New Middle East leadership team is named
In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee on Friday outlined a new structure for AP’s Middle East region:
Recognizing courage in the name of slain AP photographer
The 2019 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who was killed reporting in Afghanistan in 2014, has been awarded to Eloisa Lopez, a freelance photojournalist based in Manila.
Matt Chandler named news director for Latin America
Vice President for International News Ian Phillips today announced a key appointment, sending this memo to staff:
Arabic-speaking AP team documents Yemen horrors
AP’s dedicated Yemen reporting team, comprising two Egyptians and a Yemeni journalist, is working diligently to break news and expose atrocities committed inside the war-torn country.
‘Sheer bravery’ in Nairobi attack coverage
When extremists attacked a hotel complex in Kenya’s capital on Tuesday, AP journalists across formats scrambled to capture video, take photos and report the breaking news.