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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global campaign to wipe out the paralytic disease. She hears their demands and fears. Some are practical – families need basics like food and water more than vaccines. Others are simply […]

AUG. 5, 2025

Photographer Anja Niedringhaus killed while working in Afghanistan, Regional Correspondent Kathy Gannon wounded

<p>Brazil's Newsource Globo and AP Global Media Services will offer comprehensive broadcast facilities throughout Brazil at the FIFA World Cup™ 2014. The feed points will be available to both rights and non-rights holders.</p> <br> <br> <br>In a Friday, April 4, 2014 note to AP staff, CEO Gary Pruitt announced the death of AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus and injury of Kathy Gannon, regional correspondent for Pakistan and Afghanistan.

APRIL 4, 2014

Decision 2016: It’s ‘about the voters’

With less than a week to go until Election Day, AP’s political team will be focusing not only on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but also on the voters who are deciding which candidate will become the next U.S. president.

Countering misinformation, AI in US elections

Speaking to technology industry executives at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday, Executive Editor Julie Pace outlined the biggest challenges news organizations expect to see this election cycle: misinformation and generative AI.

Why AP has yet to call Kentucky governor’s race

At 10:02 p.m. ET on Tuesday, AP sent a news alert to its member news organizations and customers that the race for governor in Kentucky was too close to call. AP Election Decision Editor Stephen Ohlemacher explains why:

Why does AP call US elections?

For 178 years, The Associated Press has played a vital role in U.S. elections, counting the vote and declaring the winners – and reporting them to the world, without fear or favor.  

How an AP reporter found $50 billion buried in federal fine print

In the “Beat of the Week” memos to staff, AP Senior Managing Editor for U.S. News Mike Oreskes tells the stories behind the top news of recent days. In his latest note, he lauds the persistent, meticulous reporting of Washington-based health care reporter Ricardo Alonso-Zalvidar, who also is advising AP reporters across the country in covering the rollout of the Affordable Care Act:

The world’s ‘single largest act of journalism’

In a column published Tuesday by many members and customers, Executive Editor Julie Pace outlined the historic role of The Associated Press in counting the vote and declaring election winners: 

Teaming up to investigate a controversial carbon pipeline

A new reporting collaboration between AP and Lee Enterprises, published today, examines a major controversial carbon pipeline project in the Midwest that’s now in doubt following local opposition. Working together, journalists from AP and Lee Enterprises found the company behind the proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide emissions across five Midwest states filed hundreds […]

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.

Astrid Galvan named national race writer

In a memo to staff, AP Race and Ethnicity Editor Andale Gross announced that Astrid Galvan starts today as national race writer:

A record election night for AP

Independent, nonpartisan, fact-based journalism from The Associated Press reached record audiences on and after Nov. 5.