Agence France-Presse seeks a tech and AI reporter in San Francisco
Passionate about technology, you will cover the sector for a global audience across all its dimensions, with a special focus on artificial intelligence, big tech, and the Silicon Valley ecosystem, as well as an eye on the video game industry and new mobility. A spirit of initiative is essential in this role, along with genuine […]
Reuters hires Baradat from AFP
Reuters deputy global managing editor of world news Tom Platt shared the below note with staff today: Dear colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that Éric Baradat has been appointed Global Director of Photography, based in London, reporting to me. Éric brings more than three decades of experience in global photojournalism from Agence France-Presse (AFP), […]
Needham departs Reuters for AFP
Reuters correspondent Kirsty Needham has left the news organization and joined Agence France-Presse. She is covering Australia and the Pacific islands. Needham was at Reuters for six years covering Australian and Pacific politics, defense and foreign policy, and U.S./China strategic rivalry in the Pacific Islands. She previously was a China correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald, where […]
Bloomberg hires Janicki as a data visualization reporter
Bloomberg News has hired Julia Han Janicki as a data visualization reporter. She is based in London. Janicki previously worked at Agence France-Presse as a data journalist. She has also worked at Reuters as a freelance data journalist. She holds a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin.
AFP names Lebouachera its global editor in chief
Mehdi Lebouachera has been named the next global editor-in-chief at news agency AFP, starting in November after the U.S. election, reports Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette. Tobitt writes, “Lebouachera is currently AFP’s chief editor for the Asia-Pacific region, a job he took on in September 2021, overseeing 250 journalists in 26 countries. “He will replace Sophie Huet, […]
Agence France-Presse appoints Otton deputy global EIC, two journos join his team
The following excerpt was sent out from Editor & Publisher: Chris Otton, a journalist with a distinguished international career, started this week as the deputy to the editor-in-chief of Agence France-Presse, Sophie Huet. Otton, a 52-year-old British journalist, first worked in London for the press association and later joined the AFP Asia-Pacific desk in Hong […]
AFP econ journalist Gillison set to depart
After three and a half years, Douglas Gillison is leaving the economics desk at the Washington bureau of Agence France-Presse to become a senior investigator at The Sentry, an investigative and policy organization that tracks dirty money tied to atrocities and corruption in Africa. Prior to AFP, Gillison covered human rights, white-collar crime and law […]
