AFP joins five new European hubs to fight disinformation

The decision following a tender offer cements AFP's position as a major player in the fight against disinformation in Europe. Following a hub for Germany a...

The EFCSN Association is presented in Brussels as an advocate and voice for fact-checkers in Europe

Over the past year, the EFCSN project has brought together nearly 50 fact-checki...

Fabrice Fries re-elected AFP Chairman for five more years

The board announced its decision after auditioning Fabrice Fries about his strategic plans for the agency and the significant turnaround in the agency's fin...

Nearly 200,000 euros raised in second AFP photo auction

The second AFP photo auction raised nearly 200,000 euros, including nearly 15,000 euros for the first three NFTs offered by the agency. In total, 90 percent of...

AFP member of anti-disinformation platform in Germany and Austria

It was selected by the European Commission, which co-finances the project, and is based on an unprecedented alliance between anti-disinformation organisations a...

Twitter and AFP announce collaboration to elevate credible information in Spanish

Through this new collaboration, AFP will support Spanish content on Twitter in L...

Transmixr - Ignite the immersive media sector by enabling new narrative visions

With the development of extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, a unique window of opportunity for the European Creative and Cultur...

Diversity in AFP's sports coverage recognised by the Alice Milliat awards

This distinction rewards media that have acted to improve the visibility and representation of women's sport in their coverage and to promote gender equalit...

Twitter and AFP announce partnership to bring more authoritative context in Brazil

With this collaboration, Twitter's Curation team is expanding the scale and ...

Discovering past icons'', AFP's photographic heritage in the spotlight in Paris this autumn

From October 26 to November 5, 2022, Ellia Art Gallery will be exhibiting in the...

Discovering past icons'', the AFP's photographic heritage in the spotlight in Paris this autumn

From October 26 to November 5, 2022, Ellia Art Gallery will be exhibiting in the...

European fact-checking organisations approve a Code of professional standards

The European Code of Standards for Independent Fact-Checking Organisations , which was published today, has been developed through a project involving fact-che...

Artificial Intelligence versus Disinformation: AFP partner in the European project vera.ai

The new vera.ai project (VERification Assisted by Artificial Intelligence), whic...

AFP appoints first diversity editor

Lopez was the author of a report on diversity in the Agency's coverage that she submitted to the global news management in May 2022. Announcing the creatio...

AFP Social Stories: the best of AFP packaged for social media

Stories have become hugely popular across all social media platforms, from Snapchat to Instagram and featuring on YouTube as shorts. These platforms are today a...

From Kyiv to Kabul: AFP at Visa pour l'Image 2022

The 2022 edition of Visa pour lImage will feature 24 exhibitions and six evening screenings as well as debates, conferences and meetings. The work of AFP photog...

AFP to appoint a Diversity Editor

By creating this position in the editor-in-chief's department, the AFP management has implemented one of the main recommendations of a report on diversity a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

Objectif Desinfox coalition unites 21 French media organisations, including AFP, to tackle disinformation around the French elections, with the support of Google France

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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&#...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...