Awards

14/04/2016 - 22:04

Three AFP photojournalists awarded at the China International Press Photo Contest (CHIPP)

Colombian photographer Roberto Schmidt, regional photo chief for South Asian, based in New Delhi, was awarded the Gold prize in the Disaster and Disease News – Stories category, for his pictures of the snowfall which fell over the Everest’s basecamp on April 25, 2015.

14/04/2016 - 21:06

Adrian Dennis wins first prize in the Sports Journalists’ Association Awards

Adrian Dennis, a photojournalist at AFP’s London bureau, has received for the second consecutive year the first prize in the Sports Journalists’ Association Awards (SJA) Sports Portfolio category.

14/04/2016 - 21:01

AFP interactive: one of the 128 projects selected by the Google Digital News Initiative Innovation Fund

The AFP interactive project, initiated a year ago and based on the creation of a platform of interactive graphics, has been selected by the Google Digital News Initiative Fund, which aims to support innovation for European News publishers.

14/04/2016 - 20:55

AFP wins three Days Japan prizes

Three AFP photojournalists have won prizes in the 2016 Days Japan photo contest

14/04/2016 - 20:35

Two AFP photographers awarded by the White House News Photographers Association

Two AFP photographers – Jim Watson and Saul Loeb – were awarded at the 2016 ceremony of the WHNPA.

14/04/2016 - 20:14

AFP wins four World Press Photo prizes

Four AFP photojournalists have won prizes in the 2016 World Press Photo awards.

20/02/2016 - 11:51

AFP photographers swept the Spot News Category in the 2015 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar contest. AFP also received awards in the Feature and Portrait categories.

26/01/2016 - 17:11

John Mac Dougall gets award at prestigious photojournalism competition in Germany

AFP's Berlin based photographer John MacDougall was on Monday, January 25th awarded 2nd prize in Germany's "Rueckblende" competition.

07/12/2015 - 18:25

Thai reporter received 2015 AFP Kate Webb Prize

Thai investigative journalist Mutita Chuachang received yesterday evening December 1, 2015 at the FCCT in Bangkok, the 2015 Kate Webb Prize from Agence France-Presse (AFP) for her independent reporting on human rights including Thailand’s draconian use of the royal defamation law.

20/11/2015 - 15:49

AFP photographer Abbas Momani wins the spot news prize at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest for his image of an Israeli soldier attacked by Palestinians after he tried to arrest a boy during clashes.

AFP photographer Abbas Momani wins the spot news prize at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar Contest for his image of an Israeli soldier attacked by Palestinians after he tried to arrest a boy during clashes. More