Anna Johnson named news director for Europe, Africa
AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee announced a key appointment Thursday: Anna Johnson, currently news director for the U.S. West, will direct coverage of Europe and Africa.
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Elana Schor named AP politics reporter
Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace announced today a key appointment, sending this memo to staff:
A commitment to deep global journalism
In a busy news week saturated with coverage of the U.S. midterm elections, AP’s effort to count the uncountable -- tens of thousands of migrants dead and missing since 2014 -- broke through.
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Stellar debut for AP VoteCast
AP VoteCast, our new election survey of the American electorate developed with NORC at the University of Chicago, delivered impressive results in the U.S. midterm elections one week ago.
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The importance of trust in polling
Speaking to technology industry executives at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on Wednesday, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee addressed AP’s election coverage, trust around polling and the accuracy of AP’s new voter survey in telling the story of the U.S. midterm elections.
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