Global conflict, exclusive reporting, and striking images – Your weekly AP recap
This week: AP's editors speak on press freedom, coverage from inside a hailstorm, Israel-Iran war reporting, Euro 2025 highlights, and tributes to Liverpool's Diogo Jota.
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‘If we’re not there, who is?’ AP’s top editor on the importance of free press, independent journalism
During a panel discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Monday, Executive Editor Julie Pace discussed the essential role of a free and independent press and how The Associated Press is charting a path forward.
“The independent press is there to hold powerful interests accountable and to do that on behalf of the public – not for themselves, not for their own business, but really to be the eyes and ears for the public,” Pace said.
Each week, The Associated Press awards honors for the news scoops or exclusives that did the most to enhance AP’s competitive position in the previous seven days.
First winner
AP teams across the Middle East, Washington and Europe deliver authoritative coverage of the Israel-Iran war.
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Anne Marie Belgrave, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by The Associated Press in the past week.
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