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Joshua BentonFebruary 13, 2025

Trump wants news outlets to get on board with “Gulf of America” — or else. Will they?

The White House’s move to block AP’s reporters over its house style has turned a debate about language into one about power.

Two poll workers sitting at a table shine a flashlight on a ballot

Neel DhaneshaNovember 5, 2024

When the winner’s name isn’t enough: How the AP is leaning into explanatory journalism to call races

“We’ve learned, especially in the last few cycles, that it’s not necessarily possible or a good idea to let [the electoral] process play out in silence.”

Three more nonprofit newsrooms announce content sharing agreements with the AP

The Associated Press now has content sharing partnerships with nine nonprofit newsrooms across 10 states. Sophie Culpepper

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.”

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