“In 1846, five New York City newspapers funded a pony express route through Alabama to bring news of the Mexican War north faster than the U.S. Post Office could deliver it. And The Associated Press was born”.
-Associated Press
Associated Press are known to be one of the first private sector organization in the United States operating on a national scale. Over the past century and a half, they have been the first to inform the world of many historic moments, from the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Associated Press now operates in 263 locations in over 100 countries covering a wide variety of topics from breaking news to investigative reporting. AP’s values integrity, action and independence and has an encyclopedia sized code of ethics. True to their motto AP international journalist stalked refrigerated trucks to expose the abusive practices of the fishing industry in Southeast Asia locating men held in cages.