New roles on senior News leadership team
AP Executive Editor Julie Pace today announced several senior leadership appointments in a memo to global news staff:
AP wins 2 RFK Journalism Awards
An investigation exposing widespread abuse in the palm oil industry and searing photos of Ethiopians fleeing war earned The Associated Press two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards on Thursday.
AP wins 2 Overseas Press Club Awards
The Associated Press has won two prestigious awards from the Overseas Press Club of America for an investigation exposing abuse in the lucrative palm oil industry and for reporting that held China accountable for its early mishandling of COVID-19 and human rights violations against the Uighurs.
Updates to AP’s global investigative team
In a memo to staff on Friday, Global Investigations Editor Ron Nixon and Deputy Global Investigations Editor Alison Kodjak announced a reorganized global investigative team that will continue to deliver ambitious journalism:
AP reporters receive Selden Ring Award for ‘searing exposé' of palm oil industry
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.