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AP photographer Dar Yasin wins international photojournalism award

AP photographer Dar Yasin has won the inaugural Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award from Athens Photo World for a compelling collection of photographs chronicling the ongoing conflict in Kashmir.

AP’s top editor: News organizations must be ‘flexible, nimble and scrappy’

Speaking at the Inter American Press Association’s 75th General Assembly in Miami, Florida, on Sunday, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee called attention to challenges facing the news industry, including the erosion of local news and attacks on “the essential question of factual journalism.”

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AP Content Services spotlights Fukushima recovery ahead of Tokyo Olympics

The Associated Press announced today that its Content Services division is working with Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, to help the district illustrate its recovery from the earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster in March 2011.

MARCH 9, 2020

‘Sheer bravery’ in Nairobi attack coverage

When extremists attacked a hotel complex in Kenya’s capital on Tuesday, AP journalists across formats scrambled to capture video, take photos and report the breaking news.

Dispute over Newtown 911 tapes tests new Conn law

The Associated Press is challenging the refusal by investigators to release the tapes from the Dec. 14 shooting. A hearing officer for Connecticut’s Freedom of Information Commission has recommended the tapes be released, and the full commission is meeting Wednesday to consider the case. Twenty-six people, including 20 first-graders, were killed inside the school by […]

SEPT. 25, 2013

Nice car! Prince Charles uses AP Cuba pic for Christmas card

Britain’s Prince Charles chose an Associated Press photo taken on his historic trip to Cuba for his Christmas card. The image, taken March 26, 2019, is by AP photographer Ramon Espinosa. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool via AP) The image by AP’s Ramon Espinosa shows the heir to the British throne behind the wheel of a classic car in Havana […]

DEC. 20, 2019

Steve Harvey to host NFL Honors when AP awards are announced

In this Aug. 3, 2017, photo, host/executive producer Steve Harvey participates in the “Steve” panel during the NBC Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP) The two-hour prime-time show airing on CBS will be held at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. Harvey hosts the daytime talk show “Steve,” […]

JAN. 15, 2019

Astrid Galvan named national race writer

In a memo to staff, AP Race and Ethnicity Editor Andale Gross announced that Astrid Galvan starts today as national race writer:

How AP delivered live video from Indian Ocean depths

Using technology involving LED lights that pulse faster than the human eye can see, AP transmitted live, broadcast-quality video on Tuesday from a submersible in one of the world’s least explored places.

AP mistakenly sends photo meant to illustrate SpaceX return

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press mistakenly ran a year-old photograph that had been taken during a NASA test mission to depict Sunday’s splashdown of two astronauts returning from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX capsule. The news service on Monday deleted the photo from its system and ran a “kill advisory,” telling […]

AUG. 3, 2020

Describing what’s happening at the US border

With immigration and the U.S. border back in the news, it is especially imperative for the AP to consistently use accurate and neutral language in its coverage along with giving proper context to border numbers given the political rhetoric on the topic.