Steven Grattan named Amazon correspondent
In a memo to staff, Global Climate and Environment News Director Peter Prengaman announced that Steven Grattan will join AP as an Amazon correspondent, based in Bogota, Colombia:
AP wins Cabot Prize for Latin America reporting
Deeply nuanced storytelling from South America has earned AP Latin America correspondent Joshua Goodman a Maria Moors Cabot Gold Medal from the Columbia School of Journalism.
AP wins Webby Award for ‘What Can Be Saved?’
The Associated Press earned a People’s Voice Webby Award on Tuesday for its minidocumentaries focused on the environment and conservation efforts, titled “What Can Be Saved?”
AP earns World Press Photo honors
Photos of a deadly Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, California wildfires, Brazilian sports fans and Hurricane Dorian’s destruction earned The Associated Press top honors in the 2020 World Press Photo Contest.
Coverage of Brazil and Rohingya earn AP staffers National Headliner Awards
Reporting on horrifying violence across Brazil and the plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar earned AP journalists top honors in the National Headliner Awards, announced today by the sponsoring Press Club of Atlantic City.