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AP statement on CPJ report

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report today on the Obama administration and the press that references the secret seizure of AP phone records by the U.S. Department of Justice earlier this year.

For many families, every meal is a struggle in Venezuela’s economic crisis

Alnilys Chirino’s tiny fridge and pantry are almost empty — a handful of peppers and wilting herbs, a kilo of rice, half that of beans, a bit of canned meat, some flour. Chirino used to worry about food spoiling quickly under western Venezuela’s punishing heat. These days, her meager supplies rarely last long enough to […]

AUG. 27, 2025

Gallery opening celebrates debut of Vietnam photo book

Crowds of journalists, photographers, distinguished guests and members of the public packed into the Steven Kasher Gallery in New York Thursday night to view iconic and rarely seen images of the Vietnam War taken by Associated Press photographers.

AP reacts to alteration of photo

The Associated Press has ended its ties with Narciso Contreras, a freelance photographer who has worked for AP in the Middle East, following his recent admission that he altered a photo that he took last September in Syria.

AP adds Governors Ball to Oscar night video lineup

The excitement and glamor of the Academy Awards on Sunday night will continue into Monday morning, as The Associated Press offers live video coverage of celebrity arrivals at the Governors Ball.

FEB. 27, 2014

Two TV stations adopt the new AP ENPS

Gannett’s WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tenn., and Intermountain West’s KSNV-TV, Las Vegas,  are now producing news with the new AP ENPS news production system.  Both stations went live with AP ENPS at the end of June. Andy Wormser, ENPS director of operations for the Americas, shepherded the training and support for the simultaneous launches.  “The staffs […]

JULY 3, 2013

Alabama politics reporter Phillip Rawls retiring from Associated Press after 40-year career

Associated Press reporter Phillip Rawls poses for a photo outside of the Alabama State Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Rawls, 63, developed a reputation for fairness and accuracy during a 40-year career in journalism, nearly all of it spent with the AP covering politics and government in Montgomery. Rawls’ […]

JAN. 7, 2015

AP CEO lays out 5 measures to ensure press freedom

In the wake of a secret seizure of AP journalists’ phone records by the U.S. Department of Justice last month, Associated Press President and CEO Gary Pruitt said the overbroad action is already having a chilling effect on journalism.

Video journalist hightails it to the heart of disaster in Texas

With quick thinking and immediate action, an AP video journalist beat even the first responders to the scene of a disaster in West, Texas. AP Managing Editor for State News Kristin Gazlay explains:

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

Ravi Nessman named deputy for AP’s South region

Ravi Nessman The appointment was announced Thursday by South Editor Lisa Marie Pane. Nessman was the South Asia bureau chief from 2009 until 2013, when he left to become a Nieman fellow at Harvard University, where he has been studying the role of poverty and religion in modern society. Based in New Delhi, he managed […]

FEB. 20, 2014