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Gannett will stop using AP content next week

Joshua BentonMarch 11, 2024

The world’s wire services call out British palace PR for a royally doctored photo

When Photoshopped royal PR meets journalistic standards, something’s got to break. (And for the record, that isn’t a real photo of Kate Middleton mixin’ pixels on an IBM PCjr.)

Hanaa' TameezDecember 4, 2023

Here’s how 13 news outlets are using LinkedIn newsletters

“While you’re less at the whim of the algorithm, it’s still social media.”

The AP announces five AI tools to help local newsrooms with tasks like transcription and sorting pitches

Sarah ScireAugust 16, 2023

“Not a replacement of journalists in any way”: AP clarifies standards around generative AI

One new AP Stylebook entry cautions journalists to avoid “language that attributes human characteristics to these systems.”

Sarah ScireAugust 24, 2022

How the AP, USA Today, and Northeastern built a database of mass killings that tracks more than shootings

Many mass killings receive relatively little news coverage in the U.S.

Hanaa' TameezMarch 16, 2020

What do sports journalists do when there are no sports to cover?

From high school to the pros, the games that filled sports sections have nearly all been called off. “We don’t have a guidebook on how to cover sports when sports aren’t being played.”

Alexandra WakeMarch 3, 2020

The Australian Associated Press, the country’s main wire service, is going out of business

It’s the latest blow to national wire services around the world — the little-noticed backbone of much of the reporting seen across media.

Hanaa' TameezFebruary 18, 2020

Share and share alike: A new tool from AP is helping New York’s local news outlets spread their stories more widely

“On most days of the week, I’m competing with them.” But when the situation’s right, local news outlets are using one another to augment their own resources.

Christine SchmidtJune 27, 2019

The Associated Press and Google are building a tool for sharing more local news — more quickly

“We’re living in an age of journalism where people want to help each other and are prioritizing collaboration over competition. We want to seize on that in a way that ensures no matter who is in the newsroom there’s still a mechanism for them to use this.”

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