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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

Veteran journalist named AP global investigations editor

The Associated Press has named Michael Hudson, a veteran journalist who has exposed offshore financial secrecy and the origins of the financial crisis, as its global investigations editor, a new role overseeing AP’s team of investigative journalists around the world.

OCT. 4, 2017

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AP to launch NFT marketplace built by Xooa

NEW YORK – The Associated Press will launch a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace built by blockchain technology provider Xooa, where collectors can purchase the news agency’s award-winning contemporary and historic photojournalism.

JAN. 10, 2022

AP introduces NFT collectors to iconic photo collection

The Associated Press will auction off a series of 10 non-fungible tokens (NFT) celebrating the news agency’s iconic photojournalism over the past 175 years, making artistic representations of some of history’s most notable photographs available on the blockchain for the first time.

MAY 25, 2021

AP names Gillespie, Nordgren as deputy managing editors

Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. News Noreen Gillespie. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin) Sarah Nordgren, deputy managing editor for sports, business, entertainment and lifestyles, and health and science. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin) Director of News Partnerships Lisa Gibbs. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) Also Friday, AP appointed Sarah Nordgren to the position of deputy managing editor for sports, business, entertainment and […]

JULY 21, 2017

AP expands China video news offering with CCTV+ collaboration

As global interest in China continues to grow, The Associated Press has extended its existing relationship with CCTV+, the video news agency of China Central Television, to bring its comprehensive video news coverage to the online AP Video Hub platform.

MARCH 7, 2018

AP CEO Government undermining ‘right to know’ laws

Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of The Associated Press (AP photo by Santos Chaparro). By Gary PruittPresident and CEO The Associated Press It’s getting harder and more expensive to use public records to hold government officials accountable. Authorities are undermining the laws that are supposed to guarantee citizens’ right to information, turning the right to […]

MARCH 13, 2015

Dear Readers: Yes, pen pal programs still exist in a digital world

In 1985, a 13-year-old girl in New Zealand spotted a pair of purple, lip-shaped sunglasses in “Young Miss” magazine. In March, I traveled 9,000 miles from New Hampshire to deliver them to her, finally fulfilling my pen pal’s decades-old request. International Youth Service, the agency that matched us up 40 years ago, has long since […]

MAY 5, 2026

Covering the Dakota pipeline protests

As protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline have intensified in North Dakota and across the U.S. over the past few months, AP reporters have been documenting key developments across all formats.