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Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee named AP executive editor

The Associated Press announced today that AP Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee has been named the news agency's executive editor effective Jan. 1, 2017.

NOV. 17, 2016

For photographers on campaign trail, a search for ‘unscripted moments’ and access to candidates

Ahead of Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate at Longwood University in Virginia, presidential campaign photography was the issue in question.

Media leaders urge tougher protection for journalists

John Daniszewski, AP’s vice president for international news, center, speaks while Jason Reich Global Director of Security, BuzzFeed, left, and David Rohde National Security Investigation Editor Thomson Reuters listen to him during an international conference at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) Describing growing impunity for those who arrest […]

FEB. 5, 2016

AP sees slight revenue decline in 2012

Revenue dropped 0.8 percent to $622.2 million last year from $627.6 million in 2011, the not-for-profit news cooperative said at its annual meeting on Monday. The AP had a net loss of $25.6 million for 2012, down from a loss of $193.3 million the year before. The 2011 loss was mostly due to a non-cash […]

APRIL 15, 2013

Lawmakers probe US contractor in Iraq sex trafficking case

WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional investigative panel is demanding documents and testimony from an embattled U.S. defense contractor accused of failing to promptly disclose human trafficking on a base in Iraq. An investigation by The Associated Press this month found that Sallyport Global fired two of its investigators after they uncovered evidence of the trafficking as well as alcohol smuggling […]

MAY 23, 2017

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

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Advancing climate storytelling in Latin America

Today, AP began conducting a week-long training on climate and environment storytelling for 16 journalists from Latin America during the Skoll World Forum in Oxford, England.

Celebrity deaths force media to examine suicide reporting

This combination of 2004 and 2016 file photos shows fashion designer Kate Spade and chef Anthony Bourdain in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, Andy Kropa/Invision) NEW YORK (AP) — The deaths of designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain have caused media organizations to look at how they cover suicide and whether more could […]

JUNE 13, 2018

AP Stylebook 2014 adds religion chapter with over 200 terms

The Associated Press today released the 2014 Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes about 200 new or revised entries plus a separate chapter with more than 200 religion terms. Religion writer Rachel Zoll helped create the new chapter, which combines existing terms from the Stylebook’s entries with new and revised entries, […]

MAY 28, 2014

Fernando González new AP news director for Caribbean, Andes

News Director for the Caribbean and Andes Fernando González (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) González, who has been the AP’s deputy news director for Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Mexico City, since 2016, will help lead the cooperative’s newsgathering operation in all formats from Havana and Caracas. The appointment was announced on Tuesday by Latin […]

MARCH 24, 2020

A look at the venues for the 2026 Winter Games in Milan Cortina

MILAN (AP) — Next year’s Winter Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but they will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy.

FEB. 5, 2025