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AP CEO demands answers from DOJ and FBI

Protesting the FBI’s impersonation of an Associated Press reporter, AP President and CEO Gary Pruitt today demanded answers from Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director James Comey.

AP names Sarah Rafi as Central region deputy editor

This Sept. 18, 2014, photo, shows new deputy editor for the U.S. Central Region Sarah Rafi.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) The region oversees AP journalism in 14 states from the Canadian border to Texas. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Central Region Editor Tom Berman. “Rafi is a smart, creative and relentless journalist,” Berman said. “The […]

JUNE 21, 2016

AP ‘outraged’ by FBI impersonation

One week after it was reported that the FBI had fabricated an Associated Press story during a 2007 investigation, the bureau’s director has revealed that the agency also impersonated an AP reporter during the probe.

AP video to feature in Times Square New Year’s celebration

Amid the crowds and confetti, The Associated Press will once again take center stage at the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration in New York.

DEC. 26, 2014

AP wins top honors from Overseas Press Club

Intrepid reporting from Timbuktu, Mali, which revealed the inner workings of al-Qaida, and gripping images from the Central African Republic earned Associated Press journalists top honors in the 2014 Overseas Press Club of America awards.

APRIL 24, 2014

A commitment to deep global journalism

In a busy news week saturated with coverage of the U.S. midterm elections, AP’s effort to count the uncountable -- tens of thousands of migrants dead and missing since 2014 -- broke through.

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 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

AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus remembered for her ability to capture humanity amid chaos

The coffin is being carried after the funeral service for Associated Press photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus in Hoexter, Germany, Saturday, April 12, 2014. Niedringhaus was killed by an Afghan policeman in an attack on April 4, 2014 in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, pool) Friends, family and colleagues of Niedringhaus packed Corvey Abbey in a medieval monastery […]

APRIL 12, 2014

Honoring the legacy of fallen AP photographer

The 2022 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who was killed reporting in Afghanistan in 2014, has been awarded to Paula Bronstein, a freelance photojournalist currently working in Kyiv.

Vatican admits past problems at hospital after AP probe

ROME (AP) — When doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase children’s hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the Vatican responded by ordering up a secret in-house investigation. The diagnosis: The original mission of “the pope’s hospital” had been lost and was “today more aimed at profit than on caring for children.” […]

JULY 5, 2017

From boxing to bullfighting AP images take top honors

Pablo Cesar Cano, right, lands a punch against Ashley Theophane in the eighth round during a welterweight fight, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013, in Las Vegas. This picture won First Place – Sports Action Single Image in the 2014 Pictures of the Year International contest. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Spanish bullfighter Rafael Cerro performs with a […]

FEB. 27, 2014