Wife of jailed Sri Lankan reporter accepts Peter Mackler Award

J.S. Tissainayagam, a Tamil reporter and editor serving a 20-year prison sentence in Sri Lanka, was awarded the first Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on Friday. His wife, Ronnate Tissainayagam, accepted the award, named for a 30-year veteran of Agence France-Presse who died last year, at a ceremony at the National Press Club.

J.S. Tissainayagam, a Tamil reporter and editor serving a 20-year prison sentence in Sri Lanka, was awarded the first Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism on Friday. His wife, Ronnate Tissainayagam, accepted the award, named for a 30-year veteran of Agence France-Presse who died last year, at a ceremony at the National Press Club.
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AFP- Relaxnews: positive results defying the crisis

Launched at the beginning of the year by AFP and Relaxnews, the world’s first leisure newswire gets a promising early assessment despite the economic crisis.

Launched at the beginning of the year by AFP and Relaxnews, the world’s first leisure newswire gets a promising early assessment despite the economic crisis.
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AFP footage is now also distributed by Framepool

Motion content from Agence France-Press is now available via Framepool.com. As a global news agency, AFP supplies comprehensive, reliable and independent reports from across the world. More than 40 international video production units produce a wide range of reports in 7 languages 24/7. These clips are now available via Framepool.com for further licensing and use by filmmakers. The marketing agreement between AFP and Framepool applies both to current and future material, as well as to motion content from previous years.

Motion content from Agence France-Press is now available via Framepool.com. As a global news agency, AFP supplies comprehensive, reliable and independent reports from across the world. More than 40 international video production units produce a wide range of reports in 7 languages 24/7. These clips are now available via Framepool.com for further licensing and use by filmmakers. The marketing agreement between AFP and Framepool applies both to current and future material, as well as to motion content from previous years.
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Agence France-Presse’s revolutionary new content management application for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver and football’s 2010 World Cup.

A “web 2.0” publishing applicationAFP’s new publishing application lets web and mobile operators handle AFP's multimedia content for the 2010 Winter Olympics and World Cup. The online application automates publication of AFP content (illustrated historical and biographical data, real time stories, results, photo slideshows, videos) and allows clients to customize multimedia feeds to publish HTML modules directly on websites or mobile websites. It can handle all of AFP’s multimedia content and allows the generation of a search engine (which can access all AFP production) and links from AFP content to social networking websites, as well as handling top online advertising formats.

A “web 2.0” publishing applicationAFP’s new publishing application lets web and mobile operators handle AFP's multimedia content for the 2010 Winter Olympics and World Cup. The online application automates publication of AFP content (illustrated historical and biographical data, real time stories, results, photo slideshows, videos) and allows clients to customize multimedia feeds to publish HTML modules directly on websites or mobile websites. It can handle all of AFP’s multimedia content and allows the generation of a search engine (which can access all AFP production) and links from AFP content to social networking websites, as well as handling top online advertising formats.
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AFP and BNS partner to make news content available on hotel entertainment platform

The International news agency, Agence France Presse (AFP) and BNS, Asia’s leading IPTV technology and content solutions provider, have entered into a content distribution partnership to make AFP’s news content available on BNS’ in-room hospitality entertainment platform, RoomWise.

The International news agency, Agence France Presse (AFP) and BNS, Asia’s leading IPTV technology and content solutions provider, have entered into a content distribution partnership to make AFP’s news content available on BNS’ in-room hospitality entertainment platform, RoomWise.
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2017, an outstanding year for AFP video

With 50% more live video streams transmitted than in 2016 and the expansion of the global network of Video Reporters, AFP video revenues continued to deliver double-digit growth in 2017.

With 50% more live video streams transmitted than in 2016 and the expansion of the global network of Video Reporters, AFP video revenues continued to deliver double-digit growth in 2017.
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AFP Debuts News Application for BlackBerry Smartphones and Announces New Partnership with Handmark

Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s most far-reaching news agency, and Handmark®, a world-leading provider of games, applications and services for mobile phones, today announced they have partnered to launch a new mobile application, AFP Mobile News for BlackBerry® smartphone users.

Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s most far-reaching news agency, and Handmark®, a world-leading provider of games, applications and services for mobile phones, today announced they have partnered to launch a new mobile application, AFP Mobile News for BlackBerry® smartphone users.
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Charlotte Turner, a post-graduate student in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University in Wales, is the first winner of the AFP-Peter Mackler Scholarship, the international news agency announced on Monday.

The scholarship was launched this year to honour the commitment to journalism training of veteran AFP journalist Peter Mackler, who died suddenly in June, 2008. Mackler, who was AFP North Americas chief editor at the time of his death, was a founding board member of the AFP Foundation, which runs training programmes for journalists in the developing world.

The scholarship was launched this year to honour the commitment to journalism training of veteran AFP journalist Peter Mackler, who died suddenly in June, 2008. Mackler, who was AFP North Americas chief editor at the time of his death, was a founding board member of the AFP Foundation, which runs training programmes for journalists in the developing world.
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Florence Biedermann becomes AFP chief editor

Agence France-Presse on Monday named Florence Biedermann as its new chief editor.

Agence France-Presse on Monday named Florence Biedermann as its new chief editor.
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The best of the fashion collections in video and photo

New from Paris Modes. The AFP partner for fashion video, which covers the haute couture and ready-to-wear shows in Paris, London, Milan and New York, as well as exclusive interviews with celebrated designers, has revamped its coverage.

New from Paris Modes. The AFP partner for fashion video, which covers the haute couture and ready-to-wear shows in Paris, London, Milan and New York, as well as exclusive interviews with celebrated designers, has revamped its coverage.
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