AFP's 2022 results: 5% growth in commercial revenues, new tensions on costs

At its meeting on 20 April 2023, AFP's Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2022 financial year, which confirm the Agency's continued financial recovery.


The Agency's commercial revenues reached €208.6 million, rising by 5.3% (+10.4 million) compared to 2021, at comparable exchange rates. For the first time in the Agency's history, the €200 million threshold for commercial revenue was exceeded. Business was driven by the Agency's three strategic development areas: video, digital investigation, and corporate and institutional activity.

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Elections Disinformation: AFP Launches New Digital Investigation Course to Train Journalists on Election Coverage

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is launching a new online course in digital investigation and fact-checking designed to train journalists and journalism students to navigate the growing challenges of disinformation surrounding elections throughout the world.

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Ukraine - a year of unprecedented coverage by AFP

Exactly one year ago, AFP reported live from Kyiv’s central Maidan Square that the Russian offensive had begun against Ukraine. Since then, the agency has deployed unprecedented resources to cover this war in the heart of Europe and its consequences for the daily lives of Ukrainians, Russians and people in the rest of the world.


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AFP Inaugurates Photo Gallery in Paris with Exclusive Liberation Exhibition

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is set to open its first photography gallery on September 12, debuting with an exclusive exhibition highlighting the liberation of Paris, marking the 80th anniversary of the historic event.


The AFP Gallery, located at 9 Place de la Bourse within the news agency's headquarters, will offer free exhibitions three times a year, with the aim of delivering museum-quality events to the public.

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AFP Social Stories: the best AFP content for social media

AFP Social Stories, a dynamic format that packages the best of the Agency’s photos and videos for social media, is now even better. In addition to the French and English formats already available, AFP is now offering a ‘raw’ format enabling clients to customise content in their own language and with their own brand identity.


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AFP calls for thorough investigation after journalists killed, wounded in southern Lebanon

Agence France-Presse (AFP) has called on both Israeli and Lebanese authorities to conduct a comprehensive investigation to determine the circumstances behind and responsibility for firing along their border that killed and wounded journalists on assignment in southern Lebanon.


A Reuters video journalist was killed and six other journalists were injured, including two from AFP, near the village of Alma al-Shaab on Friday.

The Israeli military announced on Saturday that they are “looking into” the incident, without taking responsibility.

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AFP Global News Director Phil Chetwynd in conversation with Maria Ressa at GlobalFact 11

AFP continues to assert its leading role in digital investigations and the fight against misinformation worldwide at the international fact-checking summit from 26th to 28th June.

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AFP appoints Fleur Laurent as FACTSTORY Managing Director

Agence France-Presse (AFP) announces the appointment of Fleur Laurent as Managing Director of its subsidiary company FACTSTORY, an agency specialised in multimedia content production.


Portrait Fleur Laurent

Fleur Laurent, 35, held various roles in business development and marketing within AFP, before joining FACTSTORY, where she became Deputy Managing Director in January this year.

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AFP photographer Christina Assi carries the Olympic Flame in honour of journalists killed on duty

AFP photographer Christina Assi, who was severely injured on assignment last October in Lebanon, will carry the Olympic Flame on Sunday, 21 July, in Vincennes, France, "to pay tribute to those who have fallen" while doing their job as journalists, she explained.


Christina Assi, 29, was struck by a tank shell on October 13, 2023 while reporting on cross-border clashes between the Israeli army and armed groups in southern Lebanon, alongside six other colleagues.

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Journalists killed and injured in Lebanon: AFP investigation points to Israeli army strike

An Agence France-Presse investigation into the strike in southern Lebanon on October 13 that killed a Reuters journalist and injured several others, including two from AFP, points to a tank shell used only by the Israeli army in this high-tension border region.

 

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