(Ebook) The Associated Press Stylebook 2014 and Briefing on Media Law by Darrell Christian, Paula Froke, Sally Jacobsen, David Minthorn ISBN 9780917360602, 0917360605

(Ebook) The Associated Press Stylebook 2014 and Briefing on Media Law by Darrell Christian, Paula Froke, Sally Jacobsen, David Minthorn ISBN 9780917360602, 0917360605

Since 1846, The Associated Press has been on the scene wherever news isbreaking. AP is a not-for-profit newsgathering cooperative whose content -across subjects, formats and continents - is seen by half of the world's populationevery day. Our unmatched expertise in global newsgathering, distributionand service makes AP the most trusted, definitive source for news.The AP's mission is to get it first but first get it right, and to be the firstchoice for news, by providing the fastest, most accurate reporting from everycorner of the globe across all media types and platforms.Headquartered in New York, AP delivers coverage of news, sports, business,weather, entertainment, politics, lifestyles and technology in text, audio, video,graphics, photos and interactives. AP is also a leader in developing and marketinginnovative newsroom technology and newsgathering services.AP does what it takes to get the story, even in the world's most dangerousand challenging places. Our global network of journalists work in more than 280locations in uo countries worldv.ride. Journalists staff every statehouse in theUnited States, providing unrivaled access to more sources of information andnewsmakers.The extensive network that is the AP grew from a single notion more than acentury and a half ago: that cooperation can help authoritative news reach readersfaster.In late 1846, hostilities began in what would become the Mexican War. Americannewspapers, most based in the Northeast at the time, faced huge obstaclesin reporting the conflict.War reports for the New York Sun were sent from Mexico to Mobile, Alabama,by boat, rushed by special pony express to Montgomery and then 700miles by U.S. Mail stagecoach to the southern terminus of the newly invented -and costly - telegraph near Richmond, Virginia. That express gave the Sun anedge of 24 hours or more on papers using regular mail.But Moses Yale Beach, the Sun's publisher, relinquished that advantage by invitingother New York publishers to join a cooperative venture. Five newspaperssigned on: the Sun, the Journal of Commerce, the Courier and Enquirer, theHerald and the Express. It was the beginning of the AP.AP assumed its mcxlem legal form in i900 when it incorporated as a not-forprofitcooperative under the Membership Corporation Law of New York state.Today, the AP membership elects the board of directors, the cooperative's governingbody.AP staffers are governed by a comprehensive ethics statement, available forviev.ring at http://www.ap.org/company/news-values.More than 165 years since its inception, AP remains the undisputed sourcefor news, delivering fast, unbiased news globally to all media platforms andformats.