AFP at major media conference in Argentina
On 19 and 20 September, AFP took part in the annual General Assembly of ADEPA (Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas), the influential association of Argentine media, held in Posadas, in the north of the country.
AFP appoints Guillaume Meyer as Deputy News Director for Video and Audio
Agence France-Presse (AFP) has appointed Guillaume Meyer as Deputy News Director for Video and Audio.
Meyer, 43, currently holds the position of Global Editor-in-Chief for Video and is the first journalist from the video department to step into this management role. He succeeds Juliette Hollier-Larousse, who has held the position since 2017.
Eighty years ago, as Paris was liberated, AFP was born
Agence France-Presse was created in the tumult of World War II by a band of resistance journalists who stormed a pro-Nazi newsroom and took over five days before Paris was liberated.
By Juliette Baillot
It was August 20, 1944, two days after Resistance leader Henri Rol-Tanguy had called Parisians into action against the Nazis who had occupied their city for four years.
BACKSTORY I The secrets of AFP's top Olympics photos
A surfer soaring above the clouds, a BMX champion riding up the Concorde obelisk, the first-ever Olympic dive into the Seine... AFP photographers tell us how they captured some of the incredible images from the Paris Olympic Games.
By Marine Do-Vale
- Levitating surfer -
It's one of the most widely used images from the Games: Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina seemingly levitating above the waves, finger to the sky, surfboard vertically behind him.
BACKSTORY I How AFP's Jeff Pachoud got those 'insane' Olympic BMX shots
His eye-popping picture of a BMX ace seemingly riding to the top of an ancient Egyptian obelisk on his bike during the Paris Olympics has gone around the world.
Argentina's Jose Torres Gil takes part in a BMX freestyle training session during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Concorde in Paris on July 29, 2024. © Jeff Pachoud / AFP
BACKSTORY I Number 1: How an AFP photographer grabbed the perfect surf shot
AFP photographer Jerome Brouillet knew to expect fireworks when he saw Brazilian Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina paddle into one of the day's biggest waves at one of the world's heaviest surf breaks.
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Neural Concept and OPmobility Announce Partnership and Demonstrate New AI-Driven Designs for Hybrid, Hydrogen and Complete Vehicles Bodies at CES 2025
CES -- Neural Concept, the leading end-to-end 3D AI platform that transforms product development and design with ‘Engineering Intelligence,’ today announced their partnership with OPmobility, a world-leader in sustainable mobility and a technology partner to OEMs. Neural Concept and OPmobility will unveil a range of AI-driven automotive innovations from their partnership at the OPmobility booth (West Hall) at CES 2025 in Las Vegas (7-10 Jan). This press release features multimedia. View the fu...
BACKSTORY I Covering an Olympic opening ceremony: rain, rain and memorable moments
by Guy Jackson, AFP Co-Chief Sports Editor
AFP's coverage of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics had been meticulously prepared for a year, with every detail scrutinized to determine the optimal position for the best shot or the best reportage.
