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AP names Adam Schreck as bureau chief in Iraq
The appointment was announced Tuesday by acting Middle East Editor Dan Perry. Schreck, 36, replaces Lara Jakes, who transferred to AP’s Washington, D.C., bureau. From his base in Baghdad, Schreck will lead a team of more than 30 reporters, photographers, video journalists and support staff covering Iraq as the nation seeks to maintain stability and […]
JAN. 8, 2013
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This undated photo provided by Marla Ridenour shows Associated Press sports writer Lynn DeBruin posed on the summit of Grays Peak in Colorado. DeBruin, who worked for The Associated Press covering sports since 2010 and had been a writer with the Rocky Mountain News and the East Valley Tribune, has died. She was 51. DeBruin died in a Denver hospice early Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, said her sister, Linda Luther-Veno, who was present along with friends. DeBruin had been battling cancer. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Marla Ridenour)
Lynn DeBruin, AP sports writer in Utah, dies at 51
This undated photo provided by Marla Ridenour shows Associated Press sports writer Lynn DeBruin posed on the summit of Grays Peak in Colorado. DeBruin, who worked for The Associated Press covering sports since 2010 and had been a writer with the Rocky Mountain News and the East Valley Tribune, has died. She was 51. DeBruin […]
SEPT. 7, 2013
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This Oct. 2, 2014 photo shows journalist Josef Federman in Jerusalem, who has been named chief of bureau for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Federman has also worked for AP in Charleston, West Virginia, and on the international desk. In his previous role as Jerusalem news editor, the Westborough, Massachusetts native has helped guide coverage of numerous major events, including the 2007 Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip, three wars between Israel and Gaza militants, several failed rounds of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and Israel's struggles against foes in Lebanon and elsewhere around the region. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
AP names Josef Federman as Jerusalem bureau chief
Josef Federman (AP Photo). The promotion was announced Sunday by Ian Phillips, AP’s Cairo-based Middle East news director, and Dan Perry, the regional editor for text. Federman has written about and helped direct coverage of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in his previous role as Jerusalem news editor. Phillips said Federman’s “leadership and sophisticated […]
OCT. 12, 2014
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AP reporter Galofaro receives national journalism award
Associated Press reporter Claire Galofaro, The California Sunday Magazine’s Brooke Jarvis and The New Yorker’s Ben Taub received the $10,000 awards intended to encourage journalists younger than 35. The late Gwen Ifill also was honored at a Tuesday ceremony in New York City. The University of Michigan and the John S. and James L. Knight […]
JUNE 6, 2017
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AP makes coronavirus dataset available to all
AP’s county-level U.S. coronavirus data is now publicly available through the data.world platform.
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In this June 9, 2014 photo, a petroleum industry worker stands on an oil and gas rig on a well pad, in New Castle, a small farming and ranching settlement on the Western Slope of the Rockies, in Colo. Four in 10 new oil and gas wells near national forests and fragile watersheds or otherwise identified as higher pollution risks escape federal inspection, unchecked by an agency struggling to keep pace with America's drilling boom, according to an Associated Press review that shows wide state-by-state disparities in safety checks. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Uninspected wells: Finding local dangers in a sea of federal data
A team of Associated Press journalists across the states worked together to break an exclusive national story and help member news organizations leverage data to produce unique, local reports tied to AP’s findings. In this memo to staff, AP Vice President and Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano explains:
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AP’s top editor: News organizations must be ‘flexible, nimble and scrappy’
Speaking at the Inter American Press Association’s 75th General Assembly in Miami, Florida, on Sunday, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee called attention to challenges facing the news industry, including the erosion of local news and attacks on “the essential question of factual journalism.”
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Data illuminates marijuana legalization impact
In a memo to staff, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano recounts how members of AP’s marijuana beat team created a first-of-its-kind national database of medical marijuana trends and revealed how the legalization of pot has often hurt medical marijuana users:
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Updates to AP’s Washington bureau
In a memo to staff Wednesday, AP Washington Bureau Chief Anna Johnson announced a pair of key promotions: I am excited to announce two important promotions for two fantastic AP journalists: Zeke Miller is Washington’s deputy bureau chief for reporting teams and Tia Goldenberg is the bureau’s government policy and impact editor. As a […]
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AP distributes style guide for U.S. midterm elections
The Associated Press has compiled a list of U.S. political terms, phrases and definitions to assist in coverage of the 2014 midterm elections. Election terminology, writing with context and cliches to avoid are included. Terms and definitions are from the AP Stylebook or based on common usage in AP news reports.
OCT. 31, 2014
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Purdue guard Fletcher Loyer (2) celebrates after a win over Alabama in an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
Purdue reclaims No. 1 from Houston in AP Top 25, Louisville and Illinois jump into top 10
Purdue moved back to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll Monday ahead of Houston, which spent a single week there after leapfrogging the Boilermakers. It’s hardly a two-team race for the top, though. UConn, Arizona and Duke also got No. 1 votes from the 61-member media panel in a poll that also […]
NOV. 17, 2025
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