Troy Thibodeaux named interactive newsroom technology editor
Troy Thibodeaux, an award-winning journalist and developer based in New Orleans, has been named interactive newsroom technology editor at the Associated Press. His appointment was outlined in a memo to staff on Thursday from Global Interactive Editor Paul Cheung:
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Exposing behind-the-scenes efforts by US to aid Syrian opposition
In 「Beat of the Week」 memos to staff, AP Senior Managing Editor for U.S. News Mike Oreskes tells the stories behind the top news of recent days. His latest memo describes the dogged source work, in the Middle East and Washington, that went into recent AP reports of U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war:
Continue reading >‘Illegal immigrant’ no more
The AP Stylebook today is making some changes in how we describe people living in a country illegally.
Continue reading >April Fools’ Day “pranks”?
At April Fools’ time, we’re sometimes asked how we feel about people planting “prank stories” in the media.
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