AFP, Antara to launch Bahasa Indonesia news products
Agence France-Presse and Indonesia's national news agency Antara signed an agreement Tuesday to launch multimedia services in the Indonesian language.
AFP appoints Christophe Vogt and Eric Baradat to the editor in chief’s office
Christophe Vogt, 45, has been appointed deputy chief news editor. He joined AFP in 1995 as correspondent in Frankfurt where he covered the Bundesbank. As a reporter in Paris over the next decade, he covered economics, including notably the birth of the euro currency.
AFP’s Sales and Marketing Group Director Erik Monjalous is leaving the Agency at the end of September
Over his five years at AFP, Erik Monjalous implemented a policy of diversifying and adapting sales for new platforms and new media.
AFP tightens rules on using social networks
The Arab revolutions from Tunisia to Yemen have underscored the importance of the social networks for newsrooms the world over. Therefore in the context of current events in Syria, AFP is painstakingly collecting and verifying data from the social networks on a daily basis.
PyeongChang Winter Olympics: AFP to provide full multimedia coverage
AFP is mobilising more than 80 correspondents to offer comprehensive real-time coverage in text, photography, video, graphics and videographics of the winter games that start febrary 9.
AFP approves the 2018 budget and boosts its means for fighting fake news
AFP rewarded at World Press Photo 2018
The 2018 edition of the World Press Photo has rewarded three AFP photojournalists, including Ronaldo Schemidt, one of six finalists for the World Press Photo of the Year.
AFP receives six awards at Pictures of the Year International
The 75th Pictures of the Year International competition honours five AFP photo journalists.
Jérôme Jaroussie appointed AFP Chief Information Officer
Jérôme Jaroussie, 46, joined the Agency on March 5, 2018 as Chief Information Officer.