Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists. It operates as a unincorporated association under its charter dated April 6, 1846.

Founded in 1846 by five daily newspaper publishers in New York City—the Tribune, Sun Herald , Courier & Enquirer , Evening Post and Journal of Commerce —to share information between them; today it serves thousands of customers worldwide with multimedia content available online or via mobile devices 24 hours a day. With 2,400 employees located around the world including reporters, writers and editors based at offices across six continents – Asia Pacific; Europe/Middle East/Africa; Latin America ; North America ; Central Asia / South West Asian Regionand Oceania – the AP covers international events such as wars on behalf of many different publications throughout the world making it one of largest media organizations globally .
In addition to providing breaking news coverage for digital platforms like Yahoo!, MSNBC and AOL Newsroom –among other outlets–the company also offers more than 100 years worth of archives from some 800 independent sources containing millions articles dating back to 1850s along with photographs taken since 2000’s . This provides users access to historical data that may not have been otherwise accessible beyond their local library or archive center .

Apart from traditional print journalism activities ,AP also engages itself into various projects related towards audio visuals like TV shows documentaries films etc.. In 2018 they debuted their first original programming series dubbed “Breaking Barriers” which showcased interviews with inspiring innovators “breaking barriers” within various industries ranging from sports science technology politics among others while encouraging viewers take action make positive changes lives themselves too through initiatives lead panel discussions webisodes podcasts etc… just name few things offer those looking engage further .. Finally organization actively participates educational seminars workshops school visits public libraries order promote good values encourage creative expression dissemination factual accurate reliable informations all times despite political affiliations backgrounds beliefs whatever else may come …