Welcome
The AFP Foundation exists in the belief that free, independent and responsible media can help people make informed decisions about their lives and thus help reduce poverty, promote development and defend human rights. The Foundation will seek, through the training it provides, to raise journalists' professional standards in accordance with its code of conduct, and to promote press freedom.
The philosophy underlying our work is that those who benefit from training should be able to pass on what they have learned to their colleagues and to younger generations. We see it as part of our mission to teach those who may become tomorrow's teachers.
Kate webb Award
Agence France-Presse is inviting applications for the 2009 Kate Webb Award, an annual 5,000 euro journalism prize in memory of one of its finest foreign correspondents.
morePhoto Contest
The AFP Foundation is proud to partner the UN Development Programme and Olympus as co-sponsor of Picture This: Caring for the Earth, a contest open to photographers in Africa. The contest seeks positive images documenting ordinary people on the African continent and their work to mitigate or prevent the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation.
The first, second and third prizes are Olympus photo cameras. Winners shall have their pictures published on the sponsors' websites, and the winner of the first prize in the professional category shall be granted an internship at Agence France Presse.
To enter, click hereWhat's new ?
Training starts for african sports reporters
On May 18, the Foundation kicked off an ambitious programme to train more than 300 African sports journalists in preparation for next year’s World Cup.
next...Beirut workshop promotes objective war reporting
The United Nations Development Programme commissioned the AFP Foundation to run a four-day workshop on objective war reporting in Beirut in November 2008.
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