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Planning begins ‘long before the weather turns bad’: Inside AP’s hurricane season prep

The Associated Press has long been on the frontlines of hurricane coverage in the United States, delivering fast, reliable reporting in text, photo, video and live formats. With an unrivaled 50-state footprint and specialized teams covering climate and the environment, federal policy, philanthropy and more, AP is uniquely positioned to cover every stage of a […]

A look at AP’s work base in Tacloban

Singapore-based photographer Maye-E Wong is among the Associated Press journalists who’ve been documenting the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan since it slammed into the Philippines Nov. 8.

After Maria, ‘heart-wrenching’ all-formats coverage

More than a week after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, AP journalists on the ground continue to tell the stories of people who are struggling with the overwhelming devastation.

Using 360 video to bring viewers closer to Harvey, Irma

When back-to-back hurricanes hit Texas and Florida causing widespread destruction, AP supplemented its comprehensive text, photo and video coverage of the storms with 360-degree video of the aftermath.

What to know about ‘Not Real News’

As part of our ongoing efforts to fact-check claims in suspected false news stories, AP has been publishing weekly roundups of some of the most popular untrue headlines of the week, debunking them and making clear the facts.

Struggling with your mental health after surviving a disaster? Here’s how to look after yourself

There’s the initial shock and chaos in a collective disaster like the deadly and destructive California wildfires. What to take and what to leave behind when ordered to evacuate? Will your house still be there? Later, for many, there’s the grief and pain of actually losing a home, the countless threads of daily life woven […]

FEB. 4, 2025

AP “flashes” – what they’re all about

The “flash” we sent last week on Nelson Mandela’s death brought a new flurry of attention to AP flashes. What are they and how often do we send them?

Photo of mother and baby’s rescue becomes symbol of storm

In the photo, tiny Aiden Pham — 13 months old and swaddled in a blanket — nestles asleep in his mother’s arms, even as the floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey surge around them. Someday, no doubt, Aiden’s mother will tell him about the day Houston police rescued them from their flooded home by boat, and about […]

AUG. 28, 2017

A record year for digital journalism at AP 

Independent, nonpartisan and fact-based digital journalism from The Associated Press reached record audiences last year.   APNews.com, the news cooperative’s consumer-facing website, set a record with over 2.6 billion page views in 2024. This was a 39% increase year on year. On YouTube, AP video journalism received a record 590 million views, up 94% over […]

AP photographer jumps into, and later records, highway drama

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (AP) — When a sport utility vehicle ran off a rural stretch of interstate and slammed into pine trees in Mississippi, nearly two dozen people rushed to help two sisters who were trapped inside the burning vehicle. Among them was AP photographer Gerald Herbert, who was on his on his way to […]

AUG. 20, 2012

Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, dies at 71

Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy, in Miami, April 22, 2000. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) MIAMI (AP) — Retired Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz, whose photo of […]

JULY 3, 2018

What AP learned about using online surveys to measure support for presidential candidates

After commissioning an experiment designed to test new ways to survey voters who cast ballots early, AP updates its findings, using new breakdowns of advance and Election Day voting in the Florida primary.