Recognizing courage in the name of slain AP photojournalist
The 2016 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award, named for the AP photographer who was killed reporting in Afghanistan in 2014, has been awarded to Adriane Ohanesian, a freelance photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.
Exploring ‘a landscape of mafias, violence and corruption’
The Overseas Press Club announced this morning that three Associated Press journalists have won its award for the best reporting on Latin America in any medium.
A Pulitzer for the entire AP that ‘took real physical courage’
As noted by the judges, the Pulitzer Prize won today by AP was: “For an investigation of severe labor abuses tied to the supply of seafood to American supermarkets and restaurants, reporting that freed 2,000 slaves, brought perpetrators to justice and inspired reforms.”
AP withdraws submission to World Press Photo contest
The Associated Press issued this statement today from Vice President for Photography Santiago Lyon regarding the World Press Photo awards announced Thursday in Amsterdam:
AP cameraman wins Royal Television Society award
AP's Mstyslav Chernov was named Camera Operator of the Year at the Royal Television Society’s 2016 Television Journalism Awards Thursday night in London.