Die Associated Press (AP) ist eine amerikanische Nachrichtenagentur, die als Genossenschaft funktioniert und ihren Mitgliedszeitungen und Sendeanstalten gehört. Ihre Inhalte werden weltweit an über 1.700 Zeitungen und 5.000 Sendeanstalten vertrieben. Die AP betreibt auch das AP Radio Network, das Nachrichten und Public-Affairs-Programme anbietet. Die Agentur ist für ihren Schreibstil der "umgekehrten Pyramide" bekannt, der es Nachrichtenorganisationen ermöglicht, Geschichten für die Veröffentlichung einfach zu bearbeiten, ohne wesentliche Informationen zu verlieren.
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