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AP launches Top 25 Movies ranking

The Associated Press today debuted the inaugural AP Top 25 Movies ranking, an honor roll of films that premiered over the past year.

JAN. 19, 2023

What AP learned about using online surveys to measure support for presidential candidates

After commissioning an experiment designed to test new ways to survey voters who cast ballots early, AP updates its findings, using new breakdowns of advance and Election Day voting in the Florida primary.

Spain train crash: How a journalist’s quick thinking led to vital info

It was Spain’s worst rail disaster in 70 years. An express train careened off the tracks in a jumble of flying steel, killing 79 people. In chaos that followed one key question emerged almost instantly: Was the train driver speeding? Initial but unsourced reports indicated he was. Video of the crash from a security camera seemed to show this. But as in the immediate aftermath of most disasters, precise, reliable information was very hard to come by.

Veteran AP producer, cameraman in Iraq dies of COVID-19

This 2003 photo shows Khodeir Majid at the AP office at the Palestine hotel. (AP Photo/Ahmad Sami) BEIRUT (AP) — Khodeir Majid, who covered Iraq’s numerous conflicts as a video producer and cameraman for the Associated Press over 17 years has died, relatives said Friday. He was 64. The cause of death was complications due […]

APRIL 16, 2021

AP and Graphiq expand collaboration to offer interactive visualizations to all AP customers

The Associated Press and Graphiq announced today that the company's complete interactive database is accessible to all of AP’s member news organizations and customers.

OCT. 18, 2016

Media seeking open court proceedings in Florida

The AP and others filed a motion Tuesday in Broward County Circuit Court seeking to intervene to guarantee public access. The motion came after Cruz’s public defender on Monday filed a sealed motion. The media organizations say Florida law permits a judge to deny public access to a criminal proceeding in rare circumstances and only […]

FEB. 20, 2018

AP names new statehouse correspondent in Springfield Ill

Moreno has worked for the AP for eight years, the last five covering the Colorado statehouse in Denver. His standout work there includes investigations into gun control legislation and voter fraud claims. He also covered the 2014 Colorado governor’s race. Before joining the AP, Moreno worked for the Rocky Mountain News. He has a journalism […]

NOV. 12, 2015

AP names Muhammed Muheisen as chief Mideast photographer

In this Thursday, March 26, 2015 photo, Associated Press chief photographer for Pakistan Muhammed Muheisen poses for a photograph in Amsterdam. The Associated Press has named the award-winning photographer, frequently honored for his striking photos of people in their everyday environment, as its chief photographer for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The appointment was […]

JUNE 17, 2015

Any Cabrera veteran AP Latin America editor reporter dies at 60

In this April 17, 2013 photo, Associated Press news editor Any Cabrera poses for a staff photo at AP’s Mexico City AP bureau. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Any Cabrera, a veteran AP journalist who covered many of Latin America’s biggest stories during 33 years as a reporter and editor, died suddenly Monday morning at her home […]

MAY 24, 2016

Journalists brief Security Council for first time

Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll, right, addresses a United Nations Security Council meeting on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and the protection of journalists, Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at U.N. headquarters. NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel listens. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll told the council “an […]

JULY 17, 2013

Trump’s politically motivated sanctions against Brazil

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