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February 3, 2012
AFP RESPONDS TO FALSE ACCUSATIONS SURROUNDING A PICTURE TAKEN IN THE WEST BANK VILLAGE OF AL-DIRAT ON JANUARY 25
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE (AFP) WAS RECENTLY ACCUSED IN BLOGS AND IN A LETTER SENT BY THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON TO PROMINENT US NEWSPAPERS OF FILING A PICTURE TAKEN ON JANUARY 25 IN AL-DIRAT, WEST BANK THAT HAD BEEN STAGED. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF THOROUGH RESEARCH BY OUR JERUSALEM BUREAU, AFP WISHES TO CONFIRM THE VERACITY OF BOTH THE PICTURE AND THE ACCOMPANYING PHOTO CAPTION.
February 2, 2012
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONFIRMS THE AGENCY’S GENERAL INTEREST MISSION AND PLACES ITS FINANCING ON A NEW AND DYNAMIC BASIS
A PLENARY SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY ADOPTED A GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT TO DRAFT LEGISLATION ON THE SO-CALLED “WARSMANN” LAW CLARIFYING THE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE AGENCY.
January 31, 2012
The amazing Rio Carnival in full HD 16/9 with AFPTV!
FROM FEBRUARY 6TH TO THE 23RD, AFPTV WILL OFFER ITS WORLDWIDE CLIENTS BASE AN EXCEPTIONAL, 100 %HD 16/9, COVERAGE OF THE RIO CARNIVAL WONDERS.
January 26, 2012
AFP Photographer wins prestigious Berlin Prize
AFP PHOTOGRAPHER JOHN MACDOUGALL WINS GERMANY'S RENOWNED RUECKBLENDE (FLASHBACK) PRIZE
January 24, 2012
AFP launches "Eye on a new century", the first of several AFP photo APPS for iPad
“EYE ON A NEW CENTURY", AFP'S FIRST PHOTO APP FOR THE IPAD, IS ADAPTED FROM A 2010 BOOK “THE SHOCK OF THE NEW CENTURY” FEATURING THE BEST IMAGES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM.
January 13, 2012
Top management changes at SID
December 27, 2011
IN 2011, AFP PUT VIDEO AT THE HEART OF EXCEPTIONAL EDITORIAL COVERAGE, WITH WORLD EXCLUSIVES AND BROADENED REVENUE BASE
December 23, 2011
The fall of the USSR, an AFP webdocumentary
Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on December 25, 1991, bringing an end to the Soviet Union.
December 16, 2011
AFP 2012: VIDEO AND SPORT REMAIN PRIORITIES
THE BOARD MET DEC 13, 2011 TO APPROVE THE AFP INTERIM RESULTS UP TO END-JUNE WHICH SHOWED THAT THE AGENCY HIT ITS TARGET FOR SALES, AT 140.3 MILLION EUROS, OPERATING PROFIT AT 9.0 MILLION EUROS AND NET PROFIT AT 200,000 EUROS.
December 13, 2011
AFP teams up with Yomiuri Shimbun on Japan images
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is teaming up with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s giant newspaper group, to supply AFP clients worldwide with news pictures from Japan.
December 8, 2011
AFP: PEDRO PARDO PHOTO SELECTED FOR TIME MAGAZINE'S TOP 10 PICTURES OF THE YEAR
TIME MAGAZINE HAS CHOSEN A PICTURE BY AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO AS ONE OF ITS TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE YEAR.
December 2, 2011
AFP CEO EMMANUEL HOOG OUTLINED THE AGENCY’S DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR BRAZIL DURING A NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1 TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA
HOOG, AFP’S CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, CONFIRMED THE AGENCY’S INTENTION TO SPEED UP DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MARKETS IN BRAZIL AND FURTHER AFIELD IN LATIN AMERICA, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH NEW PRODUCTS AND BY STRENGTHENING THE EDITORIAL CONTENT IN PORTUGUESE. “BRAZIL IS AT THE CROSSROADS OF FOUR AFP PRIORITIES: INTERNATIONALISATION, VIDEO, MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND SPORT,” HE SAID.
