AFP named best news agency for second consecutive year
AFP's video production triumphs again at the AIB Media Awards 2021.
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AFP's video production triumphs again at the AIB Media Awards 2021.
Time Magazine has chosen an image taken by AFP photographer Philippe Lopez of the Philippines typhoon disaster as one of its top ten pictures of 2013.
- Yasuyoshi Chiba - first prize in the "People in the news" category,
- Massoud Hossaini - second prize in the "Spot News" category,
- Pedro Pardo - third prize in the "Contemporary Issues" category
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AFPTV is providing live coverage from Soweto, Pretoria and Qunu of the memorial ceremonies for Nelson Mandela.
At its meeting on 14 April 2021, AFP’s Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2020 financial year, the second year of implementation of the Agency’s transformation plan and of the new “Contract of objectives and means” that governs its relationship with the French State until 2023.
The French Parliament adopts the AFP Statute, guaranteeing its editorial independence, global presence and
financial autonomy. The CEO is now elected by a Board of Directors.
Chairman Emmanuel Hoog presented the strategic orientations of the agency’s development plan for the years 2014-2018 at a meeting of the AFP board on December 10 2013.
AFP and Google France announced on Monday a fact-checking project to combat false information ahead of the French presidential and legislative elections next year.
The AFP Foundation and africacheck.org launch the 'African fact-checking awards' - honouring the journalism that finds the facts and challenges what public figures say