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First in-depth study into video news consumption reveals high levels of consumer demand

A new report for the Associated Press, produced by Deloitte, with research by GfK provides the first in-depth study into video news consumption. The report entitled ‘White Smoke: The new era for video news’, demonstrates the increasingly critical role of video in online news sites. The report, based on a survey of respondents in UK, Germany, and Spain examines demand for video news content and the implications for broadcasters, publishers and other organisations offering online news.

APRIL 16, 2013

AP, Google award six $20,000 scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Associated Press and Google today announced the second recipients of a national scholarship program targeted at college students whose innovative projects exemplify the new journalist in the digital media age. The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, administers the program. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship […]

JUNE 3, 2013

AP distributes style guide of holiday terms

The state Christmas tree glows from the 10,000 ultra-low wattages LED bulbs after lighting ceremonies held by Gov. Jerry Brown at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. Along with the lights, the 53-foot white fir tree was decorated with 900 hand crafted ornaments made by children and adults with developmental disabilities donated […]

DEC. 3, 2014

How AP is keeping up with changing markets and changing customer needs

Prepared remarks Gary Pruitt President and CEO The Associated Press News Agencies World Congress Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Good morning. I am delighted to be here today to talk about what AP is doing to keep up with changing media markets and customer needs, and I’m looking forward to learning what others are doing in these […]

NOV. 19, 2013

AP Stylebook marks 60th anniversary with new print edition

The AP Stylebook is marking its 60th anniversary with the 2013 print edition, which includes more than 90 new or updated entries  and broadens the guidelines on social media. At about 500 pages, the AP Stylebook is widely used in newsrooms, classrooms and corporate offices worldwide. More than a dozen of the new entries are […]

MAY 29, 2013

AP distributes style guide for U.S. midterm elections

The Associated Press has compiled a list of U.S. political terms, phrases and definitions to assist in coverage of the 2014 midterm elections. Election terminology, writing with context and cliches to avoid are included. Terms and definitions are from the AP Stylebook or based on common usage in AP news reports.

OCT. 31, 2014

Regions Bank returns as sponsor for 85th year of AP Top 25 football poll

The AP Top 25 football poll, the longest-running poll of its kind at 85 years, and AP’s marquee college football honors will again be sponsored by Regions Bank for the 2021 season.

AUG. 5, 2021

AP introduces two new Stylebook subscription products

NEW YORK – The Associated Press today announced the launch of two new subscription products from the AP Stylebook.   The first, Stylebook & Webster’s New World Online, integrates about 185,000 definitions from the Stylebook’s primary dictionary to make it easy for users to find entries from both resources at the same time. Subscribers can […]

OCT. 29, 2013

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.:

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 to stream Washington interview series on Facebook Live

The Associated Press will debut its “Newsmakers” interview series on Facebook Live on Wednesday, Sept. 13, with a conversation with House Speaker Paul Ryan.

SEPT. 11, 2017

April Fools’ Day “pranks”?

At April Fools’ time, we’re sometimes asked how we feel about people planting “prank stories” in the media.