November 28, 2011
AFP- The first global news agency to launch its iPad application in Spanish and Portuguese
GLOBAL NEWS AGENCY AFP LAUNCHES ITS IPAD APPLICATION IN SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE ON NOVEMBER 28TH.
November 25, 2011
AFP 3D VIDEOGRAPHIC WINS ASIAN DIGITAL PUBLISHING INNOVATORS FIRST PRIZE
November 15, 2011
AFP LAUNCHES SPORT DIRECT IN ENGLISH, A WIRE DEDICATED TO ILLUSTRATED SPORTS BRIEFS
November 8, 2011
GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
TOKYO BUREAU CHIEF GILLES CAMPION HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION FROM JULY 1 NEXT YEAR.
November 8, 2011
DAVID MILLIKIN HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA
DAVID MILLIKIN, CHIEF NEWS EDITOR FOR NORTH AMERICA, HAS BEEN APPOINTED DIRECTOR FOR NORTH AMERICA FROM APRIL 1.
November 3, 2011
AFP launches Urdu service
Agence France-Presse Thursday teamed up with Pakistan's largest private news agency to launch the first international Urdu-language news service. The partnership between AFP and the Online International News Network will provide an average of 50 news, feature, sport and business stories per day from AFP's global output to Urdu clients in India, Pakistan and elsewhere.
October 24, 2011
AFP Foundation donates 25 laptops to reporters in poor countries
THE AFP FOUNDATION IS TO GIVE 25 LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO JOURNALISTS FACING PARTICULAR HARDSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OR WORKING IN EXILE.
October 21, 2011
Hackers promise AFP photos in email scam: Sophos
WASHINGTON, Oct 21, 2011 (AFP) - A computer security firm warned on Friday that cybercriminals were attempting to exploit Agence France-Presse photos of slain Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi in an email scam.
October 20, 2011
World exclusive: AFP is the first news agency to transmit photo of dead Moamer Kadhafi
Agence France-Presse was the first agency to have a picture of Moamer Kadhafi’s body after he was captured and killed in Sirte on Thursday.
October 13, 2011
AFP JOURNALISTS’ GUIDE TO USING SOCIAL NETWORKS
THE ARAB SPRING, THE DSK AFFAIR, THE LONDON RIOTS, THE SOCIALIST PRIMARIES - THESE AND OTHER MAJOR NEWS STORIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE EXTENT TO WHICH MONITORING SOCIAL NETWORKS HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF JOURNALISTS' WORK, INCLUDING NEWS AGENCY REPORTERS PROVIDING BREAKING NEWS.
October 8, 2011
AFP JOURNALIST SARA HUSSEIN WINS THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD IN THE YOUNG REPORTER CATEGORY
THE ARAB SPRING WAS THE MAIN THEME OF THE 18TH EDITION OF THE BAYEUX-CALVADOS WAR CORRESPONDENTS AWARD HELD FROM OCTOBER 3-9,
AND AFP PHOTOGRAPHER PEDRO PARDO TAKES THE SECOND PLACE IN THE PHOTO CATEGORY
October 5, 2011
AFP CONFIRMS PIONEERING ROLE IN HD
AFP EXTENDS HD VIDEO PRODUCTION - ALREADY AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN - TO SPANISH
September 30, 2011
AFP, French Chamber launch mobile website
Global news agency AFP and Hong Kong’s French Chamber of Commerce have launched a mobile site connecting executives to the chamber’s news, services, and AFP’s economic coverage.
September 22, 2011
EXPERIENCE THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL NEWS: AFP LAUNCHES ITS iPAD APPLICATION IN ENGLISH
AFP is launching its iPad application in English at the annual conference of the Online News Association; a new offering, free of charge, providing access to a selection of fast, accurate news from around the world.
