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More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning

Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.

Pulitzer win recognizes AP’s commitment to telling story of Syria

Five Associated Press photographers from around the globe were awarded the Pulitzer Prize this week for their powerful and heartrending coverage of the Syrian civil war, and AP was a finalist for its multiformat coverage there.

The importance of trust in polling

Speaking to technology industry executives at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee addressed AP’s election coverage, trust around polling and the accuracy of AP’s new voter survey in telling the story of the U.S. midterm elections.

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AP launches financial literacy reporting team

The Associated Press today announced it will launch a two-year project to advance explanatory reporting on financial literacy, helping spread personal finance knowledge to audiences historically underserved by the financial services industry.

APRIL 21, 2022

Big bills to view public documents discourage public access

In this photo taken March 9, 2015, Jason Parsley, executive editor of the South Florida Gay News, poses for a photo at his office in Wilton Manors, Fla. The public’s right to see government records is coming at an ever-increasing price, as authorities set fees and hourly charges that often prevent information from flowing. Broward […]

MARCH 13, 2015

AP photographer Griffith awarded for Sydney hostage crisis

In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Jieun Bae runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. Rob Griffith, the Sydney-based Associated Press photographer, won the 2015 News Photography award Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 by […]

DEC. 3, 2015

Ethiopia urged to uphold press freedom and release reporter

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Ethiopia is being urged to uphold its international commitments to the freedoms of expression and the press by releasing journalists it has imprisoned. Two lawmakers in the U.S. Congress — Reps. Adam Schiff of California and Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania — have joined press freedom advocates in calling for […]

MARCH 28, 2022

Christina Cuesta Kline named senior editorial director of APNews 

In a memo to staff on Thursday, Vice President of Digital Platforms Saeed Ahmed announced that Christina Cuesta Kline has been named senior editorial director of APNews.com, the global news organization’s consumer-facing website:  I’m excited to share that Christina Cuesta Kline will be joining AP as senior editorial director, APNews.com — an important new role at an important moment for our digital operation. Christina […]

Longtime Associated Press TV columnist Jerry Buck dies at 85

This Nov. 15, 1983 photo shows William G. (Jerry) Buck, a columnist who chronicled the television industry for The Associated Press in New York and Los Angeles, during his AP career. (AP Photo/Wally Fong) During his career he wrote about the rise of cable television, the videocassette and the growth of political TV coverage, among […]

AUG. 29, 2016

Technology and industry moves

AP to draw on its Russia expertise at Sochi Olympics

Associated Press journalists from around the world are converging on the coastal city of Sochi, Russia, to cover the trials, triumphs and spectacle of the Winter Olympics alongside their colleagues from AP’s Moscow bureau and other AP experts on Russian affairs.

JAN. 30, 2014