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After Syria attack, reporter shares father’s heartbreaking farewell

A staff memo by Jerry Schwartz, deputy director of top stories and enterprise, describes how Beirut reporter Sarah El Deeb came to interview a father who lost his two children, his wife and other relatives in a chemical attack in Syria, and persisted in finding ways to bring the family’s story to the world in all formats:

Producing distinctive, compelling journalism

In a memo to global news staff, Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee outlined two new assignments aimed at furthering AP’s enterprise reporting and visual storytelling:

New Asia-Pacific leadership team is named

Asia-Pacific News Director Ted Anthony announced Monday a new multiformat leadership team for the region, sending this memo to his staff:

How data journalism tools localized Trump’s travel ban

A staff memo by State Government Editor Tom Verdin describes how, in the chaotic days that followed President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, a data journalist helped AP member news organizations and customers “localize a story of international significance”:

AP to name 91st all-America team, teams for all 5 major conferences

The Associated Press All-America team, the longest-running annual honor roll of the nation's top college football players, will be announced Dec. 12. The AP also will name all-conference teams for all five major football conferences starting Dec. 5.

NOV. 29, 2016

Introducing AP Morning Wire

Today AP launches a new daily newsletter that will serve as a guide to the global news report.

AP adds 2 journalists to Race and Ethnicity team

Managing Editor Brian Carovillano announced on Thursday Aaron Morrison and Katrease Stafford will join AP as race and ethnicity writers. Here is his memo to staff:

Andale Gross named head of Race and Ethnicity team

Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. News Noreen Gillespie and Josh Hoffner, news editor for national beats, announced a key appointment on Monday, sending this memo to staff:

Alexandra Jaffe named national political reporter

Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace today announced that Iowa-based reporter Alexandra Jaffe will become a national political reporter in Washington. 

AP’s top editor: Facts ‘foundational’ in 2020 election

Speaking to media executives and journalists at the News Xchange conference in Paris on Wednesday, AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee underscored the importance of factual reporting in covering the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

AP Hong Kong photos garner global front pages

Newspapers across the globe, from Barcelona to Taiwan to Toledo, Ohio, featured on the front pages of their Monday editions gripping AP images of Hong Kong police clashing with protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

AP investigation on dangerous dams sparks local reports

An extensive AP investigation into the condition of aging dams across the U.S. has been localized and echoed by member news organizations and customers.