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22/06/2022
AFP launches online courses to sharpen journalists' digital reporting skills
The training was developed by AFP's award-winning digital investigations team, with the support of the Google News Initiative. Every journalist will receive...
08/06/2022
EFCSN report summarises opinions on the future European Code of Standards for fact-checkers and open source investigators
This report covers the opinions and insights of nearly 50 fact-checking and open...
24/05/2022
Mario Lawson, the first winner of the Michle Lridon scholarship for diversity in the media
The winner will soon join the AFP editorial staff on a three-month contract, whi...
20/04/2022
AFP: indicators in the green in 2021
At its meeting on 20 April 2022, AFPs Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2021 financial year, which confirm the Agencys improved financial situati...
11/04/2022
Kramatorsk, Bucha : AFP sets the agenda on breaking news in Ukraine
A policeman moved between the debris, picking up phones and putting them in a box, one of them ringing out incessantly , recounted AFP reporter Herve Bar in his...
17/02/2022
Agence France-Presse (AFP) news now available on the Bloomberg Terminal
This arrangement is another valuable recognition of the quality work done by AFP journalists around the world said Phil Chetwynd, global news director for AFP....
11/02/2022
Getty Images and AFP sign multi-year renewal of video partnership
New York - February 11, 2022: Getty Images, a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace, and Agence France-Presse (AFP), a leading global news ag...
07/02/2022
Vincent Amalvy appointed Director for Major Sports Events at AFP
His role will be to promote the global production of sports content associated with major sporting events: His priority will be to manage the resources neede...
11/01/2022
AFP launches a website combating disinformation in Hungary
The site, lakmusz.hu, is the first of its kind in Hungary. Co-funded by the European Union, the project is expected to last 15 months initially. Under the dea...
10/01/2022
AFP reorganises its Paris newsroom into specialised hubs
The Planet hub brings together some 20 text and image journalists specialising in climate change and the environment, energy, industry, transport and agricultur...
10/12/2021
AFP joins project to create code of conduct for European fact-checkers
AFP will work with Correctiv (Germany), Demagog (Poland), Pagella Politica (Italy) and EU DisinfoLab (Belgium) and Fundaci n Maldita.es (Spain) in the European ...
08/12/2021
AFP creates multimedia global news management team in reorganisation
Under the reorganisation, the global news management will now have four deputy directors whose responsibilities will include developing the agency's content...
07/12/2021
ARD selects AFP as video provider
The two partners recently signed a multi-year contract, capping a cooperation that has developed in the video domain over the last years. Under the deal, ARD...
18/11/2021
AFP and Google sign an agreement on neighbouring rights
Fabrice Fries, CEO of Agence France-Presse declares: This agreement is a recognition of the value of information. This will contribute to the production of qua...
17/11/2021
AFP's video production wins two awards in one week
Solan Kolli was awarded the prize on Tuesday in London, in the News category for The Cost of War'' a report produced for AFP on the conflict in Tigray...
27/10/2021
AFP selected to help develop fact-checking in Hungary
As part of a 15-month-long pilot project starting November 1, AFP will cooperate with the award-winning independent news site 444.hu, as well as Media Universal...
08/10/2021
AFP environment correspondent Marlowe Hood wins top climate journalism award
In its award citation, the foundation said that Hood's work stands out for his ability to synthesize complex scientific models and studies and explain them...
07/10/2021
AFP contributor Josh Edelson wins the 2021 Covering Climate Now photography prize
Josh Edelson, an AFP contributor since 2012, is one of two photo category winner...
29/09/2021
AFP publishes a new photo album: The Year That Changed Our World
Produced under the direction of Marielle Eudes, AFP's photo director, this book is the testimony and photographic memory of a global event captured by the A...
22/09/2021
AFP strengthens its coverage of the Maghreb
Based in Tunis, the new Maghreb Hub will provide even more comprehensive, dynamic and original coverage of the region for AFP and its clients. We believe th...
16/09/2021
The Poisoning: an AFP documentary podcast on the Navalny saga
Four AFP journalists (Antoine Boyer, Sarah-Lou Lepers in Paris, Jonathan Brown and Andrea Palasciano in Moscow) have immersed themselves in this saga, which say...
26/08/2021
AFP photographers take centre stage at Visa pour l'Image 2021
The exhibitions include Angelos Tzortzinis's portfolio of images of the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and Eduardo Soteras's exclusive...
24/08/2021
The Analogue Years'': AFP's first photo auction
The Analogue Years'' live auction, hosted by one of the world's leading news agencies, will take place Sunday, October 3, 2021, under the direction ...
19/07/2021
Julie Leplus appointed AFP Head of Sales France
Julie Leplus, who takes up her role on July 19, has over 15 years' experience in content sales, tech and the mobile industry. Her mission will be to continu...
