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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.

Calling the 2024 presidential race state by state

At 5:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday, The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

AP calls the presidential race – state by state

NEW YORK -- Since 1848, the Associated Press has counted the votes on which many news organizations base their projections and declare winners.

NOV. 7, 2012

Media watchdog says it was just ‘raising questions’ with insinuations about photographers and Hamas

The executive director of an Israeli media watchdog organization says it was simply “raising questions” by publicly wondering whether Palestinian photojournalists who documented the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel — and sent some of the first images of its aftermath to a watching world — had been tipped off in advance that it would […]

NOV. 9, 2023

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

AP photographer wins Gabriel Garcia Marquez Award

Esteban Felix, an Associated Press photographer from Peru who is based in Nicaragua, shows his Gabriel García Márquez International Journalism Award for visual journalism at the awards ceremony in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. Felix was honored for his multimedia project about sugar cane workers affected by chronic kidney disease in Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Luis […]

NOV. 20, 2013

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:

Brooke Lefferts named APs US entertainment video editor

Brooke Lefferts (Kathryn Huang Photography via AP) Lefferts will be based in New York City and oversee the video output for broadcasters and digital customers, from spot news to planned events like the Academy Awards. She will manage a team of producers and video journalists in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville. Lefferts also will […]

FEB. 16, 2016

David Biller named by AP as its news director for Brazil

Brazil News Director David Biller. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) The announcement was made Wednesday by Matt Chandler, AP’s news director for Latin America and the Caribbean. “David will lead a talented and energetic text, photo and video team that has consistently provided fast, engaging and insightful coverage of stories that have resounded in Latin America and […]

OCT. 9, 2019

AP marks centennial of World War I with new book

The Associated Press announced today it has published “World War I: An AP Centennial Commemorative Edition,” in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the end of the war that was supposed to end all wars.

NOV. 8, 2018

Spain train crash: How a journalist’s quick thinking led to vital info

It was Spain’s worst rail disaster in 70 years. An express train careened off the tracks in a jumble of flying steel, killing 79 people. In chaos that followed one key question emerged almost instantly: Was the train driver speeding? Initial but unsourced reports indicated he was. Video of the crash from a security camera seemed to show this. But as in the immediate aftermath of most disasters, precise, reliable information was very hard to come by.

Ensuring an informed citizenry Examining the administration’s efforts to improve open government

Prepared testimony

MAY 6, 2015