for a deep records search and interviews on deadline that revealed how the discovery of the location of a Labrador dog named Lucy saved a man from a sex conviction. https://bit.ly/2Ohqnzn
for distinctive and comprehensive all-formats coverage of the Spanish election, yielding front-page exposure even in Spain’s leading media. And they continued to stand out on the day after the election with an all-formats Only on AP story from the town in southern Spain where the far-right Vox party scored its biggest victory with 30% of the vote.https://bit.ly/2vNDHUFhttps://bit.ly/2Wg12Kbhttps://bit.ly/2Lt0cZG
for two accountability scoops in his native Louisiana. Mustian tapped sources to get the state police there to reveal an embarrassing security breach at the governor’s mansion – a man accused of breaking in, damaging property and then falling asleep on a couch. That APNewsBreak was published just hours after he revealed the full body-camera footage of the police-involved shooting of Juston Landry in Lake Charles. A grand jury cleared the officer of the shooting, but Landry’s attorney characterized the footage as “murder on camera.”https://bit.ly/2GQx9tvhttps://bit.ly/2LfQv0B
for documenting turmoil within the White House and the Department of Homeland Security as President Donald Trump grasps for ever-stronger steps to curb illegal immigration. https://bit.ly/2VuOsGI
for exclusively obtaining Customs and Border Protection memos that showed how the Trump administration was carrying out a program that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases play out, including the instruction that border agents explicitly target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America. https://bit.ly/2HvWomX
for a data analysis story showing that despite tough talk on trade, President Donald Trump’s administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other countries — without paying the hefty tariff he put in place to protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs. https://bit.ly/2DVf5wE
for pressing Pope Francis about the sexual abuse of nuns by priests and bishops. Drawing on AP’s ground-breaking reporting in the past year, Winfield elicited the pope's first public acknowledgement of the problem, opening a new chapter in the Catholic Church’s sex abuse reckoning. https://bit.ly/2Go2yVz
for producing an engaging series of exclusive profiles on eight breakthrough entertainers for 2018, with video, text and photos of each discussing the years that launched them on the path to stardom. https://bit.ly/2POedOg
for one of the most thorough and extensive examinations into the thousands of abandoned mines that are scattered across the American West, transporting readers to a place most will never go: The dark, dangerous and for some, enchanting, underground caverns. https://bit.ly/2zgFD9phttps://bit.ly/2qK0Epnhttps://bit.ly/2RI12zW
for careful planning, effective customer service and impactful, all-format coverage of typhoon Mangkhut and its aftermath in the Philippines and Hong Kong.https://bit.ly/2Ijr5Knhttps://bit.ly/2xEWjr5https://bit.ly/2xEWVwT
for getting access to the evacuation zone on Hawaii’s Big Island and allowing AP to deliver distinctive all-formats coverage of the lava streaming from the Kilauea volcano and the impact on residents. https://bit.ly/2Ka8jF8
for delivering fast and unmatched video on back-to-back disasters in Japan last week, including user generated content showing the devastating strength of Typhoon Jebi, and for multiple edits, well ahead of video competition, of a powerful Japanese earthquake and deadly landslides. https://bit.ly/2p48SHYhttps://bit.ly/2CUme3hhttps://bit.ly/2MwhWyn
for learning that the immigrant charged in the killing of college student Mollie Tibbetts was using an alias, John Budd. Foley also was the only reporter to witness federal agents’ search of the farm where the suspect worked. https://bit.ly/2NqqziJ
for the first and unmatched video footage of Zimbabwean troops opening fire on protesters and the general population during five hours of continuous coverage of post-election violence on the streets of Harare. https://bit.ly/2noOzE8https://bit.ly/2KGkSYkhttps://bit.ly/2vSOzQO
for all-formats coverage on the issue of immigration with a unique package that explores the toll of deportations on “mixed-status” families. https://bit.ly/2ObVYD7
for breaking the news that U.S. officials had accused New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and his police security detail of violating both US and Mexican law by crossing the border on foot during a visit near El Paso, Texas. https://bit.ly/2L7vq8a
for getting the news out of North Korea’s attack on U.S. negotiators, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ahead of the competition. https://bit.ly/2ubIa2R
for tracking from South America a source at the White House who confirmed that President Trump on at least three occasions last year pressed his aides in private about the possibility of invading Venezuela. https://bit.ly/2KVFl0r
for an Only-on-AP story chronicling the culture change foreseen as the Marines shift from traditional ground warfare to cyber defense. https://abcn.ws/2JDajtH
for capturing exclusive, dramatic visuals of lava spewing from the eruption of Kilauea in Hawaii. https://bit.ly/2s9yaFD