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William Fontan Quintero and his wife Yadira Sostre pose with a printed photo of them taken on Sept. 30, 2017 when they sat amid the rubble of their home that was destroyed by Hurricane Maria, at the same spot where they rebuilt their home, behind, in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico, May 29, 2018. The couple says FEMA rejected their application for financial help but they received $8,000 from family to help them replace their belongings, which they invested in wood to build a small home, behind, where they live with their two children who are university students. The roof is plastic tarp while they wait for their FEMA application to be approved so they can finish rebuilding. "We don't have time to build anything safe without help," said Quintero. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
As storm season starts, AP photographer revisits Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Associated Press photographer Ramon Espinosa spent weeks roaming Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island last September. He documented the lives of Puerto Ricans who lost roofs and possessions in the storm. Others saw their houses torn completely from their foundations, leaving only a concrete base. Espinosa revisited the […]
JUNE 1, 2018
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Polling in a pandemic: the ideal methodology
The coronavirus has upended nearly every aspect of the U.S. presidential election. Deputy Managing Editor David Scott explains how AP VoteCast — the news cooperative’s election survey, which debuted in 2018 — uses the ideal methodology to conduct accurate research about the electorate in all 50 states during a pandemic:
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AP VoteCast data from midterms is now available
The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago today made available the data from AP VoteCast’s more than 120,000 interviews with voters in the runup to the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.
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Understanding the election: Precise polling with AP VoteCast
AP VoteCast, the wide-ranging survey of the American electorate, wasn’t built with a pandemic in mind, but in many ways uses the ideal methodology to conduct accurate research about the electorate at a time when more Americans than ever before are expected to cast ballots before Election Day.
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Trudging through mud to get the shot
As search crews in California look for victims of this week’s deadly mudslides in Montecito, AP journalists are on the ground covering the rescue efforts and the destruction left behind.
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Samya Kullab named AP Iraq correspondent
Veteran journalist Samya Kullab has been named Iraq correspondent for The Associated Press.
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Seung Min Kim joins AP White House team
In a memo to staff on Thursday, Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced that Seung Min Kim will join AP’s White House team:
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Nuclear security lapses An AP discussion at the Newseum
AP National Security Writer Robert Burns and Assistant Washington Bureau Chief Wendy Benjaminson Associated Press National Security Writer Robert Burns was recently hailed as the “master of nuke coverage” on ForeignPolicy.com, and for good reason. His reporting over the past nine months has revealed serious lapses in the securing of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The […]
JAN. 31, 2014
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In this May 3, 2017, photo, Kathleen Ronayne sits for a portrait at her office in Concord, N.H. Ronayne, the politics and government reporter in New Hampshire for The Associated Press, who last year helped lead coverage of the state's first-in-the-nation presidential primary, has been promoted to supervisory correspondent in Sacramento, Calif. In her new role, Ronayne will oversee AP's largest statehouse bureau. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
Ronayne to lead Associated Press coverage from Sacramento
Kathleen Ronayne. (AP Photo) In her new role, Ronayne will oversee AP’s largest statehouse bureau. She also will have a leadership role in political coverage in California, including the 2018 election that features a crowded field to replace outgoing Gov. Jerry Brown. Her appointment was announced Thursday by West Region News Director Anna Johnson, who […]
MAY 4, 2017
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Paul Byrne named AP’s deputy news director in Latin America
Paul Byrne (AP Photo/Leo La Valle) Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Byrne will lead video coverage as the AP’s Deputy News Director for Newsgathering for Latin America and the Caribbean. Byrne will focus primarily on video. He will direct a recently expanded team of field staff and producers in driving forward the news agency’s visual […]
MARCH 3, 2020
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In this Nov. 19, 2019 photo, Paul Byrne poses for a photo at The Associated Press office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Associated Press has named Byrne as its news director for southern South America. Based in Buenos Aires, Byrne will lead coverage in text, photos and video for Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia, a diverse territory where economic potential collides with deep-rooted poverty, defining the challenges and opportunities facing Latin America. (AP Photo/Leo Lavalle)
AP nombra a Paul Byrne director de noticias del Cono Sur
Paul Byrne, AP director de noticias del Cono Sur (AP Foto/Leo Lavalle) Byrne, quien opera desde Buenos Aires, liderará la cobertura en texto, foto y video en Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay, países diversos en los que el potencial económico choca con una pobreza profundamente arraigada, definiendo los desafíos y oportunidades que enfrenta América […]
NOV. 21, 2019
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