Understanding the election: How AP combats misinformation
With misinformation swirling ahead of the U.S. presidential election, fact-checking, a central function of AP for decades, has never been more important.
AP’s top editor: We must ‘stand up for facts’
At the International Press Institute’s World Congress on Tuesday, AP Executive Editor Sally Buzbee stressed the importance of factual journalism in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Revolutionizing video workflows with AI
At the International Broadcasting Convention this week, Vice President and Director of Key Initiatives Sandy MacIntyre outlined how AP is collaborating with technology companies to revolutionize video production and workflows in the news industry.
New Sony gear ‘a game changer’
AP has a long history at the forefront of imaging technology, from the first transmission of photos over the wire to the early days of digital photography. Today's announcement that AP will equip its photo- and video journalists with cutting-edge Sony cameras and lenses is another milestone.
Doubling down on voting rights coverage
In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Deputy Managing Editor for U.S. News Noreen Gillespie outlined a new collaboration with the Carnegie Corporation of New York that will bolster AP’s coverage of voting rights issues ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election: