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Understanding the election: Why this year is different

The coronavirus pandemic means more Americans than ever before will cast their ballots ahead of Election Day. Deputy Managing Editor for Operations David Scott, who oversees AP’s race calling, explains how this may affect when we will know who won the 2020 U.S. presidential election:

APs fish-slaves reporting earns gold Barlett and Steele award

Four Associated Press journalists will receive the gold award in the ninth annual Barlett & Steele Awards for Investigative Business Journalism for their work exposing slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia and connecting the practice to U.S. supermarkets and pet food companies.

SEPT. 28, 2015

’20 Days in Mariupol’ to make European premiere at CPHDOX Film Festival

“20 Days in Mariupol” — the acclaimed feature film from Frontline, the award-winning PBS documentary series housed at GBH in Boston, and The Associated Press — will make its European premiere at the international film festival CPH:DOX this March in Copenhagen, Denmark.

FEB. 22, 2023

EEUU acusa a Raúl Castro y otras fotos de la semana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe

Fiscales estadounidenses anunciaron cargos penales contra el expresidente de Cuba Raúl Castro por el derribo de aviones civiles en 1996 gestionados por exiliados en Miami, mientras el gobierno de Donald Trump eleva la presión sobre la isla socialista.

MAY 22, 2026

Data journalism chapter debuts in 2017 AP Stylebook

The Associated Press today released the 2017 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes nearly 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on data journalism guidance.

MAY 31, 2017

ABC News and AP announce documentary spotlighting intersection between the KKK and law enforcement from George Stephanopoulos Pr

‘Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK’ Premieres on Hulu Thursday, April 27. In a first-time collaboration, ABC News and The Associated Press announced today a documentary that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies — the Ku Klux Klan. Based on an award-winning investigative AP series, the true-crime documentary captures the infiltration […]

APRIL 19, 2023

Why AP has yet to call Kentucky governor’s race

At 10:02 p.m. ET on Tuesday, AP sent a news alert to its member news organizations and customers that the race for governor in Kentucky was too close to call. AP Election Decision Editor Stephen Ohlemacher explains why:

How to describe those who seized wildlife refuge

We’ve had several inquiries about the terms we use to describe the people who took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

The Oscar for best selfie goes to …

Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres granted The Associated Press the rights for the editorial use of her star-studded selfie by AP members and subscribers.

AP provides sponsored tweets during electronics show

The Associated Press announced today that Samsung will be the first company to provide sponsored tweets to the news agency’s primary Twitter account, https://twitter.com/ap. The innovative advertising will appear twice a day this week (Jan. 7-11), timed with the 2013 International CES – the consumer electronics show — in Las Vegas. The effort builds on […]

JAN. 7, 2013

AP names new director of media relations

Lauren Easton, who joined The Associated Press last year as media relations manager, has been promoted to director of media relations.

DEC. 16, 2016

A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina

MILAN (AP) — Next year’s Winter Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but they will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy.

FEB. 5, 2025