September 21, 2011
London-based Carl Court was named News Photographer of the Year at the UK Picture Editors' Guild Awards 2011 on Tuesday
The jury praised a series of pictures shot by 35-year-old Carl for AFP. They included a series of pictures of the student riots in London, another shows a demonstrator calling for the release of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and another is of a policeman caught in the act of moving a cat away from the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with his boot.
September 20, 2011
AFP and Japanese news agency JIJI Press have extended an historic collaboration that goes back decades
AFP’s global news coverage in text, photos, and graphics will continue to be made available to Japanese clients via JIJI Press, under an agreement signed in Paris by AFP Chairman and CEO Emmanuel Hoog and JIJI President Masahiro Nakato last wednesday.
September 16, 2011
AFP BOARD MEETING
“We must secure public funding for the Agency”
September 9, 2011
AFP and Xinhua have signed an agreement on mobiles
AFP will supply the Chinese news agency Xinhua with photos for its multimedia telco products in the fast growing Chinese mobile market, under an agreement signed by the two agencies.
September 6, 2011
AFP, Antara to launch Bahasa Indonesia news products
Agence France-Presse and Indonesia's national news agency Antara signed an agreement Tuesday to launch multimedia services in the Indonesian language.
September 1, 2011
AFP appoints Christophe Vogt and Eric Baradat to the editor in chief’s office
August 30, 2011
AFP's Sales and Marketing Group Director Erik Monjalous is leaving the Agency at the end of September
Over his five years at AFP, Erik Monjalous implemented a policy of diversifying and adapting sales for new platforms and new media.
July 19, 2011
AFP joins Connect Program
International news agency AFP joins Alcatel-Lucent and 64 member companies to gain new vantage points and develop next generation concepts
June 29, 2011
AFP tightens rules on using social networks
The Arab revolutions from Tunisia to Yemen have underscored the importance of the social networks for newsrooms the world over. Therefore in the context of current events in Syria, AFP is painstakingly collecting and verifying data from the social networks on a daily basis.
June 16, 2011
AFP chairman denounces attack on Amman bureau in letter to Prime Minister
AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog wrote to Jordan's Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit on Thursday to denounce an attack on the agency's Amman office and the fierce criticism by the authorities of bureau chief Randa Habib and her staff. The attack on the bureau on Wednesday came a day after a demonstration outside the building to protest the publication of a report of an attack on a convoy carrying King Abdallah II, which was denied by the authorities.
May 26, 2011
AFP sends big team to cover G8 in Deauville
AFP has put together a strong team to cover the G8 summit in Deauville
May 23, 2011
AFP chairman talks media future with US counterparts
Emmanuel Hoog, AFP's chairman and chief executive officer, wound up a US tour over the weekend involving talks with US counterparts on how news organizations are adapting to the rapidly evolving landscape of new mobile and Internet media platforms.
May 20, 2011
Colman Murray appointed Global Brand Director of AFP-Relaxnews
South Africa-based Murray, 46, will be responsible for coordinating and promoting the business development and marketing of AFP-Relaxnews within AFP. AFP-Relaxnews is the world’s first newswire dedicated to lifestyle and leisure, the result of a strategic partnership between the two agencies.
May 16, 2011
Blinkx Partners with Leading News Agency AFP for Global News Coverage
AFP videos spanning Politics, Fashion, Sports, Entertainment, Health and Technology are now available on www.blinkx.com.
May 16, 2011
AFP reporter wins prestigious media prize
AFP reporter Emmanuel Duparcq was awarded the prestigious Albert Londres prize Saturday for his coverage of events in Pakistan and Afghanistan focusing on the activities of the Taliban.
May 9, 2011
AFP goes live from Cannes on Facebook
Follow all the latest news from Cannes on AFP's special Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/AFPCinema, with stories, videos, pictures and graphics in English and French.
May 6, 2011
AFP: the only international media organisation to enter Deraa
Agence France-Presse was the only international media organisation to be able to get in to Deraa after a 10-day siege by Syrian security forces.
