Three appointed to Digital News team
Deputy Managing Editor for Digital and Visual Journalism Derl McCrudden today announced three key appointments: Jaime Holguin is the new Director of Original Programming, Ted Anthony becomes Director of Digital Innovation and Darrell Allen is the new Deputy Director of Digital Design and Tools.
AP names new head of digital and visual journalism
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee announced today a key appointment, sending this memo to AP news staff:
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.
Reporter persists to produce exclusive interview with tractor-trailer trafficking survivor
A staff memo from Managing Editor Brian Carovillano describes how a reporter equipped with an iPhone landed a “scoop that gave AP’s customers something they could get nowhere else”:
Digital storytelling takes readers inside death chamber
In a memo to staff, Deep South News Editor Jim Van Anglen recounted how a reporter worked with an interactive editor and producer to go beyond traditional coverage of executions in the U.S., taking people inside Georgia’s execution chamber to hear the inmates’ last words: