AP general counsel urges lawmakers to strengthen FOIA
Associated Press General Counsel Karen Kaiser today urged lawmakers to enact bipartisan legislation now before the U.S. Senate to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act and make it work better.
Setting the standards for journalists’ safety
The Associated Press has joined 25 other news organizations and journalism groups in endorsing an unprecedented set of safety standards designed to protect freelance reporters on dangerous assignments.
AP CEO welcomes DOJ’s revised media guidelines
The Associated Press today welcomed revised guidelines on how the federal government could obtain records from the news media during leak investigations.
AP statement on Mueller report
AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll offered the following statement in response to a report from former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, who was hired by the NFL to investigate how the league pursued evidence in the Ray Rice abuse case:
Doubling down on state government coverage
Building on The Associated Press’ unmatched presence in all 50 U.S. statehouses, we are adding to our competitive advantage by creating a team of state government specialists.