Africa Check: african Fact-Checking Awards 2017
Journalists from Kenya and Benin took the top prizes at this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 18th
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Journalists from Kenya and Benin took the top prizes at this year’s African Fact-Checking Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday, November 18th
Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu has won the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb prize for his compelling and rigorous coverage of ethnic strife in his native Myanmar, AFP announced on Tuesday.
New guidelines on coverage of violence against women and increased use of women expert sources are among the topics included in a set of initiatives launched by AFP’s Global News Director Michèle Léridon, aimed at improving the way women are represented in the Agency’s content.
Two AFP photographers – Jim Watson and Brendan Smialowski – were awarded at the 2018 ceremony of the WHNPA.