May 5, 2011
AFP uses specialist software to detect manipulated photos
AFP has recently begun using forensic software to alert photo editors to manipulated images produced by third party sources and amateur witnesses.
April 7, 2011
AFP boosts presence in Tunisia and Morocco
April 1, 2011
Four days at the mercy of Kadhafi's secret state by Dave Clark
AJDABIYA/SIRTE/TRIPOLI (AFP) -
The first shots rang out as ominous but faint pops while the Libyan army Land Cruiser was still several hundred metres away but, as it roared down upon us, the gunfire built into an insistent volley of sharp, earsplitting cracks.
March 30, 2011
Indian journalist takes AFP prize for Kashmir work
Dilnaz Boga, an Indian reporter and photographer, received the Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse on Wednesday for her courageous investigative work in Indian-administered Kashmir.
March 23, 2011
AFP journalists released
Two Agence France-Presse journalists and a Getty Images photographer arrested in Libya on Saturday have been released in Tripoli.
March 22, 2011
Journalists detained in Libya: AFP Chairman Emmanuel Hoog writes to Colonel Kadhafi
In a March 22 letter regarding detained Agence France-Presse journalists Dave Clark and Roberto Schmidt, as well as photographer Joe Raedle from Getty Images,
March 22, 2011
AFP : Two journalists arrested by the Libyan army
AFP has learned this morning of the arrest of two of its journalists in Libya as well as a photographer for its partner Getty Images.
March 20, 2011
Two AFP correspondents missing in Libya
Two Agence France-Presse journalists are missing in Libya, where they were covering the conflict around the eastern city of Tobruk.
March 18, 2011
AFP journalist Bernard Estrade dies
Estrade, who covered wars, conflicts and revolutions around the world for over four decades, has died in Paris following a long illness. He was 65.
March 17, 2011
AFP moves bureau in Japan
AFP has decided to remain in Japan for the time being to continue its mission to provide complete news coverage while applying strict security measures to ensure the safety of its team, which remains flexible so as to be able to change course at a moment's notice.
March 11, 2011
AFP journalist expelled from Iran
Agence France Presse's news editor in Tehran, Jay Deshmukh, was expelled on Friday by the Iranian authorities who have given no official explanation for their decision.
March 2, 2011
AFP makes a name as a digital media player
AFP has signed up to a technical and commercial partnership in Asia, the Middle East and Africa with BlueFox, a content integrator specialized in Digital Signage (video, photo and text for public screens).
January 27, 2011
AFP: 3.7% increase in 2011 budget
The Board of Directors at its meeting of 27 January 2011 took note of the estimated 2010 results and unanimously adopted the budget for 2011.
January 26, 2011
Vincent Amalvy, new head of the AFP sports service
Vincent Amalvy, 50, has taken over as head of sports at Agence France-Presse. He is the first former head of the photo department to take the reins of a major general service at AFP.
January 19, 2011
AFP launches a new high performance delivery system
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has rolled out a new high performance real time delivery system to further boost the quality of its services to clients.
January 19, 2011
AFP hits 3,500 subscribers in 2010, up 27 percent in five years
The number of AFP's clients has grown 27 percent from 2,730 in 2005 to 3,500 in 2010. New international subscriptions (401) and clients in France (44) account for much of the increase.
December 23, 2010
Jean-Pierre Vignolle to leave AFP after eleven years service
Jean-Pierre Vignolle will leave AFP on January 15, 2011 after eleven years with the Agency. He was appointed Commercial Marketing and Development Director in September 1999 and has served as Managing Director since early 2006.
December 23, 2010
Time honors AFP photographer Mauricio Lima For Afghan work
Time Magazine said Wednesday it had honored Agence France-Presse photographer Mauricio Lima with its "Wire Photographer of the Year" award, hailing his "remarkable body of work" from the Afghan war.
