AP World Cup coverage advisory

Editors: The 2022 World Cup runs from Nov. 20-Dec. 18 in Qatar. Here are highlights of the AP’s coverage leading up to the first World Cup being hosted by a Middle East country. This advisory is meant for your long-term planning. Complete digest lines, move dates and story lengths will be added as plans take further shape, and this advisory will be updated. Find all World Cup stories, photos, videos, graphics and interactives in AP Newsroom. An up-to-the minute listing of all stories across formats planned is available in Coverage Plan. The Associated Press will cover every aspect of the World Cup: – Full coverage of news and features from training camps in Qatar. – Full text coverage of all matches, photos from every venue. – The Latest, featuring quick updates from around Qatar, focusing on game results and news, with photos. – Mobile-friendly items with visuals, ideal for sharing on social media. – AP video from outside stadiums and around Qatar. – Stats and agate package with game summaries and a glance that includes scores, schedules and group standings. – Live updates on Twitter and Facebook. In the months leading up to the tournament, the AP will provide: – SOC-World Cup Watch. A weekly, chunky text look at all things World Cup related including news, injuries, friendly scores. It started moving Aug. 16. – SOC–WCup-Viewer’s Guide. A how-to watch and what to watch at the World Cup will begin running early August. It will be updated periodically until the tournament starts. – AP SPORTS EXTRA — WORLD CUP EDITION: A paginated general preview page presented in broadsheet, half-broadsheet and tabloid options. Contact your local sales rep or Barry Bedlan (bbedlan@ap.org) for more information. – A series of social friendly player profile videos leading into the tournament. LISTS: – SOC-WCup-Schedule. – SOC-WCup-TV Schedule. VIDEO EXPLAINERS: The following will move with a text companion and then be available for social sharing throughout tournament. See txt plan for move dates. – Videos of every soccer venue ready for social sharing. – How to get a beer in Qatar during the World Cup. – VAR, the offsides rule. – Walk to the World Cup. A fan is walking to Qatar from Spain. The AP catches up with him in Southern Iraq. – World Cup Stadium Accessibility. A look at what the Qataris have done to make the eight World Cup stadiums accessible to disabled people. AP VIDEO A preliminary list of video stories that will run in the run-up to the World Cup. Dates will be added as availability is determined. QATAR WORLD CUP UNIQUE ACTIVITIES – Other than the games themselves organizers will be offering various entertainment options to fans, including desert-centric sports like sand-kayaking, dune-bashing and sand-surfing. QATAR WORLD CUP ACTIVITIES – There will be a separate video edit on more conventional entertainment options offered in Doha, such as museums, fan zones, amusement parks and such – working on permits QATAR WORLD CUP DISABLED ACCESS – We have been given access to some stadiums to show what the organizers have done to make the facilities accessible to people who use wheelchairs – For release during week of Oct. 3. IRAQ WORLD CUP SPANISH FAN – A Spaniard has been walking from Europe to Qatar to reach the games in time – we caught up with him in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. MOVED. PREVIEWS AND CAPSULES: AP Sports will provide mobile-friendly chunky-text previews for every World Cup-bound team. The previews will be sent between Oct. 24-27 by group. Those that need updating will be re-sent on Wednesday, Nov. 16. A capsule look at each team will run on same days as team preview.