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New AP Stylebook includes 100 technology terms, digital security chapter

The Associated Press today released the 55th edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on digital security for journalists.

MAY 21, 2020

AP compiles editorial style guide for Summer Games

To help with spellings and usage in coverage of the London Summer Olympics, The Associated Press compiled an editorial style guide of essential terms, spellings and definitions. Some terms are from the Olympics entries in the AP Stylebook: http://www.apstylebook.com/. Others are common usage in AP sports stories. The terms include input from Steve Wilson, AP's Olympics beat writer for more than 20 years. See the list of terms below that were sent to AP members and subscribers in an April 5 advisory.

APRIL 5, 2012

ABC News and AP announce documentary spotlighting intersection between the KKK and law enforcement from George Stephanopoulos Pr

‘Grand Knighthawk: Infiltrating the KKK’ Premieres on Hulu Thursday, April 27. In a first-time collaboration, ABC News and The Associated Press announced today a documentary that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most sinister secret societies — the Ku Klux Klan. Based on an award-winning investigative AP series, the true-crime documentary captures the infiltration […]

APRIL 19, 2023

Phillip Lucas appointed AP reporter in Birmingham, Alabama

Phillip Lucas (AP Photo). The appointment was announced Thursday by South Region Editor Lisa Marie Pane and Deep South Editor Jim Van Anglen. Lucas joins Statehouse reporter Kimberly Chandler, based in Montgomery, and Birmingham Correspondent Jay Reeves as part of AP’s Alabama news team. Lucas has been with the AP since 2012, covering breaking news […]

MAY 28, 2015

Kristin Bender to join AP in San Francisco

Bender will be a breaking news staffer, reporting on Northern California spot news as it develops. She starts Oct. 27. The appointment was announced Friday by West Region Editor Traci Carl, who oversees news for 13 states. “Kristin is a talented, fast-paced reporter who is a natural leader for the AP’s daily report in Northern […]

OCT. 10, 2014

AP, Reuters to help Twitter elevate more credible info

The login screen for a Twitter account is seen on a laptop computer, April 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Twitter said the news agencies will help ensure that credible information is available in real time around key conversations as they come up. That will be especially important where “facts are in dispute” […]

AUG. 2, 2021

Mesfin Fekadu named AP music editor

The appointment was announced Thursday by Global Entertainment & Lifestyles Editor Nekesa Mumbi Moody. He will direct the news agency’s music coverage across platforms. “Mesfin is a dynamic reporter who has done wonderful work for the AP and has helped lead its music coverage,” Moody said. “He is a news breaker with impressive sources within […]

AUG. 7, 2014

AP names Rindels to cover Nevada statehouse

Michelle Rindels (AP Photo). Rindels, 27, has worked as the AP’s Las Vegas-based breaking news staffer for Nevada and Utah for the past three years. During that time she has played a key role in helping cover several major stories, including the ambush killing of two Las Vegas police officers by a couple espousing anti-government […]

OCT. 13, 2014

College football picks: Hoosiers, fourth among Big Ten teams in playoff rankings, biding their time

One of the nitpicks about the first College Football Playoff rankings was that the committee undervalued Indiana. The Hoosiers’ No. 8 ranking — they’re in the same spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll — puts them fourth among Big Ten teams behind No. 1 Oregon, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 6 Penn […]

NOV. 6, 2024

Comprehensive investigation across 21 cities exposes radical reshaping of immigration courts

To expose the opaque transformation of the U.S. immigration court system, the AP launched a sweeping, cross-country investigation led by Joshua Goodman and Tim Sullivan — a multiformat logistical feat involving nearly two dozen journalists and direct court observation in 21 cities. The team uncovered how the Trump administration systematically remade the long-backlogged immigration courts, […]

DEC. 1, 2025

AP, Meltwater settle copyright dispute

The AP sued Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc. and its Meltwater News Service last year, claiming that they resold current and past AP stories without paying licensing fees. Meltwater maintained that its use of AP stories, drawn from a scan of 162,000 news websites from more than 190 countries, was allowed under fair use provisions of […]

JULY 29, 2013

AP’s top editor: The government wants to control AP’s speech. Who will be next? 

An editorial about free speech by AP Executive Editor Julie Pace was published today in The Wall Street Journal.  In it, Pace explains why AP has taken legal action, calling the White House’s actions to block AP “nothing less than a brazen attempt to punish the AP for using words the president doesn’t like.”     She […]