AFP photographer Marco Longari: TIME Picks 2012′s Best Photographer on the Wires
AFP photographer Marco Longari: TIME Picks 2012′s Best Photographer on the Wires
AFP: 2013 budget based on rigour and innovation
At its meeting on 17 December 2012, AFP's management board approved the draft budget for 2013.
AFP teams up with QMI agency on Canada images
AFP's clients worldwide will now have access to QMI Agency photos through AFP’s ImageForum platform. This agreement reinforces a long-standing partnership between the two entities.
“AFP clients will benefit from QMI Agency’s scale and the reach of our Canadian photo network,” said Philippe Mercure, QMI Agency Marketing Director. “AFP clients will be able to illustrate the most important events happening in Canada.”
AFP to distribute photos and videos by brazilian group LANCE! globally
International press agency AFP partners with Brazilian sports group Lance! to distribute its photo and video production outside Brazil. The agreement was signed on November 21, with effect from the first quarter of 2013.
US presidential election: AFP on the front page!
AFP Foundation launches African fact-checking website in partnership with South African University
Africa Check - a brand new fact-checking website devised by the AFP Foundation and run in partnership with the journalism department of the University of the Witwatersrand- will be launched in South Africa on Wednesday 31 October.
Safia D’Ziri appointed AFP Chief Information Officer
Safia, 40, holds an advanced DESS degree in information systems engineering from Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) and spent seven years as CIO at the Institut national de l'audiovisuel along with ten years in management positions at the institute. She was hired as a researcher and web pioneer specialising in the web, media and audiovisual fields to experiment in new web technologies and on-line video. Safia D’Ziri has accompanied the company in its digital transformation with a thorough overhaul of the organisation and governance of its information systems.
AFP’s German Service is strengthening its coverage of the Middle East
AFP’S GERMAN SERVICE, BASED IN BERLIN, IS STRENGTHENING ITS COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST BY SENDING A CORRESPONDENT TO JERUSALEM. HE WILL JOIN A 19-PERSON BUREAU THAT WORKS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND ARABIC, PRODUCING TEXT, PHOTOGRAPHS AND VIDEO.
AFP journalist Aris Messinis wins the Photography Prize at the Bayeux-Calvados Awards for War Correspondents
THE JURY OF THE 19TH PRIX BAYEUX-CALVADOS AWARDS FOR WAR CORRESPONDENTS HAS REWARDED ARIS MESSINIS, PHOTOREPORTER AT AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE.
