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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency based in New York City.

History

On April 24, 2019, the AP announced the launch of the creation of a Global Religion Journalism Initiative, which it described as "an effort to expand religion news reporting in the U.S. and around the world." The project was to be a partnership between the AP, the Religion News Foundation (RNF), Religion News Service (RNS) and The Conversation, funded by a $4.9 million grant to the RNF from the Lilly Endowment. Katie Garcia of Athene Strategies was named as a media contact on the AP's press release.[1]

COVID-19

On December 15, 2022, the AP announced a new "democracy journalism initiative" focused on "covering democracy in the U.S. with the goal of helping an increasingly polarized public better understand their government." Funding for the initiative is provided by the Lilly Endowment, Jonathan Logan Family Foundation (via Journalism Funding Partners), William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.[2]

On October 18, 2023, the AP published an article titled "RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work" criticizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Children's Health Defense, Skyhorse Publishing and Edward Dowd's book, "Cause Unknown": The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022.[3]

Organization

The AP is a member of the Trusted News Initiative (TNI)[4] and the Northeast Business Group on Health.[5]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Gracia Martore Chair[6] Tegna, Gannett, FM Global, MeadWestvaco, Paley Center for Media,[7] Omnicom Group[8]
Steven Swartz Chairman (former)[9] Hearst, Business Roundtable, Hearst Family Trust, Hearst Foundations, Partnership for New York City, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Lincoln Center Corporate Fund, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, ESPN
Daisy Veerasingham President and CEO[10] LexisNexis, Financial Times
Michelle R. Smith Investigative correspondent[11] National Press Foundation, Poynter Institute,[12] KFF Health News[13]
Ali Swenson National political reporter[14] Center for Public Integrity, Phoenix New Times, StudySync, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Loyolan, TakePart, Exposure Organisation Limited, Loyola Marymount University[15]

Partners

The AP is a founding partner of the Credibility Coalition.[16]

Additional current and former partners and collaborators include:[17]

  • Brown Institute for Media Innovation
  • Center for Public Integrity
  • Chalkbeat
  • Chronicle of Philanthropy
  • The Conversation
  • Frontline
  • The Fuller Project
  • The Hechinger Report
  • Indian Country Today
  • Institute for Nonprofit News
  • Kaiser Health News
  • The Markup
  • The Marshall Project[18]
  • Maynard Institute for Journalism Education (MIJE)
  • Missouri School of Journalism
  • Religion News Foundation (RNF)
  • Religion News Service (RNS)
  • Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting

The AP has provided funding to the National Press Foundation.[19]

Funding

The AP has received funding from:[2:1][17:1]

  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • Charles Schwab Foundation
  • Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
  • Columbia Journalism School
  • European Journalism Centre
  • Google News Initiative
  • Hearthland Foundation
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
  • Ida B. Wells Society
  • International Women's Media Foundation
  • Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
  • Journalism Funding Partners (JFP)
  • Knight Foundation
  • Lenfest Institute for Journalism
  • Lilly Endowment
  • McGraw Center for Business Journalism
  • Nathan Cummings Foundation
  • Outrider Foundation
  • Public Welfare Foundation
  • Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
  • Quadrivium
  • Report for America
  • Reva and David Logan Foundation
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Rockefeller Foundation
  • Solutions Journalism Network
  • Stardust Fund
  • Walton Family Foundation
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Publications

  1. Easton, L., Garcia, K., & Wilson, Jr., B. G. (2019, April 24). Religion News Service, AP and The Conversation launch global religion journalism initiative. Associated Press. http://archive.today/2023.11.03-181401/https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2019/religion-news-service-ap-and-the-conversation-launch-global-religion-journalism-initiative ↩︎

  2. Easton, L., & Meir, N. (2022, December 15). AP announces sweeping democracy journalism initiative. Associated Press. http://archive.today/2023.07.05-052026/https://www.ap.org/press-releases/2022/ap-announces-sweeping-democracy-journalism-initiative ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. Smith, M. R., & Swenson, A. (2023, October 18). RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work. AP News. http://archive.today/2023.10.18-190353/https://apnews.com/article/rfk-kennedy-election-vaccines-2ccde2df146f57b5e8c26e8494f0a16a ↩︎

  4. Trusted News Initiative. BBC. Retrieved September 23, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230923182924/https://www.bbc.com/beyondfakenews/trusted-news-initiative/ ↩︎

  5. Members. (May 16, 2022). Northeast Business Group on Health. https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025123/https://nebgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/NEBGH-MemberList-051622b.pdf ↩︎

  6. Leadership Team - Our Team. Associated Press. Retrieved July 31, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.07.31-180916/https://www.ap.org/about/our-people/leadership-team ↩︎

  7. Our Leadership. Tegna. Retrieved June 30, 2015, from https://web.archive.org/web/20150630055943/http://www.tegna.com/our-leadership/ ↩︎

  8. Ravish, R. (2017, July 18). Gracia Martore Joins Omnicom’s Board of Directors. Omnicom Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20230729103328/https://www.omnicomgroup.com/newsroom/gracia-martore-joins-omnicoms-board-of-directors/ ↩︎

  9. Steven R. Swartz. Business Roundtable. Retrieved November 6, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.06-050807/https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members/steven-r-swartz-president-chief-executive-officer-hearst ↩︎

  10. First woman appointed CEO for AP. (2021, August 4). Arkansas Online; Associated Press. https://web.archive.org/web/20231106055951/https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/aug/04/first-woman-appointed-ceo-for-ap/ ↩︎

  11. Michelle R. Smith. AP News. Retrieved November 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231106213924/https://apnews.com/author/michelle-r-smith ↩︎

  12. Courses | Michelle R. Smith. LinkedIn. Retrieved November 6, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.06-214145/https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellersmith/details/courses/ ↩︎

  13. Michelle R. Smith, The Associated Press. KFF Health News. Retrieved November 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231106215235/https://kffhealthnews.org/news/author/michelle-r-smith-associated-press/ ↩︎

  14. Ali Swenson. AP News. Retrieved November 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231112003808/https://apnews.com/author/ali-swenson ↩︎

  15. Experience | Ali Swenson. LinkedIn. Retrieved November 12, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.12-221827/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliswenson/details/experience/ ↩︎

  16. Home. Credibility Coalition. Retrieved March 10, 2020, from http://archive.today/2020.03.10-192853/https://credibilitycoalition.org/ ↩︎

  17. Supporting The Associated Press. Associated Press. Retrieved November 3, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231103054156/https://www.ap.org/discover/Supporting-AP ↩︎ ↩︎

  18. 2016-2017 Annual Report. The Marshall Fund. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230131055327/https://s3.amazonaws.com/tmp-uploads-2/reports/2016-2017-Annual-Report.pdf ↩︎

  19. Our Funders. National Press Foundation. Retrieved September 26, 2010, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100926162431/http://nationalpress.org/about/our-funders/ ↩︎