was standing in line at a grocery store with her young daughter when they came face to face with the magazine cover. It showed […]

MARCH 17, 2019

A grand night for journalism

Journalists, playwrights, composers and literary talents gathered at Columbia University on Thursday night to celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prize.

AP names Sarah Rafi as Central region deputy editor

This Sept. 18, 2014, photo, shows new deputy editor for the U.S. Central Region Sarah Rafi.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) The region oversees AP journalism in 14 states from the Canadian border to Texas. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Central Region Editor Tom Berman. “Rafi is a smart, creative and relentless journalist,” Berman said. “The […]

JUNE 21, 2016

AP wins Focal International Award for “Best Footage Library”

The Associated Press has been awarded the 2014 Focal International Award for Best Footage Library. The result was announced last night at a ceremony and gala dinner in Central London, the winner having been chosen exclusively by archive researchers and footage users. The AP Archive, the film and video archive of AP, is one of […]

MAY 1, 2014

Zeina Karam appointed AP’s Beirut bureau chief

Zeina Karam (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) The appointment was announced on Tuesday by Ian Phillips, AP’s Middle East news director, and Dan Perry, who heads AP’s text coverage of the region. Karam, 41, replaces Elizabeth Kennedy, who is now South Asia news director, based in New Delhi. “Zeina was one of the first reporters to get […]

APRIL 14, 2014

Canadian-born journalist Kathy Gannon wounded in attack in Afghanistan

In this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, Associated Press Special Regional Correspondent for Afghanistan and Pakistan Kathy Gannon sits with girls at a school in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Gannon was wounded and her colleague, photographer Anja Niedringhaus, was killed on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in […]

APRIL 4, 2014

AP and Streamworks International expand live news streaming deal

The Associated Press and Streamworks International have renewed their contract to provide live streaming of AP’s award-winning content to AP Video Hub.

JAN. 23, 2014

Associated Press joins media accelerator Matter

The Associated Press has joined the media organizations collaborating with Matter, an accelerator for media startups based in San Francisco.

FEB. 18, 2015