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AP Drops ‘Illegal Immigrant’

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:59:27 +0000

Here’s something we can all stand behind: The Associated Press has decided to finally drop “illegal immigrant” from its stylebook. Rightfully so, the AP realized that using “illegal” to describe a person is wrong and carries many implications.

The AP’s senior vice president and executive editor, Kathleen Carroll, said that the decision to rid the term from the AP manual came about during discussions that centered around using labels when reporting:

The new section on mental health issues argues for using credibly sourced diagnoses instead of labels. Saying someone was “diagnosed with schizophrenia” instead of schizophrenic, for example. And that discussion about labeling people, instead of behavior, led us back to ‘illegal immigrant’ again. We concluded that to be consistent, we needed to change our guidance. So we have.

Bravo, AP.

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Pulitzer Board Names Tom Friedman, Greg Moore Co-Chairs

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:03 +0000

The Pulitzer Board has named Tom Friedman of The New York Times its Co-Chair. Friedman will serve with Denver Post Editor-in-Chief Greg Moore. Both have been on the Pulitzer Board since 2004, and will succeed Jim Amoss, Kathleen Carroll and Ann Marie Lipinski.

Friedman has been with the Times since 1981; Moore has been with the Denver Post since 2002.

For the complete press release announcing the changes, see below.

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NYABJ Disappointed at AP for Dropping the Ball on Diversity

Felicia Pride — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:26 +0000

The New York Association of Black Journalists issued a statement about last week’s dismissal of Robert Naylor from the Associated Press where he was the director of career development/news.

In the statement, NYABJ calls Naylor a “long-time diversity advocate” and makes the connection between the lay-off and the reintroduction of AP’s internship program, announced a day later. “Naylor was instrumental in shaping the careers of countless minority journalists through the AP’s internship program, which was reinstated last week after a yearlong hiatus due to budget cuts,” the release states.

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AP to Open Bureau in North Korea

Chris O'Shea — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:04:24 +0000

The Associated Press is going to open a bureau in Pyongyang, North Korea. According to an AP press release, the agreement between the news company and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) will make the AP the first permanent Western text and photo news outlet in the country’s capital.

AP CEO Tom Curley said in the release that the agreement was “historic and significant.” But this is North Korea. A country that hasn’t ever exactly embraced the concept of freedom, let alone freedom of the press. Kathleen Carroll, the Executive Editor for the AP, told the Huffington Post that it won’t be an issue. ”The AP operates independently, regardless of location. Period,” she said.

We’ll see about that, won’t we?

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