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.
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Fabrice Fries re-elected AFP Chairman for five more years
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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-checking organisations from across Europe to write a Code of professional standards that organisations will need to meet in order to join the network.
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MediaConnect (AFP subsidiary): new website on its first anniversary
The fight against disinformation: the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) launches its website
Christof Stache awarded at the Rückblende 2021
The series of photographs illustrates the catastrophic floods in Europe in July 2021 that killed 190 people in Europe, 160 of them in Germany.
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Andersen Consulting Expands AI-Enablement Capabilities with Addition of NextGen Invent
Andersen Consulting enters into a Collaboration Agreement with NextGen Invent, an AI enablement and technology services company focused on delivering innovative, data-centric solutions, strengthening the organization’s digital transformation platform by integrating advanced data science, AI, and intelligent automation capabilities. Headquartered in the U.S., NextGen Invent brings deep expertise in generative AI, machine learning, data strategy, advanced analytics, digital product development,...
Tigray photos by AFP’s Yasuyoshi Chiba exhibited in Japan
Chiba, who has worked at AFP for over a decade and is based in Nairobi, won the top prize at the 2020 World Press Photo awards and was recently named The Guardian's "Agency Photographer of the Year 2021".
Kenyan journalists join AFP fact-check bootcamp to fight misinformation
The training was held both online and on-site at a Nairobi hotel on February 7 and 8, under the guidance of four AFP journalists spread across Nairobi, Lagos, and Paris.
The free course, called Digital Investigation Techniques, teaches reporters and journalism students the tools and skills to verify online information while protecting themselves and their sources.
The bite-sized modules cover fact-checking basics and advanced methods, from verifying images and videos to finding witnesses on social media.
Anti-misinformation hub CEDMO launches in Central Europe
The project, co-ordinated by Charles University, also aims to boost public media literacy in the region and develop artificial intelligence tools to detect misinformation.