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New York spy museum to feature ‘Seafood from Slaves’ investigation

The Pulitzer Prize-winning AP reporting that exposed modern day slavery in the fishing industry in Southeast Asia will be showcased at a new interactive spy museum in midtown Manhattan.

FEB. 9, 2018

AP wins IBC Innovation Award for underwater live video transmission

The Associated Press has won the IBC Innovation Award for Content Distribution for its groundbreaking transmission of broadcast-quality live video from the depths of the Indian Ocean.

SEPT. 16, 2019

AP photographer: ‘I composed myself enough to shoot pictures’

When a gunman attacked Russia’s ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibit in Ankara Monday, AP photographer Burhan Ozbilici didn’t put down his camera. Instead, he captured images of the gunman that immediately went viral.

How AP calls a race at poll close

On Super Tuesday, AP declared Bernie Sanders the winner in California as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m. PT— one of four such race calls made that night as polls closed in a state.

‘Unprecedented’ transparency into race calls

At 6:32 p.m. ET on Wednesday, more than a week after Election Day, The Associated Press called the U.S. House for the Republican Party after Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to gain control.

James Lagier former AP bureau chief has died

AP New York membership department staffer James Lagier shown in New York, June 1, 1993. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)   Lagier’s niece, Sydney Lagier, said he died Saturday in Walnut Creek, California, after battling cancer. He was 80. A native of Manteca, California, Lagier joined the AP in Honolulu in 1962 and retired in 2001 as […]

NOV. 23, 2015

AP launches financial literacy reporting team

The Associated Press today announced it will launch a two-year project to advance explanatory reporting on financial literacy, helping spread personal finance knowledge to audiences historically underserved by the financial services industry.

APRIL 21, 2022

AP, Chainlink to bring trusted data onto leading blockchains

The Associated Press will make its trusted economic, sports and race call datasets available to leading blockchains via Chainlink, the world’s largest decentralized network of oracles, enabling smart contracts on any blockchain to securely interact with the AP's real-world data.

OCT. 21, 2021

AP book examines impeachment of Brazil’s 1st woman president

NEW YORK – A new book from The Associated Press explores and brings to life the dramatic and divisive impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first woman president.

AUG. 31, 2021

AP expands US video news coverage

The Associated Press is increasing video news coverage across America, doubling the number of video journalists and restructuring its Washington production hub.

APRIL 8, 2013

AP CEO Win vs. Meltwater ‘a victory for public and democracy’

NEW YORK — In clear and sweeping victory for the Associated Press and for the public, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District, in Manhattan, ruled Wednesday that Meltwater News infringed the use of AP content. The court granted AP’s motion for summary judgment in the suit, denying Meltwater’s. “For years all of us […]

MARCH 21, 2013

AP wins Knight grant to build data journalism tool

Troy Thibodeaux, AP’s editor for news innovation, will lead the “Geomancer” project. The Associated Press’ pioneering work in data journalism is being awarded a grant from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation for the second time. AP’s “Geomancer” project will receive $28,000 from the Knight Prototype Fund to build an open-source tool to […]

MARCH 7, 2013