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A new AP?

Submitted by Rob Lawson on July 14, 2008 - 4:22pm.

The new head of the Associated Press' Washington Bureau is apparently trying to make a change to the way AP writes their stories.
Ron Fournier recently replaced Sandy Johnson as Bureau head. But Sandy said she hopes that he doesn't destroy it. AP has long been the trusted wire that delivered fast, balanced content. Now that Fournier has taken over, he is changing up the rules a bit, promoting a first-person style of reporting. It is definitely being criticized for crossing the opinion line that divides formal news writing with opinionated editorial writing.
I am not sure how I feel about it. On the one hand, I love how people take risks to do something different to change something. Then again, it's the AP. It seems to me that it NEEDS to be third-person POV to be what it is, and what is was intended to be. But I also think that there are many great literary journalists out there doing great reporting that is real, as well as creative and bearing their feelings and attitudes within their work (which is what I call good ol' fashioned honesty).
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