Susannah George named intelligence reporter
Washington Bureau Chief Julie Pace today announced that Baghdad correspondent Susannah George will join AP's national security team, sending this memo to staff:
AP wins 3 Overseas Press Club awards
Reporting on the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, the collapse of the Islamic State group in Mosul, Iraq, and human rights abuses in Yemen has earned AP journalists three prestigious awards from the Overseas Press Club of America.
New global enterprise team is named
In a memo to staff on Monday, Vice President for Global Enterprise Marjorie Miller announced AP's new global enterprise reporting team:
Vetting and coping with violent imagery
From his base in London, International Social Media Editor Fergus Bell leads The Associated Press’ efforts to source and verify user-generated content so that the AP can publish that content across formats.
AP team interviews Iraq’s new prime minister
The Associated Press is the first foreign media organization to interview Haider al-Abadi, who was officially named Iraq’s prime minister on Sept. 8.