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Maddow breaks down reading AP story on ‘tender age’ shelters

MSNBC television anchor Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” moderates a panel at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) The host of “The Rachel Maddow Show” was live on the air Tuesday evening when she tried to read the AP’s exclusive story . After trying to get through the first […]

JUNE 20, 2018

AP advice don’t make polls only subject of campaign stories

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has updated its guidelines in the wake of the 2016 election to tell its journalists not to use public opinion polls as the sole subject in a political campaign story. The news organization said Tuesday that it is including a chapter on polls in its influential Stylebook for […]

APRIL 17, 2018

AP Advancing the power of facts

The Associated Press today unveiled new brand positioning that emphasizes the global news agency’s vital role as the provider of accurate, unbiased, fact-based reporting to the world.

JUNE 2, 2020

Now we say ‘the Islamic State group’ instead of ISIL

Back in June we talked in this blog about AP’s preferred abbreviation for the fast-growing Islamic militant group in Iraq and Syria, known variously at the time as ISIL and ISIS. We explained why our preference was ISIL.

AP’s long history of reporting from Cuba

As the United States and Cuba move to restore diplomatic relations for the first time in more than 50 years, a look at The Associated Press’ long and unparalleled history on the island reflects the tensions that have marked the relationship between the two countries.

AP compiles World Economic Forum Style Guide

Advisory The Associated Press has compiled a style guide of essential words, phrases and definitions to help with spelling and usage of terms for the World Economic Forum Jan. 25-29 in Davos, Switzerland. The guidance includes key financial terms likely to figure in discussions. Some terms are from the AP Stylebook: https://www.apstylebook.com/. Others are common usage in AP news stories. The terms include input from European Regional Editor Niko Price, European Business Editor Phillip Tutt, Geneva Chief Correspondent John Heilprin and Paris Acting Chief of Bureau Angela Charlton, who are all involved in coverage of the Davos forum involving nearly 40 heads of state and 18 of the world's central bankers among 2,600 participants from nearly 100 countries. See a list of terms below sent to AP members and subscribers in a Jan. 19 advisory.

JAN. 19, 2012

Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, to retire

In this April 22, 2000, photo by AP photojournalist Alan Diaz, Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, right, as government officials search for the boy in his relative’s home in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) Alan Diaz poses at Domino Park on Calle Ocho in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Nov. […]

DEC. 1, 2017

Google signs deal with AP to deliver up-to-date news through its Gemini AI chatbot

By  MATT O’BRIEN, The Associated Press January 15, 2025 Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from The Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher. Google announced the deal in a blog post Wednesday, saying that AP “will now deliver a feed of real-time information to […]

JAN. 15, 2025

Russia has used its hypersonic Oreshnik missile for the first time. What are its capabilities?

The silent black-and-white surveillance camera video of the Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro was brief but chilling: Six huge fireballs pierced the darkness and slammed into the ground at astonishing speed. Within hours of the Nov. 21 attack on the military facility, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the rare step of […]

DEC. 9, 2024

An ex-detective accused of abusing women died in an apparent suicide as his trial was starting

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A white ex-police detective in Kansas died Monday in an apparent suicide just before the start of his criminal trial over allegations that he sexually assaulted Black women and terrorized those who tried fight back. Local police found Roger Golubski dead of a gunshot wound on the back porch of his […]

DEC. 2, 2024

AP’s Lucy Smee named Footage Employee of the Year at FOCAL International Awards 2015

The Associated Press’ Lucy Smee has been named Footage Employee of the Year at the Focal International Awards, the world’s most prominent archive footage business honours. The awards, which recognise and celebrate the use of archive footage and those who work in the industry, were announced last night at a glittering ceremony at the Lancaster […]

MAY 22, 2015