Search results

AP names Anna Jo Bratton to post of US Enterprise Editor

U.S. Enterprise Editor Anna Jo Bratton. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey) In her new role, Bratton, 39, also will identify and help manage a portfolio of collaborations with AP customers and nonprofit news organizations in the U.S., seeking to produce unique stories that break news and amplify the strengths of participating organizations. The appointment was announced Friday […]

FEB. 26, 2021

AP photographer Rodrigo Abd receives Cabot Prize

AP photographer Rodrigo Abd waves during the award ceremony of the Maria Moors Cabot Prize at Columbia University in New York City, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Enric Marti) NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism honored five veteran journalists for distinguished coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean on Tuesday. Rodrigo […]

OCT. 19, 2016

AP names Peter Prengaman Southern Cone news editor

In this April 2, 2013 photo, Associated Press Editor Peter Prengaman poses for a photo, in Atlanta. Prengaman, a veteran cross-format journalist and news manager who has reported from a dozen countries for The Associated Press, has been named news editor for the Southern Cone countries of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) […]

DEC. 1, 2014

AP names Carovillano news director in Asia-Pacific

Brian Carovillano Carovillano previously had been international regional editor overseeing AP’s news stories in text in the region from India to Japan and including Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands. “The decision to create an overall news director for Asia reflects the AP’s move to integrate its storytelling, regardless of the medium,” said John […]

MARCH 5, 2013

AP, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Conversation renew collaboration to bolster coverage of nonprofit world 

The Associated Press, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Conversation announced today funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. to help the news organizations cover philanthropies and charities and their impact on society. 

DEC. 13, 2023

AP announces content collaborations with 5 nonprofit news outlets

The Associated Press today announced five new content sharing agreements with U.S. nonprofit news outlets: CalMatters, Honolulu Civil Beat, Montana Free Press, Nebraska Journalism Trust and South Dakota News Watch. The collaborations are part of an effort to expand the reach of local news ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and increasing access to […]

MAY 28, 2024

Journalists wage legal fights after facing protest attacks

AP videojournalist Robert Bumsted reminds a police officer that the press are considered “essential workers” and allowed to be on the streets despite a curfew, June 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) NEW YORK (AP) — Journalists alarmed by dozens of incidents where reporters were shot at, manhandled, gassed or arrested while covering […]

JUNE 4, 2020

Renters use ‘rent now, pay later’ services to manage monthly payments, but fees raise concerns

Rent can eat up an entire paycheck at the start of the month, so a growing number of renters are turning to a financial product that promises relief by letting them split the bill — for a price. So-called “rent now, pay later” services have emerged over the past few years as housing costs climb and paychecks […]

FEB. 4, 2026

AP names Adam Schreck as news director for the Gulf region

In this Sunday, March 22, 2015 photo, Associated Press Dubai Bureau chief Adam Schreck poses for a photograph, at the Marina district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Schreck, who has covered terrorism, armed conflict and upheaval in the Middle East, as well as sweeping economic changes reshaping the region, has been named as Gulf news […]

APRIL 1, 2015

AP, Frontline documentary ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ to make world premiere at Sundance Film Festival

NEW YORK — The new feature film “20 Days in Mariupol” from The Associated Press and Frontline, the award-winning PBS documentary series housed at GBH in Boston, will make its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this January in Park City, Utah, and be featured in the festival’s World Cinema Documentary Competition.

DEC. 8, 2022

A record year for digital journalism at AP 

Independent, nonpartisan and fact-based digital journalism from The Associated Press reached record audiences last year.   APNews.com, the news cooperative’s consumer-facing website, set a record with over 2.6 billion page views in 2024. This was a 39% increase year on year. On YouTube, AP video journalism received a record 590 million views, up 94% over […]

AP photographer jumps into, and later records, highway drama

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — When a sport utility vehicle ran off a rural stretch of interstate and slammed into pine trees in Mississippi, nearly two dozen people rushed to help two sisters who were trapped inside the burning vehicle. Among them was AP photographer Gerald Herbert, who was on his on his way to […]

AUG. 20, 2012