Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

Speed, planning and AP’s footprint deliver winning coverage of scathing report into Uvalde massacre

AP covered a highly anticipated Justice Department report into the Robb Elementary School shooting that promised to address a question that continues to stoke outrage nearly two years later: Why did Texas police wait more than an hour to confront the gunman inside a fourth-grade classroom?Read more

Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

Persistence leads to riveting story on missing and murdered Indigenous people

AP turned what would’ve been a mundane story into a riveting tale of a family’s longing to have something — anything — to bury of their deceased loved one.Read more

Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

AP delivers live video and witness accounts after Charlotte police shooting

AP provided fast live video and compelling eyewitness accounts after the deadliest attack on U.S. law enforcement since 2016.Read more