For a list of current openings,
please visit careers.ap.org.
The shape of news has changed radically in
recent years. News is real-time scores and stock quotes on
a wireless device. News is customized headlines and updates,
with photos on handheld computers. News is streaming video
and audio from anywhere in the world to your desktop.
The Associated Press is the indispensable source of multimedia
news coverage, providing fast, aggressive and distinctive
journalism that meets the deadline and media format needs
of a range of members and customers.
The Associated Press has been the backbone of the news and
information industry since its creation in 1846. Now this
history-making
news cooperative is transforming from a wire service to an
interactive news network that integrates text, photographs,
graphics, sound and video for distribution to newspapers,
broadcasters, Web sites and commercial customers worldwide.
As the essential global news network, AP employs more journalists
than any other news organization. This robust network of thousands
of skilled and experienced people is dedicated to the highest
standards of fairness, balance and accuracy, and sharply focused
on gathering the facts, presenting the news with authority
and clarity, and delivering it fast.
The AP has bureaus
in every state in the United States and in scores of countries
worldwide. Because we supply content to newspapers, broadcasters
and Web sites in every time zone, we don't have set deadlines
– every minute of every day is our deadline. Our mission
is to produce stories as quickly and accurately as possible.
As a result, our journalists frequently write more every day
than their daily newspaper counterparts in the never-ending
quest to get it fast, get it first, get it right.
The AP seeks people with a wide
range of skills. Perhaps there is a place for you:
FOR STUDENTS
AP offers a 12-week
internship program for aspiring writers, photographers
and radio or TV broadcasters who are juniors, seniors and graduate
students at colleges and universities in the U.S.
FOR WORD PEOPLE
Bureau journalists are part reporter, part editor, as well
as generalists who sometimes cover beats. They write and edit
all kinds of stories, from breaking news to enterprise to
sports. The job is varied and ever-changing; no two days are
alike. Correspondents are part newsperson, part bureau chief,
who are in charge of news operations in a specific area, from
a region in rural America to an international capital or war
zone. There are also opportunities to specialize in business,
sports, politics, entertainment and many other areas. News
editors make reporting assignments, plan coverage, train and
evaluate the staff, and edit copy. The Washington bureau,
responsible for coverage of the federal government and national
issues, is AP’s largest domestic bureau with a staff
of 150.
At the National Desk in New York, editors work with state
bureau news editors to prepare the national news report. They
select, edit and file the news, write national roundups and
direct coverage for stories of national interest.
Also in New York is the International Desk, where editors
work with news editors and correspondents in more than 90
AP bureaus worldwide. They write, edit and direct coverage
for stories of global interest. They also file U.S. news stories
to international subscribers. AP has regional editing desks
in London and Bangkok.
FOR PICTURE PEOPLE
Headquartered in New York, but with bureaus across the world,
AP photographers and editors work around the clock, combining
the finest in talent with the most advanced photo technology.
With 30
Pulitzer Prizes for photography, we offer opportunities
and challenges far beyond those of any other news organization.
FOR GRAPHICS PEOPLE
Whether a map of Mozambique, a list of home run greats, or
a diagram of the space shuttle, AP provides graphics to help
newspapers, broadcasters and Web sites tell a complete story.
Working at AP headquarters in New York, our Graphics team
produces maps, drawings and illustrations for major enterprise
and hard-edge news reports, colorful caricatures for entertainment
pages, weekly travel and entertainment packages, logos from
the world of sports and business, stand-alone graphics to
explain complex stories and chronologies of major historical
events.
Our television graphics service, GraphicsBank, was the first
of its kind: an interactive online archive of news graphics,
ready for television. GraphicsBank is the largest, most complete
online graphics archive on the planet.
FOR RADIO PEOPLE
We are the primary news provider for the American radio industry.
Our news wires, sound bite services and live programming are
central players in American radio journalism. Our information
is used by thousands of radio stations throughout their broadcast
hours.
AP Radio reports are heard on the biggest news and talk radio
stations in the U.S. Our newscasts are heard from the small
domestic markets to the streets of Tokyo and Berlin, where
they top the hour on American Forces Radio. We are heard around
the world.
Our radio division is headquartered at the Broadcast
News Center (BNC) in Washington.
FOR TELEVISION PEOPLE
We are the primary news provider for the American television
industry and one of the main news technology suppliers for
television newsrooms. Our news wires, graphic service and
video service are the backbone of American and world television
journalism.
When we send a bulletin on the wire, that text is immediately
seen by 98 percent of the American television news industry.
Our video is viewed on television screens from Baltimore to
Berlin; sometimes, we are the only source of the pictures.
Associated Press Television
News (APTN), headquartered in London, is our international
video news service. The Broadcast News Center in Washington
is home to APTN's North American regional operation. APTN
also has U.S. bureaus in New York and Los Angeles.
FOR ONLINE PEOPLE
AP Online is our news wire for Web sites, online services
and information devices. It provides real-time news delivered
as a richly formatted text feed that allows for automated
sorting and posting of stories on Web sites. The service also
contains embedded links to related photographs and sound bites.
It is used by the largest newspaper Web sites, commercial
sites and online services.
Our AP Digital news unit draws on all of our news products
– text wires, photo and graphics services, audio and
video feeds – to create features specifically for the
Web.
FOR TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE
We have always been on the leading edge of technology, from
our early use of the telegraph to our development of the digital
camera.
We revolutionized newsroom computer systems a decade ago with
the introduction of AP NewsDesk. Since then, we've taken the
industry through two new generations of newsroom systems:
NewsCenter and ENPS, the electronic news production system.
And we haven't stopped there. Our technicians, programmers,
engineers and developers are creating new ways to make the
flow of news and information instantaneous.
FOR SALES PEOPLE
Operating from New York headquarters, the Broadcast News Center
in Washington and more than 240 throughout the U.S. and the
world, our sales staff does more than just sell our products.
They explain what we offer and gather feedback so we can better
our service.
We sell variations of our wire services to members and commercial
clients. Our products include AP AdSEND, our satellite ad
delivery service, AP AdVantage – our ad management and
delivery system – and Wide World Photos, our photo licensing
group. We lease space on the satellite transponders we own
and sell equipment we have developed, including newsroom computer
systems and digital cameras.
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PEOPLE
Our administrators and managers support and guide the efforts
of our journalists.
Accountants, administrative assistants, office managers and
executives work in areas such as finance, corporate communications,
marketing and human resources.
Our managers serve as bureau chiefs, communications managers,
directors of sales and marketing, and as managers in corporate
communications, business development, strategic planning and
other areas.
AP’s mission to provide news services of the highest
quality, reliability and objectivity has never been more valuable.
In these times of dramatic change, our opportunities and our
reach as a company have never been greater. The AP has the
capacity, the people and the passion to move into the future
as the essential global news network.
For more details about opportunities at The Associated Press,
contact your local bureau
or visit careers.ap.org to
view current openings or create your own personal recruiter.
The Associated Press is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer.
FOR STUDENTS