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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

Big Ten puts 10 on AP All-America first team, led by 4 from Ohio State and Hoosier star Mendoza

Four players from Ohio State are among 10 first-team picks from the Big Ten Conference on The Associated Press All-America team released Monday, a group headed by repeat selection Caleb Downs of the Buckeyes and AP Player of the Year Fernando Mendoza of Indiana. The AP has named an All-America team every year since 1925, and […]

DEC. 15, 2025

Health and science chapter debuts in 2019 AP Stylebook

The Associated Press today released the 2019 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on health and science journalism.

MAY 29, 2019

Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service and The Associated Press to Host National Security and Foreign Po

WASHINGTON –  The Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy and The Associated Press today announced a forum with Republican presidential candidates on national security and foreign policy.

AUG. 28, 2023

Regions Bank returns as sponsor for 85th year of AP Top 25 football poll

The AP Top 25 football poll, the longest-running poll of its kind at 85 years, and AP’s marquee college football honors will again be sponsored by Regions Bank for the 2021 season.

AUG. 5, 2021

AP, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Conversation join to jumpstart coverage of nonprofit world

The Associated Press, The Chronicle of Philanthropy and The Conversation announced today that they will work together to significantly bolster coverage of philanthropies and charities and their impact on society.

SEPT. 24, 2020

AP announces 2024 general election plans 

The Associated Press, the most trusted source of accurate information on election night for nearly two centuries, will deliver that expertise to its member news organizations, customers and the public across all platforms when it counts the vote, declares the winners and covers the results on Nov. 5.  On election night, AP will count the […]

OCT. 29, 2024

AP nombra a Fernando Gonzalez Director de Noticias adjunto

Fernando González. (AP Photo) CIUDAD DE MEXICO (AP) — Fernando González, un veterano periodista de televisión que ha cubierto Latinoamérica y el Caribe durante los últimos 30 años, ha sido nombrado Director de Noticias Adjunto para la región de The Associated Press. González, quien ha sido editor regional de vídeo para Latinoamérica y el Caribe […]

MAY 4, 2016

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 nombra director editorial para el Cono Sur

En esta foto del 2 de abril de 2013, el editor de Associated Press Editor Peter Prengaman posa para una foto en Atlanta. Prengaman, periodista multiformato y gerente de noticias que ha reportado desde una docena de países para AP, ha sido nombrado director editorial para el Cono Sur a cargo de la cobertura en […]

DEC. 1, 2014

AP nombra a Castillo Bambuck en posiciones en Latinoamerica

Subdirector de Noticias de Producción en América Latina y el Caribe Eduardo Castillo. (AP Foto/Dario Lopez-Mills) Directora de Planificación en América Latina y el Caribe Maeva Bambuck. (AP Foto/David Hector Vasquez) CIUDAD DE MEXICO (AP) — The Associated Press nombró a dos experimentados periodistas para ayudar a dirigir la cobertura en América Latina de la AP, reconocida […]

AUG. 12, 2016