AP Exchange Community Blog

Looking for Today in History?

Recent changes in AP's filing practices have resulted in a pressing need for editors to access the Today in History file from AP Exchange. Here's how to locate and then build a feed for this content:

1. In the search box in the upper left corner, type this exact string:  headline="today in history". Then, click Save Search. Give the search a name. It will then appear in the Saved Search section on your AP Exchange homepage.

Searching for news of the weird

Looking for that story about the driving unicorn?

Searching for Odd news in AP Exchange is pretty simple. Simpy type slug=ODD into the main search box.

You'll find a wealth of watercooler stories about unicorn that drive and many other strange but true tidbits.

World Cup of Cricket Searches

The World Cup of Cricket runs March 13 to 28 in the Caribbean. Here are some searches to help find this content in AP Exchange:

Slug=wcup for all content

Slug="wcup pakistan" for specific country match coverage

Slug=crk will give all cricket news, including World Cup

Join the AP Exchange Community Network

Since AP Exchange is still very much a work in progress and dependent upon feedback from editors and reporters, we've set up a social network to allow users to talk about the system, about web delivery of news, to share ideas around searches and to offer us feedback. We invite you to join this community and get involved with the development of Exchange. There are forums awaiting your input! It's easy to join, just go to apexchange.ning.com to sign-up. Hope to see you in the network.