How AP tapped its global resources to chronicle passengers’ final hours
When Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down, major news organizations across the world rushed out profiles of the victims. In a memo to staff, Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes explores why one AP story resonated around the world:
Deep source network, experience underpin AP reporting in Gaza
The Associated Press team in Gaza is reporting the news as they live it, working quickly — under extremely difficult conditions — to verify and debunk information for AP’s customers around the world. Senior Managing Editor Michael Oreskes lauded their efforts in a recent memo to staff:
On the Brazil beat: AP covers the World Cup
As the excitement of the World Cup unfolds across Brazil, AP journalists are covering the action in text, video and photos for an array of customers around the world.
A faster, new format for AP’s Major League Baseball game stories
For decades, AP reporters have chronicled every big play, every no-hitter and every controversy that erupts on the field during the hundreds of games that make up the Major League Baseball season.
What does it take to cover big-time sports?
So you want to be a sports writer? Start with a hunger for news.