Agence Française Indépendante (AFI) founded in London by Paul-Louis Bret
Paul-Louis Bret considers that AFI can represent what remains of free French public opinion, with the capacity to criticise the Vichy regime. The AFI reaches an agreement with the British Ministry of Information and Reuters to broadcast a daily French language service of around 10,000 words across free Europe.
The birth of AFP
Liberated France’s first dispatch is
issued on August 20, 1944.
OFI is renamed Agence France-Presse.
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The new photo service uses the Belinograph
The AFP photo service is created in 1944 by freelance photographers Georges Mélamed, André Raimbaud and Robert Palat, who cover the Liberation of Paris.
The Belinograph, invented in 1907 by Edouard Belin, transmits images by telephone and radio links.
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Telex
Invented in Germany in the 1930s, the telex arrives in France in 1946. It is used to send information and teletype messages.
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AFP journalist Emmanuel Duparcq wins the Albert Londres Prize
Emmanuel Duparcq, AFP reporter at the Islamabad bureau, is rewarded for his series of articles on Afghanistan and Pakistan covering 2010/2011.
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