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New AP coronavirus podcast

Today The Associated Press debuts a new daily podcast focused on the coronavirus pandemic: “Ground Game: Inside the Outbreak."

‘Inspired’ journalism amid coronavirus lockdown

In a memo to staff on Friday, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano described how AP journalists in Rome and Milan continue to overcome major personal and professional challenges to produce compelling and competitive journalism during Italy’s coronavirus lockdown:

Counting votes, declaring winners amid global pandemic

Every major election night at The Associated Press requires staff from across the news cooperative to come together to tell the story of who won, and why. Three U.S. states plan to move ahead today with presidential primary elections amid the COVID-19 outbreak, and that means there will be votes to count and races to call.

A grand night for journalism

Journalists, playwrights, composers and literary talents gathered at Columbia University on Thursday night to celebrate 100 years of the Pulitzer Prize.

A snapshot of Olympics photography

Deputy Director of Photography Denis Paquin has covered a total of 17 Olympics since working his first games at Lake Placid in 1980.

Honoring Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll

AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll will receive the 2016 Front Page Award for Lifetime Achievement from The Newswomen’s Club of New York, the organization announced today.

AP Content Services supports Mie Prefecture in tourism drive for G7 Summit

The Associated Press announced today that it is working with the local government office in Mie Prefecture, Japan, supporting its tourism drive ahead of the G7 Japan 2016 lse-Shima Summit, which will be held on May 26 and 27, 2016.  The AP team will work with Mie Prefecture to create content and produce and distribute a series of videos and photos in order to promote the region to potential overseas visitors and media organizations.

MAY 26, 2016

How to gather international news in a perilous world

When more than two dozen international editors convened in Boston on Friday for the International Press Institute/Associated Press Foreign Editors’ Circle, they discussed the challenges journalists face when working abroad.

AP receives 5 awards from Deadline Club

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

Update on study of alternatives to exit polling

See update here.As early voting becomes more popular, AP has been testing new ways to more accurately survey the people who cast their ballots before Election Day, amid increasing costs and declining response rates of telephone polls.

Recognizing courage in the name of slain AP photojournalist

The 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, named for the AP photographer who was killed reporting in Afghanistan in 2014, has been awarded to Adriane Ohanesian, a freelance photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Chernobyl anniversary produces AP exclusives

The 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted AP journalists in Eastern Europe to produce disturbing environmental stories near the site in Ukraine and also from Mayak, the scene of at least two of Russia’s worst nuclear accidents dating from the late 1940s.