AFP: Michèle Léridon appointed Global News Director
Emmanuel Hoog, President and CEO of AFP, this morning announced the appointment of Michèle Léridon as the Agency's Global News Director
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Emmanuel Hoog, President and CEO of AFP, this morning announced the appointment of Michèle Léridon as the Agency's Global News Director
The Newseum, in partnership with AFP, will display the very best of the global news agency’s photo coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Agence France-Presse (AFP) and its longtime Indonesian partner, the Antara news agency, have launched a major photo exhibition in Jakarta on the history and highlights of the football World Cup in time for the 2014 championship in Brazil.
AFP has mobilised more than 180 staff to cover the Football World Cup in Brazil – the largest ever deployment of human and technical resources in the agency’s history.
AFP HAS GIVEN THE CHILDREN OF THE RIO FAVELA CIDADE DE DEUS (“CITY OF GOD”) A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR PASSION FOR FOOTBALL THROUGH THE CAMERA LENS.
AFP has further boosted its presence on social networks with the launch of an Instagram account to showcase the work of its photographers.
The Agence France-Presse board met on April 29 2014.
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