Contribution Rules: AP members statewide want:
Train wrecks, airplane crashes, drownings, unusual deaths and fatalities.
Meetings where action of statewide interest is taken or a prominent person speaks.
Riots, demonstrations, strikes.
Major fires, explosions, chemical spills.
Major crime, raids, jail breaks, bank robberies, hate/bias crimes or incidents.
Weather news, including ice and hail storms, heavy snow, hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, flooding, heavy and damaging rainstorms, record heat and cold.
Human interest stories; the odd, the offbeat, the heartwarming; whatever makes people laugh or cry.
Stories on members of the media or public who are having government access (FOI) problems.