AFP partners with the Consulate General of France in Miami for the Bastille Day reception: ‘Green is good for business’
The Consulate General of France in Miami is hosting a reception on Bastille Day (July 14th), with a particular focus on environmental protection and economic growth through sustainable development.To illustrate this major stake, 3 slideshows of AFP photos will be presented during the event as follows:A vulnerable planetGreen is good for business
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.
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.
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.
AFP wins three Days Japan prizes
Three AFP photojournalists have won prizes in the 2016 Days Japan photo contest
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.
AFP wins four World Press Photo prizes
Four AFP photojournalists have won prizes in the 2016 World Press Photo awards.
AFP expands its global fact-checking operations to the Middle East and North Africa through new contract with Facebook
AFP is further developing its global fact-checking operations through a major new contract with Facebook covering the Middle East and North Africa. Arabic is being added to fact-checking in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese that is carried out by AFP teams in 16 countries throughout the world.