AFP loses an iconic figure in Michèle Léridon
It is with shock and infinite sadness that AFP staff in France and the world over learned of the death of Michèle Léridon, 62, a former AFP Global News Director and a figure universally respected at the Agency.
Tributes to Michèle Léridon
Michèle Léridon, former global news director and an iconic AFP journalist, died on Monday at the age of 62. Please send your tributes here if you knew or worked with her.
AFP won several awards at the 25th Human Rights Press Awards
AFP’s coverage of the Covid pandemic, the trafficking of Rohingya refugees and pro-democracy protests in Thailand was recognised with five awards at the 25th edition of the annual Human Rights Press Awards, jointly organized by Amnesty International Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
Prizes won by AFP photographers at the POYi Awards
Bülent Kiliç and Yasuyoshi Chiba awarded by Pictures of the Year.
AFP and its Global News Director, Michèle Léridon receives European News Agency Award
French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its Global News Director, Ms Michèle Léridon, have been awarded the European Alliance of News Agencies´ (EANA) 2015 Award for Excellence in News Agency Quality.
AFP wins prize at the Istanbul Photo Awards 2021
AFP photographer Yuri Cortez has won the second place in the "Single News" category for his picture of an overcrowded cell at the Quezaltepeque prison, El Salvador.
Nessrin Ali Ahmad and Christy-Belle Geha, winners of the first AFP MENA scholarship
Two students have won the first ever AFP Middle East and North Africa (MENA) scholarship for French-language journalism students.
AFP and LaPresse in multi-year partnership agreement
Agence France-Presse and LaPresse conclude a multi-year partnership agreement, effective as of 1 January 2018.
