Ricardo Zuniga named global sports editor
In a memo to staff, Executive Editor Julie Pace, Vice President and Head of Global News Gathering Paul Haven, and Deputy Head of News Gathering Michael Giarrusso announced a key appointment:
Putting the facts on blockchain
Today AP announced it will work with Chainlink to help bring economic, sports and race call data onto blockchains, the decentralized computer networks for recording information in an unalterable way.
Covering the Olympics during a pandemic
AP Deputy Sports Editor Howie Rumberg, in Tokyo for the Summer Games, describes what it’s been like to cover the Olympics in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Additions to AP's news leadership team
Senior Vice President and Executive Editor Sally Buzbee announced today key changes to AP’s senior news leadership team.
Following the money in March Madness
The Associated Press became the first news organization to reveal just how big a business the NCAA college basketball tournament is, thanks to a recent collaboration between AP’s Sports and Data teams.