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Cover Video brings buzzy, shareable editorial content to AP Video Hub

The Associated Press announced today it will offer eye-catching human interest, entertainment and viral content from Cover Video on its online AP Video Hub platform.

MARCH 27, 2018

The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day. In Betsy Ross’ day, flags marked ships and told soldiers where they should move in the confusion of battlefield […]

JUNE 12, 2025

Sein Win, force for press freedom in Myanmar, dies

This 1969 photo shows Sein Win, a Myanmar journalist who worked for The Associated Press from 1969 to 1989 in what was then called Burma. Win, who championed press freedom and endured three stints in prison as he chronicled several decades of his country’s turbulent history, has died at age 91. His daughter Aye Aye […]

OCT. 17, 2013

AP veteran leading Pennsylvania, New Jersey news

Larry Rosenthal In this new role, Rosenthal will have primary daily responsibility for leading aggressive pursuit of breaking news and the development of distinctive enterprise across formats in Pennsylvania, while working closely with the New Jersey news editor to ensure both states have competitive and creative coverage. The appointment was announced Monday by Karen Testa, […]

APRIL 14, 2014

ITN signs deal to provide UK news feed to AP

ITN has announced that The Associated Press will license ITN’s UK news coverage for inclusion in AP’s news services, which are sold to media organizations throughout the world.

DEC. 1, 2016

Financial markets story to feature format suited to Web and mobile

The following advisory was sent today to editors at AP member news organizations:

AP photographers accept Pulitzer Prize for Syria coverage

Five Associated Press journalists accepted the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography at an awards ceremony at New York’s Columbia University on May 30. It is the 51st Pulitzer for AP and the 31st for photography.

Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. The fire department in Naypyitaw said the […]

APRIL 2, 2025

AP expands UGC on Video Hub with Spectee collaboration

The Associated Press today announced a content collaboration with Spectee, the Tokyo-based online news agency that specializes in curating and publishing user-generated content in real time.

JUNE 6, 2017

AP launches dedicated Content Services division in Asia

The Associated Press announced today that it is expanding its AP Content Services division by adding a new office in Japan that will provide dedicated support for clients across Asia.

FEB. 7, 2019

Learning from voter survey experiments

Leading up to the November election, AP worked with GfK Custom Research and the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to examine new ways to survey voters.

AP, FRONTLINE documentary ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ wins Emmy® Award 

“2000 Meters to Andriivka,” the documentary from The Associated Press and FRONTLINE, has won a News & Documentary Emmy® Award for Outstanding Direction: Documentary.   The honor was presented Thursday night at the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards, recognizing the film’s gripping and intimate portrayal of the war in Ukraine. Produced by FRONTLINE and AP, “2000 Meters to Andriivka” offers a deeply personal look at the toll of the […]