On the third and final day of the World News Media Congress, organised by WAN-IFRA in Copenhagen, AFP Chairman and CEO Fabrice Fries participated in a session titled "Learning from Disruptors."

The segment showcased non-traditional media companies that have successfully challenged established norms. Despite the theme, Fries made it clear that AFP remains committed to its traditional values, rooted in the agency’s origins dating back to 1835.

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.’