ADMO, a new website to fight disinformation in Croatia and Slovenia, launches with AFP as a partner

To counter the disinformation campaigns that are proliferating online in Croatia...

Louis-Cyrille Trebuchet appointed IT Systems Director at AFP

After graduating from the Ecole Polytechnique, Louis-Cyrille Tr buchet began his professional career at Radio France in 1998. He oversaw the digitalisation of ...

AFP's Arman Soldin killed in Ukraine

His death is a terrible reminder of the risks and dangers faced by journalists every day covering the conflict in Ukraine'', Fries added. Arman's...

BROD, a new website to fight disinformation in Bulgaria and Romania, launches with AFP as a partner

BROD is a unique alliance in these two EU countries, which experienced a particu...

Leading scientists and fact-checking experts including AFP launch NODES, the first European Narratives Observatory to fight disinformation online

A consortium formed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the French National Centre fo...

AFP launches online course to tackle climate misinformation

The course was developed by AFP's award-winning digital investigation and climate teams and is available in four languages: English, French, Portuguese, and...

AFP's 2022 results: 5% growth in commercial revenues, new tensions on costs

The Agencys commercial revenues reached 208.6 million, rising by 5.3% (+10.4 million) compared to 2021, at comparable exchange rates. For the first time in the...

AFP Asia-Pacific welcomes Michael Mainville as its new regional director

Michael Mainville, a 48-year-old Canadian, brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his new role. Throughout his career at AFP, Michael has covered some o...

Ukrainian news agency trains in fact-checking with AFP and APA

It is the first major Ukrainian media outlet to be trained in fact-checking, a crucial step as Russia's conflict in Ukraine has entered its second year. Th...

AFP auctions off 10 NFT of archive photos selected by the public

For the first time, LaCollection allowed the public to vote for their 10 favourite photographs from a selection of 100 fine art prints presented at an exhibitio...

AFP auctions off 10 unique digital editions of archive photos selected by the public

For the first time, LaCollection allowed the public to vote for their 10 favouri...

The fight against disinformation: the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) launches its website

The website gadmo.eu gives access to more than 300 fact-checking articles in Ger...

Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

Almost 100 combined text, photo and video missions have been sent to Ukraine since the start of the war to support the agency's local network of text and im...

AFP's fact-checks cited as benchmark by German study

We strongly recommend AFP's fact-checks, which are thoroughly researched, the analysis said. They are well- argued and largely based on their own verifica...

MediaConnect (AFP subsidiary): new website on its first anniversary

True to its promise, it was imperative that it be as close as possible to the needs of information and communication professionals. MediaConnect, a new digital ...

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...