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Pierre LouetteNumber of Employees 2,000
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Another Egypt editor faces trial over Mubarak rumours
- 2007-09-25
CAIRO AFP — Another Egyptian newspaper editor is facing prosecution for writing about President Hosni Mubarak's health, a judicial source said on Tuesday, a day after Washington voiced concern over such trials. A lawyer brought the case against Al-Badil's editor Mohammed Sayyed Said accusing him of "spreading false news"...
Gaza journalists sit-in for press freedom
- 2007-08-26
GAZA CITY AFP — Dozens of journalists staged a sit-in in Gaza on Sunday, protesting against pressure on the media by the Islamist Hamas movement that took over the territory in mid-June. More than a 100 reporters gathered in front of the journalists union building in central Gaza City,...
Police in China search press group's rooms
- 2007-08-06
BEIJING AFP — Chinese police early Tuesday searched the hotel rooms of four press freedom campaigners visiting Beijing for a protest, after earlier detaining about a dozen journalists covering the event. Robert Menard, general secretary of press freedom group Reporters Without Borders, told AFP police had entered the rooms...
Arab journalists to launch press watchdog
- 2007-05-08
CAIRO AFP — Journalists from five Arab countries are to launch a media watchdog group in reaction to what they call increased restrictions on press workers in the region, its founders said on Tuesday. Twenty reporters from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Morocco and Libya will launch the Cairo-based "Free...
Bush scolds China, Russia, others on press freedoms
- 2007-05-03
WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush on Thursday sharply criticized China, Cuba, Egypt, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Venezuela and other countries over restrictions or attacks on the news media. "No independent media are allowed in countries such as Cuba and North Korea, and those who attempt to...
Violence erupts in Gaza; photographer abducted
- 2007-01-02
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Violence erupted in the Gaza Strip on Monday, with warring Palestinian factions firing at each other and kidnapping rivals, and gunmen abducting a foreign news photographer. The clashes in the Jebaliya refugee camp near Gaza City broke a weeklong pause in the violent...
Namibia throws out paparazzi tracking would-be mum Angelina Jolie
- 2006-04-23
JOHANNESBURG AFP — Namibia has reportedly given the marching orders to three French paparazzis and a South African photographer for trying to snap Angelina Jolie, who is eight months pregnant with Brad Pitt's child. South Africa's Sunday Times said the crackdown on journalists was unprecendented and had the backing...
US rights group calls on Egypt to release jailed dissidents
- 2005-02-04
NEW YORK AFP — Egypt should set free a lawmaker, a journalist and several other people arrested "on politically motivated charges," and stop the harassment of peaceful dissidents, Human Rights Watch said in a letter sent to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. "The government has arrested and banned these critics...
Autopsy confirms AFP journalist in Gambia died of bullet wounds
- 2004-12-19
BANJUL AFP — An autopsy of AFP journalist Deida Hydara, killed last week in the Gambian capital Banjul, confirmed that he was shot dead, an associate said, adding that his two colleagues would undergo surgery for bullet wounds. "The autopsy confirmed that Deida was indeed killed by bullets and...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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