Topic: “Awards”

Posted in Announcements

TIME names Muhammed Muheisen best wire photographer of 2013

, by Paul Colford

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 Levinson, who was recruited as a spy by a rogue group of analysts inside the CIA. Without any authority to do so, the analysts sent Levinson into Iran, where he disappeared in 2007.

Posted in Announcements

AP photographers accept Pulitzer Prize for Syria coverage

, by Erin Madigan White

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.

Posted in Behind the News

AP Pulitzer winners reflect on challenges, risks of covering Syria

, by Erin Madigan White

The Associated Press journalists who won the Pulitzer Prizefor breaking news photography come from vastly different backgrounds, but are united in their mission to document the civil war in Syria openly, fairly and accurately.

Posted in Announcements

AP’s reporting from Honduras, Gaza and Syria wins prestigious awards

, by Erin Madigan White

Associated Press journalists have won a number of prestigious awards for their work covering a variety of difficult stories spanning from Latin America to the Middle East.

Posted in Announcements

Pulitzer win recognizes AP’s commitment to telling story of Syria

, by Erin Madigan White

Five Associated Press photographers from around the globe were awarded the Pulitzer Prize this week for their powerful and heartrending coverage of the Syrian civil war, and AP was a finalist for its multiformat coverage there.