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.
Is it ISIL or ISIS in Iraq?
How best to refer to the al-Qaida splinter group leading Sunni militants in Iraq? ISIL or ISIS?
Visit AP at SXSW Interactive
The Associated Press is joining thousands of digital and creative professionals from around the world converging at the 2014 SXSW Interactive festival in Austin, Texas, which runs March 7 through 11. Here’s a rundown of where you’ll find AP:
AP reacts to alteration of photo
The Associated Press has ended its ties with Narciso Contreras, a freelance photographer who has worked for AP in the Middle East, following his recent admission that he altered a photo that he took last September in Syria.
Executive editor on why AP sought Newtown 911 tapes
The Associated Press sought the 911 calls made during the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where the gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed 20 children and six educators. On Wednesday, the calls were posted on the town’s website after AP prevailed in a monthslong legal effort to obtain them.