Behind the Scenes with Associated Press in Italy

Pope Francis – Revving up for Cuba

Dear Blog Readers, On September 19th, I will be departing on the Papal Plane with Pope Francis and his entourage to Cuba and the United States. The entourage will include Cardinals, Bishops, Vatican Gendarmes, Swiss Guards in plainclothes, a doctor, the Papal spokesman, Vatican press office officials, a Popemobile driver, liturgical specialists (Mass helpers) and …

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A Cool Leader, a Healthy Queen, and a Spunky Migrant Girl

Dear Blog Readers – One of the joys of working for a television news agency is that we are constantly on the move covering everything and anything that falls within our area. In the AP Television Rome bureau we don’t have a beat. So we cover the Vatican, Politics, Migrants, Entertainment, Crime, Natural Disasters, etc …

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Tom Hanks and the Salone del Cinquecento

“Cinquecento, Cinquecento”, Tom Hanks says quickly and I start giggling.  “I just like the sound of that,” he adds, “Salone del Cinquecento, that sounds so much better than the Hall of 500.”  I am standing in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence interviewing Tom Hanks about his work on the film “Inferno” and he’s given my …

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