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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

Barry Schweid legendary AP correspondent dies at 83

In this photo taken Aug. 7, 2008, Barry Schweid of The Associated Press is seen in the Washington Bureau. Schweid, the legendary Associated Press diplomatic correspondent who reported from dozens of countries over a career spanning 56 years, died Thursday at 83. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Schweid died at home from complications of a degenerative […]

DEC. 10, 2015

AP sports reporter Christopher Duncan dies at 43

Christopher Duncan (AP Photo) A Harris County sheriff’s deputy confirmed the death on Monday night. Duncan was found at his home, and a cause of death wasn’t released. He had recently returned to work after a kidney transplant. Duncan was a 20-year AP employee who started with the news cooperative as an editorial assistant in […]

SEPT. 8, 2014

Former AP football writer Goldberg dies at 73

This is an undated file photo showing former Associated Press sports writer Dave Goldberg. Goldberg, one of the nation’s top football writers and an award-winning veteran of 41 years at The Associated Press, died Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y. He was 73. (AP Photo/Bernadette Tuazon) Goldberg, one of […]

FEB. 9, 2015

AP adds new end-of-season Top 25 college basketball poll

The Associated Press for the first time will release end-of-season Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s basketball following the NCAA Tournament championship games. The final Top 25 poll for women’s basketball will be released on April 8, after the women’s NCAA championship game on April 7, and the final men’s poll will be released […]

MARCH 12, 2024

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: https://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

Study Video news critical in Asia media markets

A new report commissioned by The Associated Press (AP) reveals how news providers can attract online audiences in Asian markets. The report, entitled “Lift Off: The new era for video news in Asia,” based on a survey of an online population of 4,500 respondents from China, Japan and Indonesia, shows that local and international news […]

NOV. 14, 2013

AP exec editor briefs UN Security Council on protection of journalists

Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll 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. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Prepared remarks Kathleen Carroll Senior Vice President and Executive Editor The Associated Press Remarks on the safety of journalists […]

JULY 17, 2013

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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

International photo festival to showcase AP Middle East images AR

أعلنت وكالة أسوشيتد برس اليوم أنها تعمل مع مهرجان Xposure الدولي التصوير الفوتوغرافي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من أجل تسليط الضوء على مجموعة مختارة من الصور المتميزة التي صورتها الوكالة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط.

OCT. 5, 2016

The Dirty Game’ – AP investigation into international soccer fraud

In this Nov. 5, 2012 photo, Croatian soccer player Mario Cizmek is seen at a stadium in Zagreb. Cizmek was sentenced involvement in match fixing. Former player Mario Cizmek was convicted of rigging games in Croatia’s first division in 2010. At his trial and in subsequent interviews with The Associated Press, he spoke about the […]

FEB. 12, 2013