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Additions to the Business News team

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Global Business Editor Noreen Gillespie announced three new roles on the Business News team:

2019 William Allen White award goes to AP’s Sally Buzbee

AP Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee. (AP Photo/Chuck Zoeller) The foundation announced Tuesday that Buzbee, a Kansas native and 1988 graduate of the University of Kansas journalism school, will receive the award April 11 in Lawrence, Kansas. Buzbee became the news agency’s executive editor in January 2017. Her AP career began in […]

JAN. 29, 2019

AP launches World Cup wire in English and Spanish

NEW YORK – The Associated Press today launched a 2014 World Cup wire, in both English and Spanish, which will bring together all of AP’s global coverage of the world’s largest soccer tournament.

DEC. 5, 2013

SNTV partners with 6Medias to target the French digital market

LONDON – SNTV, the sports video news agency, has partnered with 6Medias digital press agency, a key supplier to digital publishers across French speaking territories, to distribute their sports news video content and enrich 6Medias video offering.

DEC. 11, 2014

Health and science chapter debuts in 2019 AP Stylebook

The Associated Press today released the 2019 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on health and science journalism.

MAY 29, 2019

AP wins Polk award for coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine

NEW YORK (AP) — Four Associated Press journalists were honored with the George Polk Award for War Reporting for their searing coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Ukrainian officials have credited with saving many lives. AP videojournalist Mstyslav Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, video producer Vasilisa Stepanenko and reporter Lori Hinnant were awarded for producing […]

FEB. 20, 2023

Accident or homicide? Medical rulings in arrest-related deaths can dictate what happens to police

Sitting alone in her car, Jen Dold was crying too hard to drive. She had just received a manila envelope with her brother’s autopsy report. There it was, one devastating word: “accident.” The papers trembled in her hands. Their mother had called 911 for help getting Dold’s 29-year-old brother, Alex, to the hospital because he […]

DEC. 18, 2024

Recalling Vietnam’s ‘Real War’

Longtime Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett remembered that journalists were 「rarely unwelcomed」 by the American soldiers fighting the Vietnam War. After all, AP stories were being clipped from hometown newspapers and mailed by family members to the men in the field.

Election Day effort continues into Wednesday

Though all the votes have been cast in the U.S. midterm elections, the importance of uncounted ballots looms large in some tight contests as AP journalists and race callers continued today to analyze Election Day results. Highlighting the remaining tasks, AP issued an advisory to its customers in the wee hours of this morning:

AP honored with First Amendment Award

The Radio Television Digital News Foundation (RTDNF) honored The Associated Press for defending a robust free press with its challenge to the U.S. Department of Justice for secretly seizing AP phone records.

Dig into data journalism with AP

The Associated Press will be sharing expertise and learning from other data journalists from around the country at a computer-assisted reporting conference put on by NICAR and Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE). The annual event runs today through March 8 in Atlanta.“Every year we pick up tools and techniques that become essential to our data journalism toolkit. And every year, I personally steal a few teaching ideas that help me bring the material back to the broader AP,” said AP Editor for Interactive Technology Troy Thibodeaux. “All this, and we get to compare notes and ask questions of the people in other news organizations whose work most inspires and challenges us.”Here’s some of the hands-on training AP is providing:THURSDAY, MARCH 5 Grabbing data from websites without scraping AP data journalist Michelle Minkoff co-leads a tutorial on how to get structured data from websites using a web browser with free tools and ad-ons.FRIDAY, MARCH 6 Bridging the developer/journalist gap AP newsroom developer Maureen Linke shares best practices for bringing together coders and non-coders alike in newsrooms to tell great stories.Introducing Geomancer: Don’t let your data be lonely tonight Thibodeaux and AP data journalist Serdar Tumgoren talk about Geomancer, a new tool created by AP and a team of developers from civic technology company DataMade, that makes it easier for journalists to add context to a data set.SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Getting started with SQLite This workshop led by Thibodeaux will provide an introduction to the world of SQL (Structured Query Language), “the lingua franca of relational databases.”Summing and grouping in SQLite Thibodeaux will help journalists build their SQL skills in this advanced workshop.Visualization for reporting Minkoff co-leads a workshop on how to use visualizations and graphics as a powerful reporting tool.

AP wins 2 Royal Television Society awards

AP field producer Vasilisa Stepanenko and AP video journalist Mstyslav Chernov were honored at the Royal Television Society’s 2023 Television Journalism Awards on Wednesday in London.