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AP photographer Dar Yasin wins international photojournalism award

AP photographer Dar Yasin has won the inaugural Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award from Athens Photo World for a compelling collection of photographs chronicling the ongoing conflict in Kashmir.

Making climate ‘a human story’

Today AP launched a 12-part series about efforts underway around the world to save or revive ecosystems and restore landscapes and species in a world affected by human activity and climate change.

AP environment series asks What Can Be Saved

The Associated Press will roll out a series of in-depth, multimedia stories beginning Sept. 17 that will chronicle 12 examples of intense efforts being waged around the world to save or revive ecosystems, reversing some of humankind’s most destructive past actions and preserving vital natural habitats on Earth.

SEPT. 12, 2019

AP names 4 to global religion team

Global Religion Editor Sally Stapleton today sent this memo to staff announcing four additions to AP’s new religion team:

Spotlight on migrant perils at the border

In a memo to staff, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano outlined the backdrop behind a searing photo of a father and daughter from El Salvador who drowned in the Rio Grande attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and subsequent all-formats reporting that provided important, relevant context to member news organizations and customers:

Action, uproar after AP exposes mistreatment of migrant kids

In a memo to staff, Managing Editor Brian Carovillano explained how members of AP’s award-winning immigration beat team used deep source work to reveal reports of neglected migrant children at a remote Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas: 

Michael Tackett joins AP as deputy Washington bureau chief

Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace today announced a key appointment, sending this memo to staff:

New Middle East leadership team is named

In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on Friday outlined a new structure for AP’s Middle East region:

AP journalists accept Pulitzer Prize for Yemen coverage

At a luncheon at Columbia University in New York on Tuesday, the AP journalists who documented torture, corruption and starvation in Yemen’s civil war accepted a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. 

AP receives 5 awards from Deadline Club

The Associated Press received five awards Monday night from the Deadline Club, the New York City chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Eric Talmadge, AP’s North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57

AP North Korea bureau chief Eric Talmadge died this week after suffering a heart attack in Japan. He was 57. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Eric Talmadge, who as North Korea bureau chief for The Associated Press tenaciously chronicled life and politics in one of the world’s least-understood nations, has died. He […]

MAY 16, 2019

Creating the new standard in election research

Election polling is unlike any other kind of public opinion research, because you can measure your work against a known result – the actual tally of ballots cast. It means that when The Associated Press debuted AP VoteCast in the 2018 midterm elections, we’d know by the end of Election Day if our replacement for the in-person exit poll was a success.