On the second day of the World News Media Congress, Phil Chetwynd participated in a panel discussion titled "The Forces Shaping Journalism and What to Do About Them."

On the second day of the World News Media Congress in Copenhagen, AFP's Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, participated in a panel discussion titled "The Forces Shaping Journalism and What to Do About Them."

France Télévisions interviewed AFP photographer Sameer Al-Doumy during the Cannes Film Festival.

France Télévisions followed AFP photographer Sameer Al-Doumy and interviewed him about his career, from the war in Syria to the Cannes film festival.

The interview was broadcasted on France 3's regional news.

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AFP Standards and Ethics Editor Eric Wishart will attend three panels at New.Now.Next Media Conference (N3Con) in Singapore on May 24-25.

Eric will speak at the following panels:

On Thursday the 9th of May, ADEPA(Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas) and AFP held a virtual training workshop entitled "Introduction to digital investigation".

The workshop focused on the work of journalists specialising in digital investigation, disinformation, the challenges of artificial intelligence, effective Internet research and tools for finding the origin of a video or photo circulating on the web.

AFP participated in WAN-IFRA's Digital Media Asia 2024 conference held in Kuala Lumpur in April.

AFP's Jakarta bureau opened the photo exhibition ‘Road to Paris 2024’ on Thursday, 25th April, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in partnership with the French Embassy in Jakarta, the French Institute and Decathlon.

Based on the theme of sport and the French-Indonesian relationship, 50 photos will be on display until 8th September at the French Institute in Jakarta, as well as on the walls outside the French Embassy in the Indonesian capital and Decathlon shops across Indonesia.

On Wednesday April 17 AFP's Beijing office and the French Embassy opened a photo exhibition titled ‘En route vers Paris’ (The Road to Paris), marking 100 days until the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The AFP Fact Check video playlist “How to Verify Information Online” has won the 17th Digital Media Awards Europe in the category ‘Best Fact Checking Project.’

As part of the Hungarian project against disinformation, Lakmusz-HDMO, AFP will participate in an awareness week at the French Institute in Budapest from April 15th to 19th.

For the second year in a row, AFP will be back at the biggest innovation event in Latin America.

The Web Summit Rio, taking place from April 15th to 18th, will bring together key figures in the technology and innovation sectors, alongside industry executives. The event will host discussions on topics ranging from the influence of artificial intelligence on finance and creativity to breakthroughs in design and emerging initiatives within the renewable energies sector.