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WEBOct 10, 2023 — Sep. 24, 2024, by Nicole Meir. In every U.S. election since 1848 AP has counted the vote and declared the winners. As Nov. 5 approaches, David Scott, the AP vice president who oversees our elections operation, explains how AP tallies millions of ballots to deliver the results: Continue reading >. Posted in Industry Insights.
AP Definitive Source | Standards around generative AI
WEBAug 16, 2023 — AP has a licensing agreement with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and while AP staff may experiment with ChatGPT with caution, they do not use it to create publishable content. Any output from a generative AI tool should be treated as unvetted source material. AP staff must apply their editorial …
AI guidance, terms added to AP Stylebook
WEBAug 17, 2023 — Guidance on how to cover artificial intelligence and 10 key AI terms were added today to the AP Stylebook, to help journalists accurately explain the potential, inherent risks and varying effects of AI and generative AI models. The guidance advises journalists to avoid language that attributes human characteristics to these systems – …
AP Definitive Source | What is AP? CEO explains in op-ed
WEBMay 29, 2019 — More than half the world sees news from The Associated Press every day, but few know exactly what AP is. Every hour of every day, AP journalists in all 50 U.S. states and in more than 100 countries gather the news, from statehouses to war zones in the Middle East, and distribute it to thousands of …
A new primary dictionary for the AP Stylebook
WEBApr 5, 2024 — The switch to Merriam-Webster is the AP Stylebook’s first change to its primary dictionary in decades. The full changeover will take effect when the AP Stylebook, 57th Edition, is published on May 29. Peter Sokolowski, editor at large of Merriam-Webster, joined the ACES session alongside Froke to announce the collaboration.
AP Definitive Source | Introducing AP Morning Wire - Associated …
WEBMar 9, 2020 — AP Morning Wire features the news agency’s spot, enterprise and investigative journalism and provides a behind-the-scenes look at its newsgathering process. It will include a selection of AP photos and a rundown of the day’s top stories from politics to sports to business and more. The newsletter is distributed on weekday mornings.
AP Definitive Source | US News leadership team is named
WEBSep 29, 2022 — Kim Johnson and Frank Baker have been named as deputy U.S. news directors. Kim, based in Chicago, and Frank, in Los Angeles, will be responsible for managing breaking news assignments across the country, helping to determine the top stories of the day and how AP will respond. Kim will work on Eastern time and Frank on Pacific to better allow ...
AP Definitive Source | How does AP count the vote?
WEBSep 24, 2024 — How does AP count the vote? Sep. 24, 2024, by Nicole Meir. In every U.S. election since 1848 AP has counted the vote and declared the winners. As Nov. 5 approaches, David Scott, the AP vice president who oversees our elections operation, explains how AP tallies millions of ballots to deliver the results:
AP Definitive Source | How does AP call races?
WEB22 hours ago — To start, AP never calls a race before the final statutory poll close time for that race. And we never declare a winner without data from voters indicating who they have chosen in an election. AP’s decision team does not guess. On election night, there are sometimes statewide races – most often for president, Senate and governor – that we ...
AP Definitive Source | Updates to AP's US News team
WEBFeb 1, 2023 — Kathleen Ronayne is the assistant news director for California. She comes to the role after more than a decade of reporting on both coasts, including four years overseeing AP’s state government coverage in California. She also was on the national elections team for two presidential campaigns. She reported extensively on the recall of ...