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AP announces coverage plans for midterm elections

With 36 states holding gubernatorial contests and control of the U.S. Senate in play, the stakes are high in midterm elections on Tuesday, when The Associated Press will be uniquely positioned to count the votes and report the results.

OCT. 29, 2014

Award to AP bureau chief for ‘rich content’ on the crises in West Africa

Krista Larson, West Africa bureau chief for The Associated Press, has won the Deborah Howell Award for Nondeadline Writing from the American Society of News Editors, which announced its annual honors for distinguished reporting and photography today.

More on AP’s style on Pvt. Chelsea Manning

Yesterday the AP announced that we will use Pvt. Chelsea Manning to refer to the soldier convicted in the WikiLeaks case, rather than Pvt. Bradley Manning. We also will use female pronouns for Manning.

AP style changes take effect with debut of redesigned Stylebook

The Associated Press today released the 2016 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes nearly 250 new or revised entries and the first interior page redesign in decades.

JUNE 1, 2016

US indicts 3 it ties to Syrian Electronic Army for hacking

The criminal charges against three Syrians were unsealed on Tuesday in U.S. Eastern District Court of Virginia. None are in custody. Prosecutors allege that Ahmad Umar Agha, 22, and Firas Dardar, 27, tricked email users into revealing their usernames and passwords to compromise domestic and international computer systems from 2011 through 2014. They used a […]

MARCH 22, 2016

90 years since AP Wirephoto revolutionized news technology

Ninety years ago, on Jan. 1, 1935, The Associated Press, using groundbreaking technology, marked an industry first: sending a photograph on the wire. The single image of a plane crash in upstate New York was transmitted to 25 cities across the country via cutting edge technology, called Wirephoto, which was developed exclusively by AP engineers. […]

AP announces coverage plans for midterm elections

With 36 states holding gubernatorial contests and control of the U.S. House and Senate in play, the stakes are high in the midterm elections on Tuesday, when The Associated Press will be uniquely positioned to count the votes and report the results.

OCT. 30, 2018

AP designa nuevo subdirector de noticias para Latinoamérica

Paul Byrne (AP Foto/Leo La Valle) Desde Buenos Aires, Byrne dirigirá la cobertura diaria de video como subdirector de noticias para Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Su enfoque principal será el video. Dirigirá un equipo recientemente ampliado de periodistas y productores para impulsar el videoperiodismo de la agencia noticiosa y aumentar la velocidad de los informes […]

MARCH 3, 2020

Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Monday as lamps illuminated homes and streets across the country to mark the Hindu festival symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. Diwali, derived from the word “Deepavali,” meaning “a row of lights,” is typically celebrated by socializing and exchanging gifts. The dates of the festival are based on the Hindu […]

OCT. 21, 2025

One man in an Italian supercar atop an aircraft carrier has a record in his sights

Along Italy’s Mediterranean coast on Thursday, driver Fabio Barone raced across the flight deck of a navy ship while chasing a world record: the fastest car on a boat. Last year, Barone set the Italian Timekeepers Federation’s record on another aircraft carrier in southern Italy, hitting 152 kilometers per hour (94.4 mph). In Civitavecchia, on […]

SEPT. 18, 2025

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: