2016 PRESS RELEASES

مهرجان الصور العالمي يعرض صورًالوكالة الأسوشيتد برس الاخبارية من الشرق الأوسط

2016 -- أعلنت وكالة أسوشيتد برس اليوم أنها تعمل مع مهرجان Xposure الدولي التصوير الفوتوغرافي في الإمارات العربية المتحدة من أجل تسليط الضوء على مجموعة مختارة من الصور المتميزة التي صورتها الوكالة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط

International photo festival to showcase AP Middle East images

2016 -- The Associated Press today announced that it is working with the Xposure International Photography Festival in the United Arab Emirates to highlight a selection of AP’s compelling images of the Middle East

AP acquires historic British Movietone archive

2016 -- The Associated Press today announced that it has acquired the historic British Movietone film archive collection from Newsreel Archive. Spanning almost a century of international events, the archive represents one of the world's most significant and

AP expanding environmental coverage with global teamwork

2016 -- The Associated Press is significantly expanding its environmental coverage with the formation of a digital-first global team to report on issues that affect the earth’s climate, air, water, land and wildlife, the news cooperative announced today.

Singapore exhibit showcases life in North Korea through AP photographer's lens

2016 -- An exhibition in Singapore will highlight the work of Wong Maye-E, AP’s lead photographer in North Korea, offering glimpses of everyday life in the reclusive country

AP photo exhibit, 'The American President,' to open at Federal Hall in Manhattan

2016 -- "The American President," an exhibit of compelling presidential news photos from The Associated Press, will be on display Sept. 8 through Election Day at Federal Hall National Memorial in New York

100 years of presidential campaign photography

2016 -- With 170 years of history, and a record 31 Pulitzer Prizes for photography, no news organization has covered American politics and presidential campaigns like The Associated Press

AP Top 25 college football poll kicks off 81st year

2016 -- The AP Top 25, the longest-running college football poll of its kind, will begin its 81st year with the much-awaited preseason edition on Sunday, Aug. 21

AP to publish first all-time college football ranking

2016 -- The Associated Press will rank the nation’s all-time top college football programs for the first time, as tabulated from its more than 1,100 weekly polls of top college football teams over the past 80 years

AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll to step down at year's end

2016 -- The Associated Press announced today that Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll has decided to leave AP at the end of the year.

AP expands Minor League Baseball coverage

2016 -- The Associated Press has expanded its coverage of Minor League Baseball, through automated stories, for games not previously covered by the news organization

'Divided America' series to explore tensions underlying campaign

2016 -- The Associated Press will roll out a series of stories beginning June 9 that will explore the issues dividing American voters in this tumultuous presidential election year and what’s driving them toward the decision they will make on Nov. 8

Eisenhower biography reissued by AP on D-Day anniversary

2016 -- The Associated Press and Diversion Books have republished "Dwight D. Eisenhower," a biography by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Relman Morin, on today’s 72nd anniversary of D-Day

AP style changes take effect with debut of redesigned Stylebook

2016 -- The Associated Press today released the 2016 edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes nearly 250 new or revised entries and the first interior page redesign in decades

AP Content Services supports Mie Prefecture in tourism drive for G7 Summit

2016 -- The Associated Press announced today that it is working with the local government office in Mie Prefecture, Japan, supporting its tourism drive ahead of the G7 Japan 2016 lse-Shima Summit, which will be held on May 26 and 27, 201

AP executive Brian Hopman is named new head of ENPS

2016 -- The Associated Press has named Brian Hopman, a company executive with broad international experience, vice president and general manager of ENPS, the world's most popular multiplatform news production system

AP announces new director, 4 incumbents re-elected at annual meeting

2016 -- One new director was elected and four incumbents were re-elected to The Associated Press board of directors, it was announced at AP’s annual meeting today at its New York headquarters.

AP expands Korean entertainment news content through collaboration with YTN

2016 -- The Associated Press today announced a content collaboration with South Korean broadcaster YTN.

AP wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Seafood from Slaves' investigation

2016 -- The Associated Press today won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service based on its international investigation of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia that freed more than 2,000 slaves and traced the seafood they caught to supermarkets and pet food

SVP Jessica Bruce adds Corporate Communications to her leadership role

2016 -- The Associated Press announced today that Senior Vice President Jessica Bruce will be the new head of Corporate Communications while remaining in charge of Global Human Resources.

AP and Municipal Bond Information Services announce new municipal bond index

2016 -- The Associated Press and Municipal Bond Information Services, LLC (MBIS), a national consortium of municipal inter-dealer brokers, today announced the creation of the AP Municipal Bond Index, a breakthrough service built on market data aggregated fro

AP expands race and ethnicity reporting team

2016 -- The Associated Press is significantly expanding its coverage of race and ethnicity issues and their impact on the United States, the news cooperative announced today.

Shutterstock Editorial announces multiyear U.S. distribution deal with AP

2016 -- Shutterstock, Inc. (NYSE:SSTK), a leading global provider of imagery and music, today announced it has agreed to terms with The Associated Press (AP) to distribute AP’s daily global photo and packaged video output for license to customers based in th

AP launches virtual reality and 360 video channel in collaboration with AMD

2016 -- The Associated Press will launch a virtual reality and 360 video channel in collaboration with AMD to feature the news organization’s latest advances in immersive journalism

Series exposing slavery at sea wins Polk Award for 4 AP reporters

2016 -- An exhaustive investigation of the seafood industry in Southeast Asia that resulted in freedom for more than 2,000 enslaved fishermen and other laborers has earned a team of four Associated Press journalists a prestigious George Polk Award for Foreig

Film industry executive named media development head of AP

2016 -- The Associated Press has named Mimi Polk Gitlin, an executive and producer with extensive entertainment industry experience, as head of media development and production, a role that involves maximizing the exposure of award-winning AP journalism acro

Prime ministers to join AP debate on South Asia at Davos

2016 -- The seventh annual Associated Press debate at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, will focus on the future of South Asia and the global trends and national priorities affecting its transformation

AP reporter's memoir recalls civil rights struggle and 'My Time with the Kings'

2016 -- Former AP journalist Kathryn Johnson was a groundbreaking civil rights reporter, the only journalist Coretta Scott King invited into her home the night of Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968. In a new memoir, Johnson recounts her private momen

AP introduces presidential campaign kit for radio stations

2016 -- The Associated Press has introduced the 2016 Radio Campaign Kit, a turnkey advantage that gives radio members election returns and AP journalists’ digital and on-air reporting on the presidential campaign in the months leading to Election Day and the

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