Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama was injured, came after hackers made repeated attempts to steal the passwords of AP journalists.

"In our history of 75 years, our survival , our very survival, has never been harder," CWA President Larry Cohen tells convention delegates. "These are difficult times, but you are confronting those challenges, not shrinking from them or sugar-coating them." Watch excerpts of Cohen's speech here. 

Bobby King, president of the Indianapolis Newspaper Guild, has been named "Journalists of the Year" in Indiana by the state's Society of Professional Journalists. Judges said, "In a category full of excellent, tough and well-­‐reported entries, Robert King’s writing and reporting stood out for its clarity and creativity." Photo: Screen shot of King's three-part series last year on a tornado that barreled across southern Indiana, killing 11 people and wiping out entire towns.