AFP launches 2018 Kate Webb Prize for frontline journalism in Asia
Global news agency AFP has launched the 2018 Kate Webb Prize for Asian journalists doing exceptional work in difficult or dangerous conditions in the region.
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Global news agency AFP has launched the 2018 Kate Webb Prize for Asian journalists doing exceptional work in difficult or dangerous conditions in the region.
Freelance photographer Farshad Usyan, from Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan, has won the first edition of the Shah Marai Award for his series of 15 photos of his compatriots' daily lives, which vividly capture their desire to live freely and express themselves as they wish.
AFP is launching an online agenda. On a single platform, AFP Agenda lists news events from around the world and informs clients how AFP journalists plan to cover them. Designed for mobile and desktop access, AFP Agenda is easy to use, rich in content and interactive. It is also a gateway to AFP production.
Italy's leading news agency, ANSA, signs an agreement to buy AFP's international news service in video, photo and text.
The 31st edition of the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l’Image takes place from august 31 to September 15, 2019 in Perpignan, with exhibitions of works by AFP photographers Guillermo Arias and Ed Jones at the Couvent des Minimes.
AFP, along with other international media, has joined a BBC initiative to collectively define shared principles for collaborative action to fight misinformation. Other partners involved in the project are The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Facebook, Financial Times, First Draft, Google, The Hindu, The Wall Street Journal, CBC/Radio Canada, Microsoft, Reuters and The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.
Photographer Guillermo Arias has won the Visa d'or News award, the highest prize given at the "Visa pour l'Image" festival. The 31st occasion of the world's leading photojournalism event came to its conclusion in Perpignan on saturday. The prize recognise Guillermo Arias's work which focuses on the migrant caravans in Central America.