31/05/2021
AFP Extends Digital Verification Into Finnish And Greek
AFP extended this month its European fact-checking network into Greece, Cyprus and Finland, consolidating its position as the world's leading agency in digi...
28/05/2021
David Millikin appointed North America Sales and Marketing Director
David Millikin, AFP's Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific bureau chief since 2017, has been appointed as Sales and Marketing Director for North America...
27/05/2021
AFP wins three european projects to fight disinformation
The hubs - CEDMO in France; DE FACTO in Eastern Europe; and EDMO BELUX in the Benelux - will for the first time bring together fact-checking media, university a...
26/05/2021
AFP launches MediaConnect, a subsidiary serving PR professionals and journalists
Through this platform, which will also be available for mobile, journalists will be able to freely access a wide range of content: press releases, photos, audio...
28/04/2021
Afghanistan: Aref Karimi and Mohammad Ismail named winners of the third edition of the Marai Photo Award
Aref Karimi, a photojournalist originally from Herat in west Afghanistan, has be...
27/04/2021
Afghanistan: Aref Karimi and Mohammad Ismail named winners of the third edition of the Photo Marai Award
Aref Karimi, a photojournalist originally from Herat in west Afghanistan, has be...
14/04/2021
AFP posts slight growth in commercial revenues in 2020, achieves historic net income
Despite the pandemic, AFP's commercial revenues rose to 166.4 million euros,...
12/04/2021
Anne Boussarie named General Manager of MediaConnect, a new AFP subsidiary
Previously at Getty Images, a world leader in visual content distribution, Anne Boussarie spent over 15 years in management positions, which notably saw her tak...
08/04/2021
AFP consolidates its position as a world leader in fact-checking by extending its Central Europe network
This growth underscores our commitment to efforts to combat the spread of disinf...
30/03/2021
AFP continues to expand its range of products with Sur le fil, its first daily news podcast
Starting March 30th, AFP will be broadcasting the Sur le fil podcast: a three-to...
18/03/2021
Sarah Stewart named Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing Director
Sarah Stewart, AFP's Dubai and Gulf bureau chief since 2019, succeeds Marc Lavine in this position, who has been appointed director for the North American r...
10/03/2021
Changes to the Executive committee at AFP
Maria Lorente, who has been the Buenos Aires bureau chief since 2019, will replace Pierre Ausseill as regional director for the Latin America region. Pierre Aus...
01/03/2021
AFP calls for the release of a translator working for its journalists in Ethiopia
Fitsum Berhane was arrested at his home on Friday night by uniformed men in the ...
12/01/2021
Agence France-Presse and Getty Images renew leading global content partnership
Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, and Agence France-Presse (AFP), a prominent global news agency, today announced they would extend their l...
01/12/2020
AFP offers exclusive coverage of the conflict in Tigray
A multimedia team of text, photo and video journalists produced exclusive witness reports from the terrified inhabitants of the city of Humera that came under a...
19/11/2020
AFP takes star billing at the Hong Kong French Film Festival
The 49th edition of the festival, organized by the Alliance Fran aise, runs from 25 November to 15 December and features 40 films that will be screened online a...
18/11/2020
AFP publishes Focus, a special 2020 edition on the Covid-19 pandemic
Text in English/French Released 19th November 2020 ditions La D couverte 200 pages - 29,90 The story begins on January 30, 2020 with a striking AFP photo...
17/11/2020
AFP-Services becomes FACTSTORY
This is a necessary step to solidify the identity and the position of the operation, which has evolved since its creation. It is also important for us to differ...
31/10/2020
AFP joins Inter American Press Association board of directors
The Inter American Press Association (in French, l'Association de la presse interam ricaine; in Spanish, Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa, SIP) is a non-go...
14/10/2020
AFP special envoys tell the human story of the Nagorno-Karabakh war
1 / 12 2 / 12 3 / 12 4 / 12 5 / 12 6 / 12 7 / 12 8 / 12 9 / 12 10 / 12 11 / 12 12 / 12 A testament to the quality of the coverage, the Agency's ...
11/10/2020
AFP photographer Anthony Wallace wins at 2020 Bayeux Calvados-Normandy Awards for War Correspondents
Anthony Wallace is doubly rewarded for his work featuring the pro-democracy prot...
09/10/2020
The Court of Justice confirms Google is obliged to negotiate neighbouring rights remuneration with press agencies
The Court of Appeals clearly rejects Googles argument that traffic generated on ...
07/10/2020
AFP photos of popular uprisings from Chile to Hong Kong displayed at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy awards for War Correspondents 2020
AFP's exhibition: protest movements around the world In 25 large-format phot...
01/10/2020
AFP enters partnership with TikTok on fact-checking in Asia-Pacific
TikTok's new fact-checking programme will draw on AFP's editorial and fact-checking expertise in reviewing and verifying potentially false or misleading...