AP captured the rip-roaring sport of skijoring that took readers into a place they may never visit in person.Read more
Years of covering German far-right party AfD gave AP a front-row view of important and surprising societal shifts that have helped its popularity surge.Read more
AP captured the impact that the end of affirmative action has had on the college essay — one of the few places where race can play a role in admissions decisions.Read more
AP noticed a trend in the monthly Customs and Border Protection data that no other news outlet did — the plummeting number of Venezuelans entering the U.S. — and then quickly used its international footprint to tell the story of Venezuelans struggling under Mexico’s crackdown.Read more
When the Ecuadorian government, under the orders of President Daniel Noboa, took the unprecedented action of storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito late on Friday, April 5, AP’s visual team based in the Andean city responded swiftly. They were on the ground during crucial moments of the significant event, which garnered global attention over the weekend and subsequent days.
Freelance video journalist Cesar Olmos and photojournalist Dolores Ochoa captured images and sound of the incensed embassy staff and rapidly filed images of military forces scaling the walls of the building as they entered and seized Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president, who had previously faced multiple corruption charges and sought refuge in the Mexican embassy several months prior to the raid.
In addition to securing the initial visuals, the AP team was quick to deliver across other formats to publish the details of this unprecedented event.
For comprehensive and quick work to report on the initial events and immediate fallout after an unprecedented international incident, Olmos, Ochoa, Regina Garcia Cano, Megan Janetsky, Gonzalo Solano, Gabriela Molina, David Biller and Sara Espana are Best of the Week — First Winner.
AP’s multiplatform coverage of the highly anticipated arrival of Caitlin Clark’s WNBA draft class went beyond the spot news to explain the significance of the event in a way that was accessible to sports fans and nonsports fans alike. Read more
AP journalists across the U.S. jump in to cover breaking news of the pro-Palestinian protests sweeping the country and illuminate the issues with wide-ranging enterprise.Read more
AP’s persistence and months of source-building with the foreign ministry paid off to earn the scoop on the sailing of a U.S. ship laden with aid for Gaza.Read more
