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The Associated Press and PodcastOne to deliver real-time news in on-demand podcasts

LOS ANGELES – The Associated Press, one of the most trusted sources of independent news and information, and PodcastOne, the leader in advertiser-supported podcasts with more than 200 top programs that boast more than 120 million monthly downloads, announced today a groundbreaking collaboration to deliver real-time news reports in on-demand podcasts with PodcastOne’s AP Up-To-The-Minute Newscast.

DEC. 18, 2014

Desaulniers named AP’s New England media director

Dwayne Desaulniers (AP Photo). The appointment was announced Friday by Eva Parziale, AP’s Regional Director-East. “Dwayne brings a great mix of news, technology and entrepreneurial experience to our New England market, as well as an in-depth understanding of AP services and our mission to inform the world,” Parziale said. “We’re looking forward to having him […]

NOV. 21, 2014

AP names Andrew Drake as deputy news director for Africa

Deputy News Director for Africa Andrew Drake. (AP Photo/Sam Wells) Andrew Drake, who currently is a video assignment editor in London, will assume his new role next month. He will be based at the AP’s Europe-Africa headquarters in London. The deputy news director for Africa is a new position for the AP. In this role, […]

JULY 17, 2019

Calling on governments to create ‘a culture of safety for journalism’

A UNESCO conference in Paris sought to attract decision makers of news organizations so they could share good practices on the safety of journalists and “more proactively highlight the issue of journalist safety.”

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 sports reporter Christopher Duncan dies at 43

Christopher Duncan (AP Photo) A Harris County sheriff’s deputy confirmed the death on Monday night. Duncan was found at his home, and a cause of death wasn’t released. He had recently returned to work after a kidney transplant. Duncan was a 20-year AP employee who started with the news cooperative as an editorial assistant in […]

SEPT. 8, 2014

AP veteran David Scott named political editor

David Scott (AP Photo) Scott, 37, who currently works in Chicago overseeing the AP’s Central Region, will be based in Washington and report to Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee. “The political editor job is a critical one for AP — directing our national political coverage, advising states on political reporting and working with colleagues on […]

APRIL 29, 2014

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

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

New heads of video, US news are named

In a memo to staff on Wednesday, it was announced that Sara Gillesby will lead global video for AP and Josh Hoffner will direct U.S. news coverage.

Doug Willis APs Calif political writer for 30 years dies

In this Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011 photo former Associated Press Correspondent Doug Willis, right, talks with Gov. Jerry Brown in Sacramento, Calif. Willis, who covered California politics for the AP for more than three decades, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, from complications following hip surgery. He was 77. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) He died Tuesday […]

DEC. 16, 2015

Ex-AP writer McArthur, who covered Vietnam, dies

This April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau chiefs at The Associated Press’ Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75), Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). McArthur, a former AP foreign correspondent who reported all over the world and spent years in Saigon covering the Vietnam […]

APRIL 13, 2013