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‘Illegal immigrant’ no more
The AP Stylebook today is making some changes in how we describe people living in a country illegally. Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll explains the thinking behind the...
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Exposing behind-the-scenes efforts by US to aid Syrian opposition
In “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. His latest memo describes the dogged source work, in the...
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AP shows products at NAB in Vegas; expands U.S. video coverage
AP staffers are demonstrating our new products, including the AP Video-US portal and Version 7 of the ENPS newsroom production software, at the NAB Show underway in Las Vegas. Visit booth SL9005....
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Coverage of Sandy and Honduras earn AP staffers National Headliner Awards
Four Associated Press journalists earned top honors in the National Headliner Awards, announced today by the sponsoring Press Club of Atlantic City. Honduras correspondent Alberto Arce won first prize...
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Behind the news of the marathon: data crunching and photo verification
Personal tales of Boston marathoners came together after The Associated Press analyzed images and data, including the finishing times recorded by chips on competitors’ bibs, to pinpoint some of the...
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Meeting with Putin: the AP interview
Vladimir Putin “was in a talkative mood,” said AP Senior Managing Editor for International News John Daniszewski, who interviewed the Russian president Tuesday evening at the leader’s country home...
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Backstory: Confirming information about secret US-Iran talks
AP’s Sunday story revealing that the U.S. and Iran had held secret talks before the announcement of a nuclear deal contained this paragraph: The AP was tipped to the first U.S.-Iranian meeting in March...
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Why AP is publishing story about missing American tied to CIA
The Associated Press today is publishing an article about serious blunders at the Central Intelligence Agency and an effort to cover them up. At the heart of the story is a retired FBI agent, Robert...
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AP reacts to alteration of photo
The Associated Press has ended its ties with Narciso Contreras, a freelance photographer who has worked for AP in the Middle East, following his recent admission that he altered a photo that he took...
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Recalling Vietnam’s ‘Real War’
Longtime Associated Press correspondent Peter Arnett remembered that journalists were “rarely unwelcomed” by the American soldiers fighting the Vietnam War. After all, AP stories were being clipped...
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The Oscar for best selfie goes to …
Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres granted The Associated Press the rights for the editorial use of her star-studded selfie by AP members and subscribers. AP reported that the photo had been retweeted more...
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How reporter produced revealing closeup of Gov. Brown’s prison plan
In a memo to Associated Press staffers, Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano describes how a story spotted on a locally focused website prompted a high-impact investigation by AP of whether...
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The story of a prolific pedophile: How AP’s investigation came together
The discovery of a teacher whom the FBI regards as one of the most prolific pedophiles in memory has set off a crisis in the close-knit community of international schools and prompted hundreds of...
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Injured AP correspondent analyzes swap for U.S. Sgt. Bergdahl
A revealing AP analysis about the history of talks leading to the release of U.S. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, by correspondent Kathy Gannon, was published today. Gannon, who was shot and wounded on April 4...
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D-Day account surfaces, ripped from the AP wire
Behold the first official AP account of the D-Day landings, reported by our chief invasion correspondent, Wes Gallagher. Though the words he filed on that fateful day 70 years ago are part of the first...
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Piecing together the story of a girl, 10, left in an African forest
Her name is Hamamatou Harouna. She is 10 years old and unable to walk because she has polio. Amid the sectarian violence in Central African Republic, she managed to survive a rampage by Christian...
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A faster, new format for AP’s Major League Baseball game stories
For decades, AP reporters have chronicled every big play, every no-hitter and every controversy that erupts on the field during the hundreds of games that make up the Major League Baseball season. Now,...
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Financial markets story to feature format suited to Web and mobile
The following advisory was sent today to editors at AP member news organizations: Starting next month, The Associated Press will take a fresh approach to its coverage of global financial markets....
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A leap forward in quarterly earnings stories
The Associated Press announced in an advisory to customers today that the majority of U.S. corporate earnings stories for our business news report will eventually be produced using automation...
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Poorly worded alert prompts clarification
This morning a poorly worded news alert moved on the AP wire and was also tweeted via @AP. For the record, here’s the original alert: EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch military plane carrying bodies...
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