Five of the largest global news agencies have agreed to endorse and support the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) G2 family of news exchange standards.

Latest Enhancements Illustrate Commitment to Bold “Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable” Strategy That Has Redefined the Commercial News Industry

The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism was presented with Agence France-Presse's prestigious Kate Webb Award on Wednesday for its outstanding contributions to press freedom. The Kate Webb award is for local reporters or media organisations in the Asia Pacific who have produced exceptional work in dangerous or difficult circumstances, or have demonstrated moral or physical courage while reporting.

At the 18th Malofiej festival, the world graphics fair, in Pamplona, Spain, last week, AFP collected a bronze medal for the animated graphic on the 15 sports in the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

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Global news agency AFP has launched a mobile news application for the Apple iPhone.

Agence France-Presse announced today the launch of its iPhone application “AFP Mobile” on the Apple App Store. The application for iPhone and iPod Touch enables users to read the latest news from all over the world, delivered with accuracy, speed and in-depth by AFP’s worldwide network of journalists. It gives access to the global news agency’s multimedia content in English, Spanish, Portuguese and German, including breaking world news from wars and conflicts to politics, sport and entertainment, as well as the latest major developments in health, science and technology.

AFP is to strengthen its permanent staff in Tunisia and Morocco in the wake of the uprisings in the Arab world in recent months.The Tunis bureau will be reinforced with a new staffer while a new bureau chief in Rabat will be named.Agence France-Presse currently has six journalists in Tunis and seven in Rabat as part of its workforce of more than 2,900 in 165 countries, of 80 different nationalities.

The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism has won Agence France-Presse's Kate Webb Award for its fearless work in the world's deadliest country for reporters, the agency announced Thursday. The PCIJ has for two decades braved the wrath of powerful interests in the Philippines to expose corruption, the dangers of which were highlighted last month when 31 Filipino journalists were killed in a political massacre.

Eleven international news agencies have launched a joint Facebook page to interact with news consumers across the globe during the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen.