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27/05/2021 - 10:39

AFP wins three european projects to fight disinformation

The European Commission has selected global news agency AFP following a public bid to participate in three European hubs aimed at fighting disinformation in France, Eastern Europe and the Benelux countries of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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25/05/2021 - 19:10

AFP launches MediaConnect, a subsidiary serving PR professionals and journalists

MediaConnect, an AFP subsidiary, will offer an innovative service that will facilitate and simplify relations between journalists and public relations professionals from businesses, institutions and NGOs.
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27/04/2021 - 12:30

Afghanistan: Aref Karimi and Mohammad Ismail named winners of the third edition of the Marai Photo Award
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13/04/2021 - 18:42

AFP posts slight growth in commercial revenues in 2020, achieves historic net income

At its meeting on 14 April 2021, AFP’s Board of Directors approved the accounts for the 2020 financial year, the second year of implementation of the Agency’s transformation plan and of the new “Contract of objectives and means” that governs its relationship with the French State until 2023.
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12/04/2021 - 13:32

Anne Boussarie named General Manager of MediaConnect, a new AFP subsidiary
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08/04/2021 - 18:12

AFP consolidates its position as a world leader in fact-checking by extending its Central Europe network

With the launch of fact-checking operations in Bulgaria and Hungary in March 2021, following Romania in November 2020, AFP has consolidated its position as the world’s leading agency in digital investigation.
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29/03/2021 - 17:56

AFP continues to expand its range of products with Sur le fil, its first daily news podcast

AFP is launching Sur le fil, a short online podcast, intimate and rigorous, that takes news directly from the source thanks to the Agency’s unparalleled network of journalists deployed in 151 countries.
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17/03/2021 - 17:57

Sarah Stewart named Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing Director

AFP’s Sales and Marketing department has elected journalist Sarah Stewart Sales and Marketing Director for the Asia-Pacific region.
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10/03/2021 - 13:31

Changes to the Executive committee at AFP

Agence France-Presse is making changes to its management team, with the appointment of new directors at the helm of the Latin America, Africa, North America regions and the Brand and Communications department, effective between April and July 2021.
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26/01/2021 - 16:47

The 2021 edition of the Marai Photo Award launches next month in Afghanistan, a country where journalists continue to pay a heavy price simply for doing their job

Entitled ‘My Afghanistan’, this award is organized by Agence France-Presse in honour of Shah Marai, who was chief photographer at the AFP Kabul bureau when he was killed in a suicide attack on April 30, 2018, aged just 41. Throughout his career, Shah Marai was an example for Afghan photographers, capturing unique pictures of his country with passion and tenderness.
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