December 13, 2010
AFP launches its official Facebook page in English
AFP has launched an official Facebook page in English following the French page launched October 21 joining other media organizations operating on the leading social networking site.
December 1, 2010
AFP Foundation launches 2010 Kate Webb Prize
The AFP Foundation today called for submissions for the 2010 AFP Kate Webb Prize to recognize exceptional work produced while reporting in dangerous or difficult circumstances in Asia.
November 30, 2010
AFP Foundation
Up to 100 African women sports reporters have begun receiving professional training in a programme sponsored by FIFA, football’s world governing body.
November 10, 2010
AFP, EFE join forces to fight piracy
Agence France-Presse, the world's third largest international news agency, and EFE, the leading Spanish-language news agency, agreed Saturday to join forces in a fight against piracy and the uncredited use of their material. The agreement was signed at the 66th assembly of the Inter-American Press Association being held in the city of Merida.
September 15, 2010
AFP to be the first global news agency to offer High Definition videos
Agence France-Presse (AFP) will be the first global news agency to introduce High Definition videos. The HD roll out will begin September 15th in French and English and over the following weeks, AFP’s HD videos will be available in the 5 other AFP VIDEO languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, German and Polish.
July 8, 2010
Sylvie Vormus joins the management team at AFP as Director of Communications and corporate brand
A law graduate with degrees in English and Spanish, Vormus, 52, began her career as a journalist, writing for the daily l'Aurore, VSD magazine and the Quotidien de Paris before joining Agence Centrale de Presse, where she became head of the political service.
June 15, 2010
AFP photos bring World Cup to Newseum visitors
Agence France-Presse is bringing the World Cup to the Newseum, the journalism museum in Washington, with giant screen projections of the best photos of the tournament.
June 11, 2010
Football: AFP deploys 100-strong World Cup team
Agence France Presse is deploying a 100-strong team of text, multimedia and video reporters, photographers and graphics artists and editors for the month-long World Cup finals in South Africa which kicks off on Friday.
June 1, 2010
AFP Somali reporter wins CNN African journalist award
Agence France-Presse's Somalia correspondent Mustafa Haji Abdinur has been awarded the CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year Award in the Free Press category.
April 19, 2010
AFP photographers win Asian Human Rights Awards
Photographers from Agence France-Presse were Saturday awarded the top news and feature prizes at the prestigious Asian Human Rights Awards for outstanding coverage of riots in China's Xinjiang region and acid attack victims in Pakistan.
April 15, 2010
AFP appoints Emmanuel Hoog as new chairman
The board of the international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday appointed Emmanuel Hoog, an experienced administrator of media and cultural bodies, as its new chairman and chief executive.
April 13, 2010
The world’s major news players adopt IPTC G2 for news exchange
Five of the largest global news agencies have agreed to endorse and support the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) G2 family of news exchange standards.
April 6, 2010
BUSINESS WIRE'S MULTIMEDIA CONTENT AVAILABLE IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES TO A GLOBAL AUDIENCE VIA AFP MOBILE, AND BUSINESS WIRE'S OWN iPHONE MOBILE APP
Latest Enhancements Illustrate Commitment to Bold “Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable” Strategy That Has Redefined the Commercial News Industry
March 24, 2010
Philippine media group awarded AFP press freedom prize
The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism was presented with Agence France-Presse's prestigious Kate Webb Award on Wednesday for its outstanding contributions to press freedom. The Kate Webb award is for local reporters or media organisations in the Asia Pacific who have produced exceptional work in dangerous or difficult circumstances, or have demonstrated moral or physical courage while reporting.
March 17, 2010
Bronze medal for animated graphics
At the 18th Malofiej festival, the world graphics fair, in Pamplona, Spain, last week, AFP collected a bronze medal for the animated graphic on the 15 sports in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
February 16, 2010
Live sports feed to PUMA PHONE to be delivered by AFP
Sagem Wireless and Agence France Press (AFP) partner to provide sports news and multimedia content through PUMA WORLD portal
January 13, 2010
AFP launches iPhone app
Global news agency AFP has launched a mobile news application for the Apple iPhone.
