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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

AP Latin America team advances on the path of presidential interviews

A week after sitting down with former Mexican President Vicente Fox, AP’s Latin America team scored another all-formats, one-on-one interview with the president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri.

New York spy museum to feature ‘Seafood from Slaves’ investigation

The Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporting that exposed modern day slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia will be showcased at a new interactive spy museum in midtown Manhattan.

FEB. 9, 2018

AP announces 4 new directors, 5 incumbents at annual meeting

NEW YORK -- Four new directors and five incumbents were named to The Associated Press board of directors, it was announced at AP’s annual meeting today at its New York headquarters.

APRIL 19, 2017

AP Stylebook marks 60th anniversary with new print edition

The AP Stylebook is marking its 60th anniversary with the 2013 print edition, which includes more than 90 new or updated entries  and broadens the guidelines on social media. At about 500 pages, the AP Stylebook is widely used in newsrooms, classrooms and corporate offices worldwide. More than a dozen of the new entries are […]

MAY 29, 2013

Japanese women struggle to find a place in the Japanese sumo world

 Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from the traditional ring, the dohyō in Japanese. That legacy is facing quiet resistance. While professional sumo — the sumo that the world […]

SEPT. 11, 2025

AP photographers honored by Pictures of the Year International

North Korean residents and a soldier take public transport on the eve of the first anniversary of the death of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korean, Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) In this Sept. 9, 2012, photo Vice President Joe Biden talks to customers at Cruisers Diner […]

FEB. 27, 2013

AP reporter Galofaro receives national journalism award

Associated Press reporter Claire Galofaro, The California Sunday Magazine’s Brooke Jarvis and The New Yorker’s Ben Taub received the $10,000 awards intended to encourage journalists younger than 35. The late Gwen Ifill also was honored at a Tuesday ceremony in New York City. The University of Michigan and the John S. and James L. Knight […]

JUNE 6, 2017

NFL Honors,’ on Super Bowl eve, to feature AP awards

The night before the two top teams kick off Super Bowl XLVII, the National Football League will salute its best players, performances and plays from the 2012 season with a star-studded football and entertainment  event - “2nd Annual NFL Honors” - a two-hour primetime awards special to air nationally on Saturday, February 2, 9-11 p.m. (ET)  on CBS.

JAN. 8, 2013

Funeral of AP video journalist Simone Camilli to be livestreamed

The funeral of Associated Press video journalist Simone Camilli, in his Tuscan hometown of Pitigliano, may be viewed Friday via a livestream on AP.org starting 5:30 p.m. local time in Italy (11:30 a.m. ET /  1530 GMT).

AUG. 14, 2014

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.

Study Video news critical in Asia media markets

A new report commissioned by The Associated Press (AP) reveals how news providers can attract online audiences in Asian markets. The report, entitled “Lift Off: The new era for video news in Asia,” based on a survey of an online population of 4,500 respondents from China, Japan and Indonesia, shows that local and international news […]

NOV. 14, 2013