AFP honoured at the AIPS Sport Media Awards
Loïc Venance and Valéry Hache have been honoured at the 2026 edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, organised by the International Sports Press Association.
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Loïc Venance and Valéry Hache have been honoured at the 2026 edition of the AIPS Sport Media Awards, organised by the International Sports Press Association.
The famous photojournalism competition has announced the regional winners of its 2026 edition. AFP photographer Luis Tato has been recognised in the Stories category for Africa for his coverage of Madagascar's protests.
April 2 is the International Fact-Checking Day, a celebration to acknowledge the tireless work done by organisations across the world to promote information integrity and fight disinformation and manipulation, in a time of mounting pressures.

Spectee and AFP have entered a partnership to bring Spectee’s crisis-related user generated content (UGC) to AFP’s global customer base.
AFP hosted the second meeting of the European DS4Skills consortium on 5 March. Launched in January 2025, this project, supported by the European Commission under the Digital Europe programme, aims to develop a shared data space dedicated to training pathways and the evolution of professions in Europe.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) with partners France Médias Monde and Oštro have entered the production phase of CLIC, a European social media initiative to tackle disinformation. By fusing the rigour of professional journalists with the massive reach of popular content creators, the aim is to widen the audience for fact-checking content.
Pan-European media initiative will deliver 3,000+ multimedia stories and live events across seven languages, aiming to reach 3 million young people by 2027.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Alliance magazine, a leading global media platform serving decision-makers in the philanthropic sector.
At the Médias en Seine festival, Fabrice Fries and Phil Chetwynd took part in two panel discussions. They outlined the Agency's strategy on artificial intelligence, disinformation, and reporting from conflict zones.