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The AP names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2017

This combination photo shows, top row from left, director Patty Jenkins, actress Brooklynn Prince, actress Beanie Feldstein, singer SZA, and bottom row from left, actress Bianca Lawson, actor Daniel Kaluuya, comedian-actor Kumail Nanjiani and actress Millicent Simmond, who have had their breakthrough moment in 2017. (AP Photo) But when it happens, things change overnight — […]

DEC. 12, 2017

Associated Press announces 2017 staff awards

Hannah Dreier was a double winner for her work on “Venezuela Undone,” which painted vivid portraits of a once-wealthy society slipping into chaos and lawlessness. Dreier won the Samuel G. Blackman Award for Enterprise Reporting and also the John Winn and Margo C. Miller Award for excellence by an AP staffer 30 or younger. “Her […]

JUNE 23, 2017

AP receives 4 awards from Deadline Club

We were pleased to receive four awards on Monday evening from the Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Lifetime achievement award for AP White House photographer

AP senior photographer J. Scott Applewhite received the White House News Photographers Association’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual “Eyes of History” awards gala in Washington on Saturday night.

How and when we work with outside groups

In some cases AP works with nonprofit foundations and other news organizations that share and support our mission of objective, unbiased newsgathering.

AP and NFL extend exclusive photo licensing deal

The Associated Press and the National Football League today extended their commercial photo agreement, solidifying the AP’s status as the worldwide commercial licensing agent of the NFL through the 2017 season.

FEB. 24, 2015

ITN signs deal to provide UK news feed to AP

ITN has announced that The Associated Press will license ITN’s UK news coverage for inclusion in AP’s news services, which are sold to media organizations throughout the world.

DEC. 1, 2016

How data journalism tools revealed segregation in US charter schools

In a memo to staff, Deputy Managing Editor Sarah Nordgren described how an AP analysis of charter school enrollment data allowed member news organizations to zero in on segregation in their states:

Spotlight on ‘Reporters reporting’

A new Associated Press Instagram account features AP journalists in the field, shooting photos and video and reporting news stories across the globe.  

AP adding 14 statehouse reporters in new partnership

The Associated Press logo is displayed at the news agency’s headquarters in New York, April 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) The Associated Press is adding 14 statehouse reporters for 18-month jobs through a collaboration with Report for America, a group dedicated to local reporting. Report for America is part of a growing effort to help local […]

NOV. 25, 2019

Skoloff named to lead video across AP’s West region

Brian Skoloff (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Skoloff will oversee and drive video coverage across 13 Western states from the regional hub in Phoenix, working closely with video journalists and contributing text reporters and photographers across the territory while collaborating with video editors in Washington and London. Skoloff takes on this important role as the West […]

APRIL 10, 2019

AP, News Media Guild reach new tentative 3 ½ year agreement

AP photographs are displayed at AP headquarters in New York, April 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) The agreement comes after more than 17 months of negotiations and is subject to ratification of the union membership. The tentative agreement will require employees choosing a premium plan to pay 20 percent of their health care plan costs […]

FEB. 1, 2019