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AP reports loss on one-time accounting charges

In this April 18, 2017, photo Associated Press photographs are displayed at AP headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) Revenue fell 8 percent to $510.1 million from $556.3 million in 2016, when the company benefited from additional revenue related to U.S. elections, according to the AP’s earnings release. The revenue decline, reported Wednesday, also […]

APRIL 25, 2018

Freelance journalist accredited to AP detained in Ethiopia

Freelance video journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who works with The Associated Press, poses for a photograph at his wedding, Oct. 17, 2021 in Ethiopia. (Handout via AP) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A freelance video journalist accredited to The Associated Press in Ethiopia has been detained by police in the capital, Addis Ababa, the news organization […]

DEC. 15, 2021

Journalists criticize White House for ‘secrecy’

Sally Buzbee, Chief of Bureau for The Associated Press in Washington, D.C., responds to a question during a session of the APME conference dealing with media access from the local level to the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) Criticism of President Barack Obama’s administration on the issue of […]

SEPT. 17, 2014

AP Mobile unveils new look and features for Android

AP Mobile for Android NEW YORK — The Associated Press today released a major redesign to the Android version of AP Mobile, its popular, award-winning app.  The new Android app (version 4.0) will have native Android features and design elements and provide an experience consistent with the bold new iOS version. Both the iOS and […]

DEC. 18, 2013

Court rules that Kushner firm must disclose partners’ names

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that the family company once run by Jared Kushner isn’t allowed to keep secret the identity of its business partners in several Maryland properties. A U.S. district judge in the state rejected the argument that the privacy rights of the Kushner Cos. partners outweigh the public […]

JAN. 27, 2018

AP names Scott Smith correspondent in Venezuela

AP Venezuela correspondent Scott Smith. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Leer en español. The appointment was announced Monday by Paul Haven, the AP’s news director for Latin America and the Caribbean. Smith joins a staff in Venezuela of award-winning journalists covering one of the world’s most complex stories at a time of fast-moving change following an unprecedented […]

OCT. 23, 2017

McCartney appointed AP’s entertainment & lifestyles editor

AP Global Entertainment and Lifestyles Editor Anthony McCartney. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) AP deputy managing editor Sarah Nordgren made the announcement on Wednesday. “McCartney has been a leader in entertainment coverage since joining the AP,” Nordgren said. “His experience in entertainment spans court coverage, awards shows and far beyond. “His expertise and skill in driving great […]

AUG. 6, 2020

AP’s Doug Ferguson gets PGA lifetime journalism award

AP golf writer Doug Ferguson poses at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, April 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Ferguson is the 30th recipient of the PGA award, which recognizes members of the media for steadfast coverage of golf throughout a career. Ferguson has covered more than 500 golf events. Ferguson joined the AP as […]

JAN. 15, 2019

Journalist’s arrest threatens reporting from Russia

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Russia, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) NEW YORK (AP) — The arrest of a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges in Russia has news organizations based outside the country weighing for the second time […]

MARCH 31, 2023

After Maria, ‘heart-wrenching’ all-formats coverage

More than a week after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, AP journalists on the ground continue to tell the stories of people who are struggling with the overwhelming devastation.

Making a case for a singular ‘they’

During a panel at the American Copy Editors Society national conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Friday, it was announced that the 2017 AP Stylebook will include guidance on the limited use of “they” as a singular pronoun.

Court rules video of judge being shot not a public record

A three-judge panel with the Seventh District Court of Appeals in Youngstown ruled earlier this month in an appeal filed by Jefferson County Prosecutor Jane Hanlin, who argued releasing the video could endanger lives of judges and their staffs. The video shows Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese (bruh-ZEES’) Jr. being shot outside a Steubenville courthouse […]

SEPT. 25, 2019