January 11, 2010
Agence France-Presse launches AFP Mobile for iPhone
Agence France-Presse announced today the launch of its iPhone application “AFP Mobile” on the Apple App Store. The application for iPhone and iPod Touch enables users to read the latest news from all over the world, delivered with accuracy, speed and in-depth by AFP’s worldwide network of journalists. It gives access to the global news agency’s multimedia content in English, Spanish, Portuguese and German, including breaking world news from wars and conflicts to politics, sport and entertainment, as well as the latest major developments in health, science and technology.
December 17, 2009
Philippine investigative team wins AFP award
The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism has won Agence France-Presse's Kate Webb Award for its fearless work in the world's deadliest country for reporters, the agency announced Thursday. The PCIJ has for two decades braved the wrath of powerful interests in the Philippines to expose corruption, the dangers of which were highlighted last month when 31 Filipino journalists were killed in a political massacre.
December 2, 2009
World’s news agencies join in interactive hub for Copenhagen climate conference
Eleven international news agencies have launched a joint Facebook page to interact with news consumers across the globe during the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.
December 1, 2009
Getty Images and AFP enter into exclusive partnership in Italy to increase breadth, depth, reach and quality in the Italian market
Getty Images, the leading provider of digital media, and Agence France-Presse, the global press agency, today announced an extension of their global relationship, to provide customers in Italy with a comprehensive news photography service, which will leverage the complementary strengths and experiences of the two partners in the Italian market. The goal of the agreement is to increase the breadth, depth, reach and quality of services provided to their customers in Italy.
November 25, 2009
AFP Somalia journalist wins key press award
An AFP journalist who is among the few independent reporters still working in war-torn Mogadishu received Tuesday a key press award for his work, along with three other correspondents. "By recognizing me, you are also recognizing the courage of the small band of working journalists still in Somalia," Mustafa Haji Abdinur said at the ceremony for the Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) International Press Freedom Awards.
November 23, 2009
About picture This: Caring for the Earth
Two Kenyans and a Moroccan are the winners of the Picture This: Caring for the Earth photo contest organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with The AFP Foundation and the Olympus Corporation.
November 13, 2009
AFP partners TARA Oceans expedition
Agence France-Presse has decided to support Tara Oceans in an unprecedented media partnership after an approach by the international scientific expedition.
November 13, 2009
Winter Olympics -4 months --- World Cup -8 months
AFP is preparing full multimedia coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics, being held February 12-28 in Vancouver, Canada. AFP will provide extensive coverage with more than 70 journalists, video reporters, photographers and technicians on the ground in Canada.
November 13, 2009
News agencies seek new forms of added value
AFP hosted the twice-a-year meeting of Minds International Association in Paris from October 8-9. Minds International is a network of research and development centres for 17 European and North American news agencies (including the Associated Press) which promotes the sharing of best practices, business models, new technology, platforms, products and services.
November 13, 2009
Editorial by Pierre Louette, AFP chief executive officer: A time for alliances
We are coming to the end of a year of multiple crises. We had the financial crisis, of course, which disrupted the global economy, halted growth and pushed up unemployment. But 2009 was also the year that threw into question the entire economic model of the media, notably the written press.
November 12, 2009
AFP-APA technological cooperation
AFP has joined forces with the Austrian news agency APA to develop an Event Manager, a multilingual application for the editorial management of news events. It is one of the cornerstones of AFP's Rich Media News Agency Project , an ambitious project to transform the agency and sharpen its multimedia edge.
October 20, 2009
Czech Press Photo: AFP's Joe Klamar wins Picture of the Year
AFP photographer Joe Klamar won the Picture of the Year award at the Czech Press Photo 2009 contest with a photo of US President Barack Obama taken during his visit to Prague in April, the organisers said Monday. An international jury selected a picture of Obama giving a speech as he gazed at the statue of the first Czechoslovak president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), with the city skyline in the background hidden in fog.
