AP's first journalist killed in action was at the Battle of Little Bighorn 150 years ago (opens original article in a new tab)

The Associated Press's first journalist killed in action, Mark Kellogg, died 150 years ago during the Battle of Little Bighorn while reporting for The Bismarck Tribune and New York Herald. His diary and belongings are preserved, and he was noted for carrying a rifle and expressing racist views.

• Mark Kellogg, the first AP journalist killed in action, died at the Battle of Little Bighorn 150 years ago
• Kellogg's reports were circulated by AP and his death highlighted his role as an embedded journalist
• Kellogg's diary and belongings are preserved by the State Historical Society of North Dakota
• Kellogg used a rifle and expressed racist views against Native Americans