Kat Stafford named national investigative race writer
In a memo to staff on Monday, Race and Ethnicity Editor Andale Gross announced that Kat Stafford has been named AP national investigative race writer:
Understanding the election: Campaign coverage from all 50 states
AP’s extensive and fact-based coverage of the 2020 presidential election will be as deep as it is broad.
With political reporters based in key states around the country – and reporters on the ground in all 50 U.S. states – AP journalists are taking a hard look at the core issues affecting voters.
How we will identify Kamala Harris
The choice of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., to join Joe Biden on their party’s presidential ticket to run against Donald Trump and Mike Pence was historic in many senses.
Why we will lowercase white
AP style will continue to lowercase the term white in racial, ethnic and cultural senses. This decision follows our move last month to capitalize Black in such uses. We consulted with a wide group of people internally and externally around the globe and considered a variety of commentary in making these decisions.
New AP series takes pulse of disrupted electorate
A new data-driven AP series will examine the state of the American electorate as it grapples with the coronavirus pandemic and racial injustice ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.