October 10, 2009
Bayeux-Calvados awards two AFP war correspondents
Two Agence France-Presse photographers were awarded prizes at the annual Bayeux-Calvados photo festival on Saturday.
October 2, 2009
Wife of jailed Sri Lankan reporter accepts Peter Mackler Award
October 1, 2009
AFP- Relaxnews: positive results defying the crisis
Launched at the beginning of the year by AFP and Relaxnews, the world’s first leisure newswire gets a promising early assessment despite the economic crisis.
September 22, 2009
AFP footage is now also distributed by Framepool
Motion content from Agence France-Press is now available via Framepool.com. As a global news agency, AFP supplies comprehensive, reliable and independent reports from across the world. More than 40 international video production units produce a wide range of reports in 7 languages 24/7. These clips are now available via Framepool.com for further licensing and use by filmmakers. The marketing agreement between AFP and Framepool applies both to current and future material, as well as to motion content from previous years.
September 16, 2009
Agence France-Presse’s revolutionary new content management application for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and football’s 2010 World Cup.
A “web 2.0” publishing application
AFP’s new publishing application lets web and mobile operators handle AFP's multimedia content for the 2010 Winter Olympics and World Cup. The online application automates publication of AFP content (illustrated historical and biographical data, real time stories, results, photo slideshows, videos) and allows clients to customize multimedia feeds to publish HTML modules directly on websites or mobile websites. It can handle all of AFP’s multimedia content and allows the generation of a search engine (which can access all AFP production) and links from AFP content to social networking websites, as well as handling top online advertising formats.
September 10, 2009
AFP partners TARA Oceans expedition
Agence France-Presse has decided to support Tara Oceans in an unprecedented media partnership after an approach by the international scientific expedition.
August 28, 2009
AFP and BNS partner to make news content available on hotel entertainment platform
The International news agency, Agence France Presse (AFP) and BNS, Asia’s leading IPTV technology and content solutions provider, have entered into a content distribution partnership to make AFP’s news content available on BNS’ in-room hospitality entertainment platform, RoomWise.
August 3, 2009
AFP Debuts News Application for BlackBerry Smartphones and Announces New Partnership with Handmark
Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s most far-reaching news agency, and Handmark®, a world-leading provider of games, applications and services for mobile phones, today announced they have partnered to launch a new mobile application, AFP Mobile News for BlackBerry® smartphone users.
July 28, 2009
Charlotte Turner, a post-graduate student in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University in Wales, is the first winner of the AFP-Peter Mackler Scholarship, the international news agency announced on Monday.
The scholarship was launched this year to honour the commitment to journalism training of veteran AFP journalist Peter Mackler, who died suddenly in June, 2008. Mackler, who was AFP North Americas chief editor at the time of his death, was a founding board member of the AFP Foundation, which runs training programmes for journalists in the developing world.
June 29, 2009
Florence Biedermann becomes AFP chief editor
Agence France-Presse on Monday named Florence Biedermann as its new chief editor.
June 28, 2009
The best of the fashion collections in video and photo
New from Paris Modes. The AFP partner for fashion video, which covers the haute couture and ready-to-wear shows in Paris, London, Milan and New York, as well as exclusive interviews with celebrated designers, has revamped its coverage.
June 28, 2009
Project "Rich Media News Agency"
The global news and media industry is battling once-in-a-lifetime challenges: recession worsened by a dramatic fall in advertising income, and the technological challenge of the digital revolution, the rise of the Internet and innovation in the mobile phone sector.
June 28, 2009
Editorial by Pierre Louette, AFP chief executive officer
The world is changing and so is Agence France-Presse, so that it can give an ever better service to its clients. Our agency dates back to 1835, but it has never had to confront an upheaval such as the Internet era. What is not changing is our devotion to facts, a near religion, an age-old tradition that must never be considered out of date. The agency has a passion for getting it right, preparing a sourced and checked story and delivering it as quickly as possible.
