Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP)[4] is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the award was established in 1917, the AP has earned 58 Pulitzer Prizes, including 35 for photography. The AP is also known for its widely used AP Stylebook, its AP polls tracking NCAA sports, and its election polls and results during US elections.
This article is about the American news agency. It is not to be confused with the Australian Associated Press or the Associated Press of Pakistan.Company type
May 22, 1846[2]
Worldwide
- Steven R. Swartz (chairman)
- Daisy Veerasingham (president and chief executive officer)
US$-73.966 million (2017)[3]
3,300
- apnews.com
- ap.org (Corporate)
By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters.[5] The AP operates 235 news bureaus in 94 countries, and publishes in English, Spanish, and Arabic.[6] It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides twice hourly newscasts and daily sportscasts for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most member news organizations grant automatic permission for the AP to distribute their local news reports.
Governance[edit]
The AP is governed by an elected board of directors.[34] Since April 2022, the chairperson is Gracia C. Martore, former president and CEO of Tegna, Inc.[35]
Election polls[edit]
The AP is the only organization that collects and verifies election results in every city and county across the United States, including races for the U.S. president, the Senate and House of Representatives, governor as well as other statewide offices.[36] Major news outlets rely on the polling data and results provided by the Associated Press before declaring a winner in major political races, particularly the presidential election.[37] In declaring the winners, the AP has historically relied on a robust network of local reporters with first-hand knowledge of assigned territories who also have long-standing relationships with county clerks as well as other local officials. Moreover, the AP monitors and gathers data from county websites and electronic feeds provided by states. The research team further verifies the results by considering demographics, number of absentee ballots, and other political issues that may have an effect on the final results.[36] In 2018, the AP introduced a new system called AP VoteCast, which was developed together with NORC at the University of Chicago in order to further improve the reliability of its data and overcome biases of its legacy exit poll.[38]
Recognized for its integrity and accuracy, the organization has collected and published presidential election data since 1848.[39] During the 2016 election, the AP was 100% accurate in calling the president and congressional races in every state.[36]
Sports awards[edit]
Baseball[edit]
The AP began its Major League Baseball Manager of the Year Award in 1959, for a manager in each league.[44] From 1984 to 2000, the award was given to one manager in all of MLB.[45] The winners were chosen by a national panel of AP baseball writers and radio men. The award was discontinued in 2001.[44]
Basketball[edit]
Every year, the AP releases the names of the winners of its AP College Basketball Player of the Year and AP College Basketball Coach of the Year awards. It also honors a group of All-American players.
Awards received[edit]
The AP has earned 58 Pulitzer Prizes, including 35 for photography, since the award was established in 1917.[111] In May 2020, Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan, and Channi Anand of the AP were honored with the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography.[112] The choice caused controversy,[113][114][115] because it was taken by some as questioning "India's legitimacy over Kashmir" as it had used the word "independence" in regard to revocation of Article 370.[116]
The AP won an Oscar[117] in 2024 for 20 Days in Mariupol, a first-person account[118] of the early days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.