Comments on: How to work with the Associated Press http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/how-to-work-with-the-associated-press/ A (dry heated) group blog from Phoenix, Arizona on public relations, marketing and social media Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Linda VandeVrede http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/how-to-work-with-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-12585 Linda VandeVrede Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:16:22 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=3660#comment-12585 Direct from the AP: In terms of local journalists contributing stories: The AP does, indeed, still redistribute news that is "picked-up" from our newspaper members and rewritten for the wire, but we also distribute some bylined stories direct from our member newspapers. For example, a piece by Scott Wong of The Arizona Republic about the Phoenix budget ran just today as an "AP Member Exchange." Direct from the AP: In terms of local journalists contributing stories: The AP does, indeed, still redistribute news that is “picked-up” from our newspaper members and rewritten for the wire, but we also distribute some bylined stories direct from our member newspapers. For example, a piece by Scott Wong of The Arizona Republic about the Phoenix budget ran just today as an “AP Member Exchange.”

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]]> By: Marketing $ociologist http://www.valleyprblog.com/pr-best-practices/how-to-work-with-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-12577 Marketing $ociologist Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:37:50 +0000 http://www.valleyprblog.com/?p=3660#comment-12577 Love this, Linda. Any differentiation between print and electronic services and feeds and which AP personnel cover which? While a reporter I would get my salary, but the REAL pay was getting stories placed on AP wires. Is that still the case? Local journalists contributing stories? For a list of beats and bureaus, go here: http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact.html Yes, I'm a rabid fan of AP and have admonished everywhere, bloggers must use AP style. If the field is to stay professional, there must be a standard. Love this, Linda. Any differentiation between print and electronic services and feeds and which AP personnel cover which?

While a reporter I would get my salary, but the REAL pay was getting stories placed on AP wires. Is that still the case? Local journalists contributing stories?

For a list of beats and bureaus, go here:
http://www.ap.org/pages/contact/contact.html

Yes, I’m a rabid fan of AP and have admonished everywhere, bloggers must use AP style. If the field is to stay professional, there must be a standard.

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