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17/11/2020 - 17:09

AFP publishes Focus, a special 2020 edition on the Covid-19 pandemic
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17/11/2020 - 10:11

AFP-Services becomes FACTSTORY

Ten years after its creation, AFP-Services, a subsidiary of Agence France-Presse, specializing in on-demand custom content, becomes FACTSTORY, a distinct service offering commissioned production to companies and institutions.
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05/10/2020 - 19:15

AFP photos of popular uprisings from Chile to Hong Kong displayed at the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy awards for War Correspondents 2020

For the 27th edition of the Bayeux Calvados-Normandy War Correspondents’ Award, which runs from 5 to 13 October 2020, the work of AFP photographers is on display in the streets of Bayeux.
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30/09/2020 - 18:52

AFP enters partnership with TikTok on fact-checking in Asia-Pacific

AFP, the world leader in digital verification, is expanding its fact-checking operations in the Philippines, Indonesia, Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand via a new partnership with the global short-form mobile video platform TikTok.
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08/09/2020 - 17:46

AFP consolidates its place as global fact check leader with new German service

AFP is strengthening its position as the world leader in digital verification by moving into three new countries: Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Based in Berlin and Vienna, the new German team will work alongside AFP’s German-speaking journalists to debunk and tackle disinformation being spread on social media in these three countries.
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16/04/2020 - 14:17

AFP Yasuyoshi Chiba World Press Photo of the Year

AFP photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba has won the top prize at the World Press Photo Awards 2020, which also gave awards to three other photojournalists from the Agency this year.
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09/09/2019 - 14:28

Visa d’or awarded to AFP photographer Guillermo Arias

Photographer Guillermo Arias has won the Visa d'or News award, the highest prize given at the "Visa pour l'Image" festival. The 31st occasion of the world's leading photojournalism event came to its conclusion in Perpignan on saturday. The prize recognise Guillermo Arias's work which focuses on the migrant caravans in Central America.
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29/08/2019 - 13:19

Two AFP exhibitions headlining Visa pour l’Image 2019

The 31st edition of the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image takes place from august 31 to September 15, 2019 in Perpignan, with exhibitions of works by AFP photographers Guillermo Arias and Ed Jones at the Couvent des Minimes.
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01/08/2019 - 13:08

Italy’s ANSA chooses AFP for global video, photo, text news

Italy's leading news agency, ANSA, signs an agreement to buy AFP's international news service in video, photo and text.
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27/06/2019 - 16:53

AFP’s online interactive agenda goes live

AFP is launching an online agenda. On a single platform, AFP Agenda lists news events from around the world and informs clients how AFP journalists plan to cover them. Designed for mobile and desktop access, AFP Agenda is easy to use, rich in content and interactive. It is also a gateway to AFP production.
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