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Two of the most challenging aspects of covering the ongoing abortion story in the U.S. are getting inside abortion clinics and telling the stories of women who have decided to end their pregnancies. So it was significant when two AP journalists gained exclusive access to a pair of abortion clinics — and to a woman […]
SEPT. 9, 2022
The Associated Press obtained exclusive data from a risk analysis firm that showed frequent flooding and flood risk hit communities along the Mississippi River at a 30% higher rate than the U.S. as a whole, then performed its own analysis to find and report on some of the hardest-hit towns. This package had its roots […]
JUNE 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump featured some sharp comments and memorable moments. Here are some of the most notable — and quotable — exchanges from Tuesday night’s debate: “You’re not running against Joe Biden. You’re running against me.” — Harris, after Trump repeatedly criticized President […]
SEPT. 11, 2024
Andrew Selsky, correspondent, Salem, Oregon, who detailed the ways winemakers across the globe have altered their procedures and operations in response to climate change. Selsky coordinated with colleagues in Oregon, California, France, Australia and South Africa. https://bit.ly/2IVIreU
JULY 6, 2018
Sandy Cohen, AP Entertainment writer, Los Angeles, for obtaining an exclusive walkthrough of new procedures by the film academy and accounting firm PwC to avoid another envelope flub like the one that resulted in the incorrect naming of the best picture winner at last year’s Oscars. http://bit.ly/2EywzPo
FEB. 2, 2018
David Dishneau, correspondent, Mid-Atlantic/Hagerstown, Maryland, for an exclusive story saying Maryland’s prison system would change procedures for notifying victims about inmate deaths. The change came after a slain woman’s son received an email saying the killer had been released, when in fact he had died. http://bit.ly/2dn6DKa
OCT. 7, 2016
Legislative debates over restricting access to abortion in the U.S. have been among the most hotly contested and thoroughly covered state government topics of recent years. But what of the women affected by those laws? A distinctive, data-driven investigation by the state government and data teams provided one answer: Thousands of women leave their home […]
SEPT. 13, 2019
Michael Rubinkam, reporter, Northeastern Pennsylvania, obtained exclusive details and interviews in seeking to hold police accountable for the death of a man caught growing 10 pot plans on public land. The man was run over by a bulldozer commandeered by state police as they searched thick brush for him, a slow-speed “chase” described by an […]
MARCH 29, 2019
Atlanta-based state government reporter Christina Cassidy, an expert on voting procedures, laws and equipment, used strong source work to report that poorly marked ovals or boxes on mail-in ballots could become this year”s version of the hanging chads from the disputed 2000 presidential election. With tens of millions of Americans filling out their ballots at […]
OCT. 2, 2020
The allegations were explosive: A nurse at an immigration detention facility in rural Georgia said a gynecologist she called “the uterus collector” performed mass hysterectomies without detainees’ consent. Reaction was fast and furious, with congressional Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, demanding answers. More than 170 members of Congress wrote that they were “horrified.” […]
SEPT. 25, 2020
The AP was alone in reporting that the executive inspector general for Illinois has begun an investigation into the purchase of a 19th century flag by the state-run Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, focusing on whether procedures were followed in purchasing the flag and whether money was spent properly. A source tipped […]
MAY 31, 2024
Sportswriters Jay Cohen, Ron Blum, Janie McCauley and David Brandt marked the 50th anniversary of Tommy John surgery on the baseball world with an all-formats package that looked at the past, present and future of the surgery and its impact on thousands of players and even teenagers who have gone through it, uncovering surprising details. […]
MARCH 22, 2024
