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Any Cabrera corresponsal y editora de AP fallecio a los 60 anos

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, veterana periodista del servicio en español de The Associated Press, quien cubrió muchas de las historias más importantes de Latinoamérica durante 33 años en la cooperativa noticiosa […]

MAY 24, 2016

Delegate math Clinton wins, and how AP counts delegates

She reached the required 2,383 delegates on Monday, according to an Associated Press count. Here’s a look at the count and how the AP determined Clinton has enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee, besting her primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. ___ WHAT’S THE COUNT In the primary elections and caucuses, Clinton has won […]

JUNE 7, 2016

Former AP correspondent Wheeler dies at 88

This April 23, 1969 file photo, shows Associated Press foreign correspondent John Fenton Wheeler. Wheeler, who was the last U.S. reporter expelled from Cold War-era Cuba, has died. He was 88. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File) Wheeler died on April 21, according to an obituary from Parker Funeral Service in Columbia, Mo. Wheeler’s 21-year AP career […]

APRIL 30, 2013

Persistence and source work pay on big political story

In a note to staff, Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano explains how a reporter who cultivated sources on the statehouse beat kept AP ahead on a story that resonated beyond state borders:

Calling the 2020 presidential race state by state

At 11:26 a.m. ET on Saturday, The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

AP editors’ note on Manning

Update: The following advisory was sent to AP member editors and other subscribers on Aug. 26, 2013, at 6:03 p.m.:

In a ‘flash’: Alerting news of the president’s impeachment

At 8:34 p.m. ET on Wednesday, AP pushed out the news, "President Donald Trump impeached by US House of Representatives."

AP statement on EPA meeting

UPDATED on May 22 at 1:53 p.m. ET: The following statement is from AP Director of Media Relations Lauren Easton:

AP Muere director de noticias para Caribe Fernando González

Fernando González posa para una fotografía en La Habana, Cuba, el 5 de marzo de 2014. CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Fernando González, quien pasó décadas cubriendo y dirigiendo coberturas de historias importantes para The Associated Press en Latinoamérica, desde visitas papales hasta escaramuzas fronterizas, huracanes y tomas de rehenes, murió en La Habana. Tenía […]

NOV. 22, 2021

AP Fernando González director de noticias de Caribe, Andes

Fernando González, designado director de noticias de Associated Press para las regiones caribeña y andina.posa para la foto eb Ciudad de México, 23 de marzo de 2020. (AP Foto/Marco Ugarte) González, quien desde 2016 era subdirector de noticias para Latinoamérica y el Caribe en Ciudad de México, ayudará a conducir las operaciones de recolección de […]

MARCH 24, 2020

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

Editor, reporter Pia Sarkar named AP’s deputy editor for east region

Pia Sarkar (Photo courtesy The American Lawyer). The appointment was announced Monday by Karen Testa, editor for the news cooperative’s east region, which includes New England, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. “Pia brings the experience and enthusiasm to be a strong leader in developing sharp news content across formats,” Testa said. “Her competitive […]

APRIL 27, 2015