Best of the Week — First Winner

Video storytelling exclusives: Paris terror attack and Philippines militant plot

A video beat of 15 minutes on a terrorism story in the heart of a European capital? Footage showing militants in Asia actually plotting an attack? On two continents in the same week, Associated Press journalists obtained these exclusives through remarkable ingenuity and persistence.

Their efforts are rare co-winners of the Beat of the Week.

Beat of the Week

(Honorable Mention)

Bikers' surprise: Helping a broken down Bruce Springsteen

for being first to report that a group of veterans riding home from a Veterans Day event stumbled upon Bruce Springsteen and his broken down motorcycle. The story started as a Facebook post by a local American Legion, but Cornfield talked to two of the riders to confirm the story and got copyright access to a UGC photo that helped it go viral.

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