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Mike Balsamo named U.S. News director
In a memo to staff on Monday, Vice President and Head of Global Newsgathering Paul Haven announced that Mike Balsamo has been named U.S. News director:
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How AI is reshaping newsrooms and what leaders must decide
Artificial intelligence has moved beyond theory in journalism – it is already altering how stories are produced, discovered, and consumed. The challenge for newsroom leaders is no longer whether AI will play a role, but how it should be integrated without eroding trust or editorial values. In our most recent AP Forward webinar, Varun Shetty, Head of Media […]
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Protecting editorial independence while building a donor program
For any newsroom considering philanthropy, one question looms large: how do we protect our editorial integrity? The answer: clear policies, baked in from the beginning. “Make sure you’re baking policies into your program from day one,” said Bri Crane during our AP Forward webinar. “They can change, and might have to change, but start with […]
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The New Threat Landscape: Why U.S. Newsrooms Must Rethink Safety Now
Newsroom safety protocols built for conflict zones and austere environments are often no longer limited to overseas deployments. Many of the most consequential risks confronting journalists now originate at home, from coordinated online harassment to growing threats of arrest and intimidation. In our most recent AP Forward webinar, Caroline Drees, senior director of field safety […]
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The Hidden Battle: Technology and the Future of Press Freedom
At our recent AP Forward webinar, we explored a fast-evolving and often underappreciated threat to journalism: the rise of technological and digital risks that pose additional challenges to press freedom worldwide. A Landscape of Digital Threats Executive Editor Julie Pace described how AP teams operate under the assumption that surveillance is constant, particularly when working in […]
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The Global Fight for Press Access
At our recent AP Forward webinar, we reflected on the global challenges facing press freedom and the lessons AP has learned while reporting from some of the most restrictive environments in the world. Press Freedom Under Pressure AP Executive Editor Julie Pace detailed the challenges AP teams face in countries like China, where foreign media encounter strict […]
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Small Newsrooms, Big Challenges: How Local Outlets Can Stand Up for Press Freedom
At our recent AP Forward webinar, we explored not only global press freedom challenges but also the mounting pressures facing local and regional newsrooms in the U.S. – pressures that, if left unaddressed, threaten the foundation of independent journalism across the country. The Local Legal Landscape AP Associate General Counsel Brian Barrett explained how smaller outlets […]
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Automation vs. integrity – Balancing AI efficiency with editorial trust
The newsroom temptation is obvious: let AI handle more tasks, save time, and redirect resources. But the risk is equally clear; publishing unverified, inaccurate, or tone–deaf content damages credibility faster than any efficiency gain can repair it. Varun Shetty, Head of Media Partnerships at OpenAI emphasized this point in the recent AP Forward webinar: “The most […]
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Psychological Safety Isn’t a Perk — It’s a Press Freedom Strategy
Newsrooms have long valorized grit. But in a landscape where trauma is both direct and vicarious, that mindset is increasingly dangerous. Resilience isn’t just personal — it must be cultural and systemic. At our recent AP Forward webinar, Lyndall Herman of AP’s Global Safety, Risk and Resilience team put it plainly: “Security isn’t just physical […]
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Individual donors: journalism’s most underused resource
Individual giving represents 80% of all U.S. philanthropy, yet most news organizations focus their fundraising efforts on foundations. As Rachel White noted in our recent AP Forward webinar, this is a missed opportunity. “Individuals are the most overlooked and the most important part of the philanthropic puzzle for news worldwide,” she said. Bri Crane, APFJ’s […]
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Risk Isn’t One-Size-Fits-All — And Your Protocols Shouldn’t Be Either
One of the clearest takeaways from the AP Forward safety webinar was this: risk is deeply personal. Two journalists covering the same protest may face very different levels of threat — depending on their gender, race, visa status, or public visibility. As Kerry Paterson noted: “Safety isn’t universal. If your fallback plan is ‘run to […]
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