AFP commits to better representation of women in its production
New guidelines on coverage of violence against women and increased use of women expert sources are among the topics included in a set of initiatives launched by AFP’s Global News Director Michèle Léridon, aimed at improving the way women are represented in the Agency’s content.
Sudan frees AFP, Reuters reporters detained covering protests
Two AFP photographers awarded by the White House News Photographers Association
Two AFP photographers – Jim Watson and Brendan Smialowski – were awarded at the 2018 ceremony of the WHNPA.
PyeongChang Winter Olympics: AFP to provide full multimedia coverage
AFP is mobilising more than 80 correspondents to offer comprehensive real-time coverage in text, photography, video, graphics and videographics of the winter games that start febrary 9.
AFP approves the 2018 budget and boosts its means for fighting fake news
Myanmar journalist receives AFP’s Kate Webb Prize
Reporter Mratt Kyaw Thu received the 2017 Agence France-Presse Kate Webb Prize on Monday for his courageous coverage of ethnic and religious conflict in Myanmar's borderlands.
AFP introduces a new Instagram account: afpsport
This new account shares the best of AFP’s daily sports photo production and is launched as we have more than 30 AFP photojournalists in South Korea covering the Olympic Games. Through instagram.com/afpsport, AFP highlights the fruits of a long history of excellence in sports coverage, with global scoops, technical innovation – for example, in record fast transmission times – and images that have marked the world and earned a host of international awards.
AFP kicks off a two-week adventure
As the opening ceremony officially launches the Games, the AFP team on the ground is mobilised to offer comprehensive real-time coverage of this major global sporting event.
Winter Games: AFP to provide in-depth coverage of the showpiece event
After the opening ceremony, the AFP team now gets to the heart of the matter by covering the Winter Games' showpiece event, the men's downhill.