Topic: “Behind the news”

Posted in Behind the News

‘Our safe place’: News director recounts former Gaza bureau in interview

, by Lauren Easton

AP’s news director for Israel, Palestine and Jordan, Joe Federman, joined Israel’s Channel 12 foreign affairs program “World Order” on Saturday to discuss the destruction of AP’s bureau in Gaza.

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Lights, camera, action: Photographing the Oscars

, by Lauren Easton

The Associated Press was selected to take all photographs of the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, trusted to capture the event on behalf of members of the photography pool.

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Describing what’s happening at the US border

, by John Daniszewski

With immigration and the U.S. border back in the news, it is especially imperative for the AP to consistently use accurate and neutral language in its coverage along with giving proper context to border numbers given the political rhetoric on the topic.

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AP reporters receive Selden Ring Award for ‘searing exposé' of palm oil industry

, by Patrick Maks

AP investigative reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell on Tuesday received the 2021 Selden Ring Award for Investigative Reporting for a series of stories that revealed widespread abuse in the lucrative palm oil industry.

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Calling the 2020 presidential race state by state

, by Patrick Maks

At 11:26 a.m. ET on Saturday, The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

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