DAYS JAPAN AND THE WHITE HOUSE NEWS PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION AWARD PRIZES TO FIVE AFP PHOTOGRAPHERS

AFP CHAIRMAN EMMANUEL HOOG HAS WRITTEN TO THE GREEK POLICE CHIEF TO PROTEST THE PUBLICATION OF AFP PHOTOS ON THE POLICE WEBSITE. THESE PHOTOS WERE PUBLISHED WITHOUT AFP'S AUTHORIZATION

The international news agency AFP is inviting locally-hired journalists working in Asia to submit entries for its annual Kate Webb Prize, worth 3,000 euros (about 3,900 USD). Applications should be made by April 30, 2013. The winner will be announced in May and will be invited to a prize-giving ceremony.

Adrian Dennis receives coveted Award as 2012 photographer of the year from the British sports journalists' profession.

Emmanuel Hoog, Chairman and Chief Executive of AFP, will ask a meeting of the agency's board of Directors on April 4 to reappoint him when his current term expires on April 15.

Marc Braibant, 57, has been appointed director of the AFP bureau in Montreal, and will take up his duties in August 2013. He was production editor from 2006 to 2011, before becoming one of the persons responsible for design, development and deployment of AFP’s new Iris editorial system.  

AFP editorial and technical crews will be on standby throughout the conclave at the Vatican, to bring subscribers a live broadcast of the election of Benedict XVI's successor and enable them to share the experience in real-time

AFP has selected Digital Sport Media Group deltatre to provide AFP's clients with Premium Digital Solution for the Olympic Games, starting with the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

Images of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s funeral broadcast live without interruption from 14.45 GMT by AFP video teams.

AFP signed a contract this week with the Al Jazeera Media Network Group to deliver its Video Service to Qatari Satellite Television.