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Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa will join AFP’s Global News Director, Phil Chetwynd, at Outlook: AI and Media to explore AI’s impact on journalism, its opportunities, risks, and the path to a more ethical future. 📅 6 February 2025, 2:30–4:00 PM CET  📍 Château de la Muette, Paris The session is part of the Inaugural Conference of the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI (IASEAI ‘25), which will be held on 6-7 February at the OECD-OCDE Headquarters, ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris.    ⬇️️ Link to program overview and registration in the comments section below.   

💻 Fight against disinformation: don’t miss GADMO’s webinar on the German parliamentary elections – 6 February at 3pm.   With the German parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 February, the campaigning season, which began in early 2025, has been marked by widespread misinformation on social media.    It is within this framework that the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) is organising an online panel discussion in German, featuring experts who will share their analysis of the electoral campaign on social networks, with a focus on Europe and young voters.   The discussion will be moderated by Christina Elmer, Professor of Digital Journalism and Data Journalism at the University of Dortmund and GADMO Coordinator.   ➡️ Find the link in the comment section to register for the webinar (in German). European Digital Media Observatory

📢 On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Ivan Couronne, ‘Future of the planet’ Editor-in-Chief at AFP, will be participating in a panel discussion in Oxford alongside experts from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. They will unveil a landmark report on how audiences engage with climate-related news. The report is based on a survey of 8,000+ readers from eight countries including France, regarding their consumption of climate-related news. The panel discussion, titled “Three years, eight countries: How climate news shapes public views”, will be available online upon registration and will feature: • Waqas Ejaz – Research Fellow, Oxford Climate Journalism Network • Katherine Dunn – Content Editor, Oxford Climate Journalism Network • Mitali Mukherjee – Acting Director, RISJ ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gGmf-_U2

Join AFP at MIP LONDON! 📅 23-27 February, London AFP stands out with unparalleled on-the-ground coverage, unique reporting, and human-centered stories that offer a distinctive perspective amid the constant flow of information. Its long-form pieces explore major global issues, from the conflicts in Gaza and Syria to the climate crisis and Trump's inauguration. Gain access to a vast library of over a million high-quality videos, including stock footage, drone shots, archival material, and in-depth profiles — providing a diverse range of content to enhance your productions. Let’s discuss how AFP Video can support your upcoming projects. We look forward to seeing you at MIP London! ➡️ Book a meeting → https://lnkd.in/e--auqF3

Pour le 40e anniversaire des Les Restos du Coeur, la Galerie AFP accueille une exposition photographique inédite, offrant un regard saisissant sur les visages de la précarité dans la France des années 1980 et ses « nouveaux pauvres », plus tout à fait nouveaux aujourd’hui, mais toujours plus nombreux.   « C’est l’histoire d’un pauvre... Les Restos du Cœur 1985-1989 » propose un retour en images sur l’émergence des « nouveaux pauvres » dans les années 1980 et la naissance de l’initiative de Coluche en 1985. L’exposition rassemble 40 photographies issues des archives de l’AFP, accompagnées de documents et d’objets d’époque. Avec le soutien de la MACIF   📍 Galerie AFP – 9, place de la Bourse, 75002 Paris   • Du 27 février au 5 avril 2025 • Du mercredi au samedi, de 11h à 18h • Entrée libre   L’exposition sera ensuite présentée dans plusieurs villes en France. ⬇️ Lien vers le communiqué en commentaire

80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau AFP’s photojournalists have documented Auschwitz-Birkenau and its remembrance over the years. Photojournalist Eric Schwab, documented the liberation and aftermath of Nazi concentration camps for AFP, including Buchenwald in Germany, shortly after their discovery. This selection features photographs from 1944 to 2025. It includes records of the camps, portraits of survivors and the efforts to preserve the history. An estimated 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were killed in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps in Poland. In total, the Holocaust resulted in the systematic murder of approximately six million Jews, along with millions of other victims, including Romani people, disabled individuals, political prisoners, and others persecuted by the Nazi regime. 

📢 AFP is thrilled to welcome Newsflare, our new UGC video partner, to our platforms AFP News and AFP Forum! Sourcing content from social media is a must for all media, but it can also be complex and heavily time-consuming for newsrooms. Curating and securing videos from social media and a community of content creators across 100 countries, Newsflare offers a collection of raw and often unexpected moments. Whether it's breaking news, incredible human-interest stories, or breathtaking natural events, Newsflare delivers a front-row seat to the most compelling UGC videos for your audience, every day.   ⬇️️ Link to the full press release in the comments.

✍️ Op-ed by Fabrice Fries, AFP Chairman and CEO Fries expresses concern in an op-ed in Le Monde about the suspension of fact-checking on Meta's social media platforms. ❝ Stopping factchecking at a time of massive disinformation is a bit like pulling down a Los Angeles fire station during a major fire: you don’t know whether the fire station would have been enough to contain the fire, but you are certainly depriving yourself of a proven and valuable tool to fight it. But that’s the decision taken by Meta, initially in the United States, as a possible precursor to stopping factchecking the world over. With the world’s broadest factchecking network, comprising 150 full-time factcheckers working in around 30 countries and in 26 languages, AFP is the most affected by this U-turn. ❞ Read the article (link in comments).

🔎 German parliamentary elections: AFP joins forces with GADMO to combat disinformation   Ahead of the elections scheduled for 23 February, the campaigning has already been marked by widespread misinformation on social media. Here are two initiatives taken by the German-Austrian Digital Media Observatory (GADMO) and supported by AFP. 📧 A special newsletter: GADMO has launched a special edition of its newsletter in German that will offer a selection of fact-checks done by partners dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur GmbH, CORRECTIV, AFP and APA - Austria Presse Agentur. 💻 Webinar: GADMO is organising an online panel discussion in German on 6 February at 3:00 PM. Experts will share their analysis of the electoral campaign on social media, with a focus on Europe and young voters. The discussion will be moderated by Christina Elmer, Professor of Digital Journalism and Data Journalism at University of Dortmund and GADMO Coordinator. ➡️ Find the links in the comments to subscribe to the newsletter and register for the webinar.

As AFP's Washington bureau prepares to cover the inaugural ceremony of the 47th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, our archives team compiled and restored images of every U.S. presidential inauguration since the founding of the news agency over 80 years ago. From Harry Truman in 1945 to Joe Biden in 2021, these are some of the key moments captured by AFP journalists and our partners.