On the Brazil beat: AP covers the World Cup
As the excitement of the World Cup unfolds across Brazil, AP journalists are covering the action in text, video and photos for an array of customers around the world.
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Natacha Pisarenko focuses on Brazil's Neymar after his pushed in the corner during the group A World Cup soccer match between Cameroon and Brazil at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Local health authorities say the number of cases of a newly diagnosed respiratory illness linked to a food market in central China has risen to 44
The number of cases of a new type of viral pneumonia linked to a food market in central China has risen to 44, local health authorities said Friday, in an outbreak awakening fearful memories of the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic. Of those cases diagnosed since December, 11 were listed as critical, the Wuhan city health commission […]
JAN. 3, 2020
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A Palestinian man stands in the rubble of a house after it was hit by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israel intensified its 11-day campaign against Hamas by sending in tanks and troops late Thursday after becoming increasingly exasperated with unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza on its cities, especially following Hamas' rejection of an Egyptian cease-fire plan earlier in the week.(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Deep source network, experience underpin AP reporting in Gaza
The Associated Press team in Gaza is reporting the news as they live it, working quickly — under extremely difficult conditions — to verify and debunk information for AP’s customers around the world. Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes lauded their efforts in a recent memo to staff:
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In this undated Calehr family hand out photo Samira Calehr, left, poses with her son, Shaka Panduwinata. Shaka Panduwinata and his brother, Miguel Panduwinata, were killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Calehr family, HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
How AP tapped its global resources to chronicle passengers’ final hours
When Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, major news organizations across the world rushed out profiles of the victims. In a memo to staff, Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes explores why one AP story resonated around the world:
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In this July 11, 2014, photo, Cuban students exit Marta Abreu Central University in Santa Clara, Cuba. Beginning as early as October 2009, a project overseen by the U.S. Agency for International Development sent Venezuelan, Costa Rican and Peruvian nationals to Cuba to cultivate a new generation of political activists. Often posing as tourists, the young travelers befriended Cuban students. Fernando Murillo, contracted to turn politically apathetic young Cubans into ìchange agents,î headed to Santa Clara and connected with a cultural group that called itself ìRevolution,î a modest outfit of street artists devoted to electronic music and video. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
How one Cuba scoop led to another
In a memo to staff, Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes hails the AP reporting team from around the world who worked together to break an important story about the U.S. government’s secret activities in Cuba:
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In this Aug. 8, 2014 photo, bottles of former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci's pasta sauce sits on the shelf at a grocery store in Providence, R.I. Below his photograph is printed the line Benefiting Providence School Children. In recent years, no money from sales of the sauce has been donated to Cianci's charity scholarship fund. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
Stirring the sauce for a spicy story
In a memo to AP staff, Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano explains how a saucy story that questioned a politician’s charitable claims generated wide interest in New England:
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Brad and Angelina costar in wedding, AP reports first
The wedding last Saturday in France of superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt “caps years of rampant speculation on when the couple would officially tie the knot,” writes AP film writer Jake Coyle, who broke the news this morning.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Iraqís new prime minister says foreign ground troops are neither necessary nor wanted in his countryís fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
AP team interviews Iraq’s new prime minister
The Associated Press is the first foreign media organization to interview Haider al-Abadi, who was officially named Iraq’s prime minister on Sept. 8.
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Sally Buzbee, the newly-named chief of the AP's Washington bureau, works on developing stories after the midterm elections that will change the political landscape in the nation's capital, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
8 ways the Obama administration is blocking information
The fight for access to public information has never been harder, Associated Press Washington Bureau Chief Sally Buzbee said recently at a joint meeting of the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors and the Associated Press Photo Managers. The problem extends across the entire federal government and is now trickling down to state and local governments.
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Vetting and coping with violent imagery
From his base in London, International Social Media Editor Fergus Bell leads The Associated Press’ efforts to source and verify user-generated content so that the AP can publish that content across formats.
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Q&A: How AP counts the vote
As votes in the U.S. midterm elections roll in across the country on Nov. 4, it’s The Associated Press that will be counting the results through the evening. The news industry and the public turn to AP, a not-for-profit cooperative, to provide fast and reliable results on national, state and local races and key ballot measures.
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Election Day effort continues into Wednesday
Though all the votes have been cast in the U.S. midterm elections, the importance of uncounted ballots looms large in some tight contests as AP journalists and race callers continued today to analyze Election Day results. Highlighting the remaining tasks, AP issued an advisory to its customers in the wee hours of this morning:
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