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Victoria Eastwood named Middle East news director

In a memo to staff on Thursday, Vice President and Head of Global News Gathering Paul Haven announced that Victoria Eastwood will join AP as the new Middle East news director, based in Cairo:

Courtney Bonnell named national security and foreign policy editor

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson and Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Michael Tackett announced that Courtney Bonnell will join AP’s team in Washington as the new national security and foreign policy editor.

Reporting collaboration reveals complicated system behind public record disputes

This Sunshine Week, a joint reporting project from AP and CNHI News finds a prohibitive system behind public record requests.

Lucy Nicholson named AP director of photography

Executive Editor Julie Pace and Vice President and Head of Global News Production Derl McCrudden announced on Thursday a key appointment: Lucy Nicholson will join AP as its new director of photography.

More news consumers to get real-time AP election results through INN collaboration funded by GNI

With support from the Google News Initiative, The Associated Press will offer nonprofit newsrooms that are members of the Institute for Nonprofit News access to U.S. election results as part of the organizations’ shared commitment to providing facts around the democratic process.

A local look at life expectancy

An AP analysis of data from the National Center for Health Statistics, which revealed just how much location can impact life expectancy, has been localized by member news organizations.

Anna Johnson named news director for Europe, Africa

AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee announced a key appointment Thursday: Anna Johnson, currently news director for the U.S. West, will direct coverage of Europe and Africa.

Steven Sloan named political editor

Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace today announced a key appointment, sending this memo to staff:

Coverage of Brazil and Rohingya earn AP staffers National Headliner Awards

Reporting on horrifying violence across Brazil and the plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar earned AP journalists top honors in the National Headliner Awards, announced today by the sponsoring Press Club of Atlantic City.

Week in Pictures Nov 14 – 20

NOV. 20, 2025

US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement

Nvidia and AMD have agreed to share 15% of their revenues from chip sales to China with the U.S. government, as part of a deal to secure export licenses for the semiconductors. The Trump administration halted the sale of advanced computer chips to China in April over national security concerns, but Nvidia and AMD revealed in […]

AUG. 11, 2025

The US is killing someone by firing squad for the 1st time in 15 years. Here’s a look at the history

It was a punishment for mutiny in colonial times, a way to discourage desertion during the Civil War and a dose of frontier justice in the Old West. In modern times, some consider it a more humane alternative to lethal injection. The firing squad has a long and thorny history in the U.S. South Carolina […]

MARCH 7, 2025