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Photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed while working in Afghanistan, Regional Correspondent Kathy Gannon wounded

<p>Brazil's Newsource Globo and AP Global Media Services will offer comprehensive broadcast facilities throughout Brazil at the FIFA World Cup™ 2014. The feed points will be available to both rights and non-rights holders.</p> <br> <br> <br>In a Friday, April 4, 2014 note to AP staff, CEO Gary Pruitt announced the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injury of Kathy Gannon, regional correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

APRIL 4, 2014

AP Archive, Video Hub boost third-party video content with 2 new contributors

The Associated Press today announced that AP Archive and Video Hub customers will be offered content from Storm Chasing Video and Stringr, in a further expansion of third-party video distributed by AP.

NOV. 28, 2018

AP names Kennedy news director for South Asia

The appointment was announced Tuesday in Bangkok by the news organization’s Asia-Pacific news director, Brian Carovillano. In her new role, Kennedy will manage AP’s coverage in text, photos and video for India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as well as the Maldives and Bhutan. The appointment is part of a move to combine AP’s management […]

AUG. 20, 2013

AP cameraman shot during Gaza protest

Rashed Rashid, 47, was hit in the leg Monday during a weekly protest next to the Israeli border. Doctors said he suffered multiple bone fractures above the ankle and would need surgery. Witnesses said he was about 600 meters (1,969 feet) from the fence, far from the protesters. He was operating a live camera on […]

NOV. 19, 2018

Troy Thibodeaux named interactive newsroom technology editor

Troy Thibodeaux, an award-winning journalist and developer based in New Orleans, has been named interactive newsroom technology editor at the Associated Press. His appointment was outlined in a memo to staff on Thursday from Global Interactive Editor Paul Cheung:

AP wins Pulitzer for Syria photos; is finalist for Syria reporting

Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographers, clockwise from top left, Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen. The Associated Press was honored Monday for its international coverage, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography as seen in gripping images of the Syrian civil war and being named a finalist in international reporting […]

APRIL 15, 2013

Arizona, Michigan stay 1-2 in AP Top 25 men’s poll; No. 15 Nebraska hits highest mark since 1991

No. 1 Arizona and No. 2 Michigan remained locked in place atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday while No. 15 Nebraska jumped to its highest Top 25 ranking in nearly 35 years. The Wildcats had 42 of 61 first-place votes to hold the top spot while the Wolverines received 15 to keep the […]

DEC. 15, 2025

AP Court decision is victory for media

A federal judge in New York ruled last month that Meltwater News had infringed on AP’s copyright by using unlicensed AP content verbatim to produce a service for paying customers. The judge granted AP’s motion for summary judgment. Meltwater has vowed to file an appeal. “The judge’s decision in Meltwater vindicated our position that what […]

APRIL 15, 2013

How do you know who won AP calls races across US

Americans are used to learning most of their winners on election night, whether the news comes from television, radio, a newspaper, a website or a tweet. That’s possible because of the election network built by The Associated Press, a not-for-profit news cooperative. The AP will deploy more than 5,000 people Tuesday to provide vote-count results […]

NOV. 3, 2014

AP announces 4 new directors, 5 incumbents at annual meeting

NEW YORK -- Four new directors and five incumbents were named to The Associated Press board of directors, it was announced at AP’s annual meeting today at its New York headquarters.

APRIL 19, 2017

AP presidential photo exhibit opens in Dallas

The “The American President: Photographs from the Archives of The Associated Press” opened Sunday and runs through Oct. 27. The downtown Dallas museum is dedicated to the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy and his legacy. It’s located along the route traveled by JFK before he was fatally shot. The exhibit, meant […]

AUG. 16, 2013