for breaking the news that more than 850 immigrants were granted citizenship despite a pending deportation order. http://read.bi/2dre8CQ
for being the first to publish the entire text of the U.S.-Russian ceasefire deal for Syria. http://bit.ly/2cCcY66
for combining an exhaustive document dive with gum-shoe work to tell the story behind the sudden order by the mayor of East Chicago, Indiana, to remove more than 1,000 residents from their housing project because of lead contamination blamed on years of neglect. http://trib.in/2d6Jpeu
for beating a highly competitive field to break the news that the Chicago Police Department would hire more than 500 new officers ... http://bit.ly/2dtdGnf
for a story pointing out that the New England Patriots would be one of the last NFL teams to start a black quarterback when Jacoby Brissett played on Sept. 22. http://bit.ly/2dkHQnL
for using public records to show that California lawmakers have crafted rules allowing themselves to be compensated for living expenses regardless of whether they even show up to work. http://bit.ly/2deCH42
for their video that blended Crutsinger’s recollections and perspective from covering four leaders of the Federal Reserve with AP's archival footage and photos. http://bit.ly/2ddoumX
for his report showing that several of the nation’s largest for-profit college chains are seeing huge drops in enrollment amid new regulation and government pressure. http://apne.ws/2d9Uo2Q
for her APNewsBreak detailing how money intended to make sure fish was safe to eat following the BP oil spill instead went to things like iPads, cameras and now-missing fishing equipment. http://apne.ws/2dlSaAR
for being first with a named source confirming that Angelina Jolie Pitt had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt. http://bit.ly/2d9TKlQ
for his report showing a growing backlash in the U.S. over the cost of providing life-saving drugs ... http://apne.ws/2d4shmp
for breaking the news that FIFA has abolished its anti-racism task force ... http://bit.ly/2dkNqGw
More than three years ago, Lebanon-Syria News Director Zeina Karam in Beirut began her quest to get an interview with Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Karam, along with AP’s longtime Damascus stringer Albert Aji, worked their sources, convincing reluctant Syrian officials about The Associated Press’ reach and significance. Last week, their work paid off: the first fully televised interview Assad has given to an international news agency, resulting in an exclusive, news-breaking all-formats package.
When the World Conservation Congress came to Honolulu, Correspondent Caleb Jones did what any good AP reporter would. He sized up potential news and obtained releases early, including ones about the Great Elephant Census in Africa and a gorilla subspecies being classified as critically endangered.
But, while planning for an interview with Conservation International CEO Peter Seligman, Jones learned something that would take AP’s coverage to another level – and take him to the bottom of the sea – while other reporters sat through speeches and presentations. Scientists with the conservation group and the University of Hawaii were about to embark on the first-ever submarine exploration of two ancient undersea volcanoes 3,000 feet beneath the Pacific and 100 miles off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island.
for working sources to provide the most detailed coverage of the Syria ceasefire deal struck by the U.S. and Russia. http://abcn.ws/2cdUVSd
for an in-depth interview with Gianni Infantino, the new president of FIFA. http://tiny.cc/7jlxey
for revealing that part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail had been damaged by the Forest Service, which two years earlier had touted the purchase of the property as a way to protect land considered sacred by native Americans. http://bit.ly/2d45rLg
for getting exclusive access to a first-ever submarine expedition to an underwater volcano 3,000 feet beneath the Pacific off Hawaii. http://apne.ws/2cUBL2J
for revealing that only six of the 35 safety recommendations made after the “Miracle on the Hudson” airliner ditching were implemented. http://dpo.st/2d47oaF
for capturing the reunion of a Louisiana woman who last month was saved from floodwaters (along with her dog) and her rescuer. http://bit.ly/2cfnikj