AP Hong Kong photos garner global front pages
Newspapers across the globe, from Barcelona to Taiwan to Toledo, Ohio, featured on the front pages of their Monday editions gripping AP images of Hong Kong police clashing with protesters at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Samya Kullab named AP Iraq correspondent
Veteran journalist Samya Kullab has been named Iraq correspondent for The Associated Press.
AP photographer Dar Yasin wins international photojournalism award
AP photographer Dar Yasin has won the inaugural Yannis Behrakis International Photojournalism Award from Athens Photo World for a compelling collection of photographs chronicling the ongoing conflict in Kashmir.
AP’s top editor: News organizations must be ‘flexible, nimble and scrappy’
Speaking at the Inter American Press Association’s 75th General Assembly in Miami, Florida, on Sunday, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee called attention to challenges facing the news industry, including the erosion of local news and attacks on “the essential question of factual journalism.”
Elizabeth Kennedy named deputy international editor
In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Sally Buzbee announced on Wednesday that Deputy Washington Bureau Chief Elizabeth Kennedy will add the role of deputy international editor, a move aimed at making AP’s news report more global: