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29/08/2014 - 13:11

Two AFP photo exhibitions featured at Visa pour l’Image

Two contrasting photo exhibitions by AFP will be featured in the International Photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image which runs from August 30 to September 14 2014 in Perpignan, France. One showcases AFP’s prize-winning coverage of Typhoon Haiyan which struck the Philippines in November 2013, and the other features images taken by children in a Rio favela on the eve of the FIFA World Cup.
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22/08/2014 - 11:42

Asma Shirazi of Pakistan named 2014 winner of Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism

Global Media Forum, the US branch of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and Agence France-Presse are pleased to announce that Asma Shirazi is the 2014 winner of the Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism. The award will be presented in a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 23rd.
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20/08/2014 - 18:16

AFP pays tribute to James Foley

Following the release of a video purporting to show the murder of journalist James Foley, AFP pays tribute to him and shares the grief of his family.
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18/07/2014 - 16:47

Emmanuel Marcovitch appointed AFP’s Administrative and Financial Director

Emmanuel Marcovitch, Deputy Managing Director of AFP, has been appointed as the agency’s Administrative and Financial Director.
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09/07/2014 - 14:46

José Manuel López wins “Px3” Paris photo prizes for coverage of Syria for AFP

Spanish photographer José Manuel López has won prizes in three news categories in the Px3 Paris photo awards* for his coverage of the massacre of young men in the Syrian civil war. His shocking images of bodies pulled out of the Quweig river in Aleppo earned him a gold medal in the category “Press-General News”, a silver medal in “Press-War” and third place in the overall “Px3 Paris photography prize”.
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04/07/2014 - 13:34

Philippines journalist wins AFP’s 2014 Kate Webb Prize

News agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) has awarded the 2014 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism to Philippines reporter Patricia Evangelista for her courageous coverage of a Moslem insurgency and the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.
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23/06/2014 - 14:20

AFP: Michèle Léridon appointed Global News Director

Emmanuel Hoog, President and CEO of AFP, this morning announced the appointment of Michèle Léridon as the Agency's Global News Director
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13/06/2014 - 19:14

AFP’s World Cup photo coverage to be displayed on Newseum’s huge HD screen beginning June 13

The Newseum, in partnership with AFP, will display the very best of the global news agency’s photo coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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05/06/2014 - 13:06

AFP deploys biggest-ever multimedia operation for 2014 Football World Cup

AFP has mobilised more than 180 staff to cover the Football World Cup in Brazil – the largest ever deployment of human and technical resources in the agency’s history.
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26/05/2014 - 13:28

Rio 2014 : Favela children capture unique view of football in AFP photo project

AFP HAS GIVEN THE CHILDREN OF THE RIO FAVELA CIDADE DE DEUS (“CITY OF GOD”) A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR PASSION FOR FOOTBALL THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS.
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