June 16, 2009
AFP extends interactive coverage to Champions League and Europa
Global news agency AFP (Agence France-Presse) will extend its successful interactive online sports products with two new offerings in 2009. The Champions League and Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup) Flash™ applications will launch in September 2009 and be available in a wide range of languages.
May 19, 2009
International news provider Agence France-Presse debuts Spanish language soccer app as a turnkey customizable mobile solution for Hispanic media
¡Fútbol Ya!, a photo-rich application covering soccer news from across Latin America and the world powered by one of the most trusted sources, Agence France-Presse (AFP), is now available for Hispanic media outlets as a customizable, branded mobile application.
May 11, 2009
AFP names Philippe Massonnet as global news director
Agence France-Presse on Monday named Philippe Massonnet as its new global news director with a mission to oversee the international news agency's evolution to a fully integrated multimedia operation. Massonnet, a former Beijing bureau chief and China specialist, takes over the post from Denis Hiault at the head of a revamped news management team. A new post of deputy global news director will be filled by Juliette Hollier-Larousse, AFP's current international multimedia editor.
May 11, 2009
Getty Images and AFP Renew Partnership Agreement
Getty Images, the leading provider of digital media and Agence France-Presse (AFP), the global press agency, announced today that they have renewed their agreement. The renewed contract takes effect on 1st June 2009 and extends the partnership between the two companies for a further three years.
March 31, 2009
AFP concludes strategic video partnership with Getty Images
AFP and Getty Images have agreed a worldwide video partnership, effective from the beginning of March, which will allow both agencies to market their video content in English.
March 22, 2009
AFP picked up five prizes at the 13th Annual Human Rights Press Awards held Saturday in Hong Kong, three for text reporting and two for photography.
The awards, co-organised by Amnesty International, the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents' Club and the Hong Kong Journalists Association, recognise news stories, features, photos, broadcast reports and online articles that highlight human rights -- or the lack of them -- across the Asia Pacific region during 2008, a year when there was the Olympic Games in Beijing, a major cyclone in Myanmar and a quake in China, unrest in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and a vast range of other issues, from AIDS to migrant workers to police brutality.
March 17, 2009
1CAST says CNBC, Wall Street Journal Digital Network , Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP, CNBC are among first to distribute news content on new online platform
Up to the Minute Video News and Headlines From Global News Leaders Will Be Pushed to Viewers’ Screen of Choice – Smartphone or Desktop
February 12, 2009
AFP, French partner launch global leisure newswire in Asia
Agence France-Presse and French agency relaxnews have launched a global leisure newswire in Asia that they hope will become the world's leading source for lifestyle news. Aimed at the media, industry brands, PR agencies and telecommunications companies, the service will offer stories and multimedia reports on tourism, home life, entertainment, health and well-being.
January 20, 2009
AFP and relaxnews launch the first worldwide leisure newswire
The international news agency AFP and leisure news service relaxnews joined forces Monday to launch the first global newswire devoted to leisure and lifestyle coverage at the Fondation Cartier in Paris.
January 14, 2009
AFP photo of Obama featured on US post office souvenir
The US Postal Service has issued a souvenir commemorating Barack Obama's election as US president which features a portrait of the president-elect taken by an Agence France-Presse photographer.
December 12, 2008
Pierre Louette re-elected chairman of AFP
The Agence France-Presse board on Friday elected Pierre Louette to a second three-year term as chairman and chief executive of the international news agency.
November 25, 2008
Bunka Gakuen, AFP launch news service for universities
TOKYO - Top Japanese fashion school Bunka Gakuen and Agence France-Presse on Tuesday launched a service providing global news and archive material to Japanese universities and higher learning institutions.
November 13, 2008
AFP and SKorean partner launch 'news community' website
Agence France-Presse and its South Korean partner Thursday launched a website which seeks to become the leading news community site in one of the world's most wired nations.
