Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a French international news agency that gathers and distributes news, photographs, and video to media organizations and other clients.

News agency: An organization that gathers news and supplies it to media outlets and other clients. AFP operates as a wire service, distributing reporting beyond its own publications.
Havas: A French communications company founded in 1835 that developed an influential news agency. AFP grew out of the news agency founded by Charles-Louis Havas.
Jean Marin: A French journalist and former Resistance figure who led AFP from 1954 to 1975. As AFP’s director, Marin helped establish its postwar independence and expand its international role.
Reuters: A global news organization founded in London in 1851 and now part of Thomson Reuters. Reuters competes with AFP as a major international provider of news to media clients.
International news flow: The cross-border movement of news content among journalists, media organizations, and audiences. AFP is one of the agencies that supplies reporting across national media systems.
News agency wire service: A system for distributing news reports to subscribing media organizations. AFP sends dispatches through a wire service that clients can publish or adapt.
Charles-Louis Havas: A French entrepreneur who founded the Havas news agency in 1835. His agency established the institutional predecessor from which AFP emerged.
Agence France-Presse journalists: Reporters, editors, photographers, and video journalists who produce AFP’s news coverage. Their work forms the reporting network behind AFP’s worldwide output.
Associated Press: A nonprofit American news cooperative founded in 1846 and owned by its member news organizations. The AP’s cooperative ownership contrasts with AFP’s statutory, independent governance.
Media pluralism: The presence of diverse, independent sources and viewpoints in a media system. AFP’s reporting offers outlets additional material beyond their own correspondents.

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