AA - Istanbul Photo Awards 2020
winners announced Yik Fei Lam, photojournalist based in Hong Kong, wins Photo of
the Year Award
Firdevs Bulut | 30.06.2020 -ANKARA The jury of the Istanbul Photo Awards 2020, organized by Anadolu Agency, have
announced the winners.
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1. Anadolu Agency photo book shows silent world
amid virus
320 pictures taken by agency photojournalists portray famous streets, squares
all around world during pandemic
Elif Kucuk | 24.06.2020
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AFP is expanding its fact-check service to
Myanmar Dedicated fact-
checking
journalists will strengthen the AFP bureaus team in Yangon, the agency will produce reports in English and Burmese to debunk
prominent misinformation circulating online in Myanmar.
(more)
AFP contributor Nabil Hasan al-Quaety killed in
Yemen
Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, a Yemeni journalist who regularly
contributed to AFP, was gunned down
and killed this Tuesday, June 2nd, in
Yemens southern city of Aden, in an attack condemned by the countrys
Government.
(more)
AFP
is part of Facebooks Third Party Fact Checking
programme,
which includes more than 60 media organisations worldwide. The company has also
been certified by the Poynter
Institutes non-partisan International Fact Checking Network.
(more)
The second edition of the Shah Marai Award,
launched by AFP, is won by Naim Nadir Photographer Naim Nadir, from Kabul, has won the second edition of the Shah
Marai Award for his series of black-and-white portraits of men that reflects the
spirit of the Afghan people in all its ethnic diversity.(more)
The
series portrays a striking variety of features and Naim Nadir, born in 1965,
said he wanted his series -- entitled 'The Afghan Spirit' -- to showcase
national unity by portraying all the main ethnic groups that call Afghanistan
home. Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks and 10 or so smaller ethnic groups make
up an Afghan mosaic united by "the same struggles and hopes" and their "spirit
and resistance."
(more)
Third prize went to 34-year-old Mohammad Aref
Karimi, an AFP stringer in the western Afghan city of Herat, for his energetic
and colourful series of images portraying mainly women and children, which he
said demonstrate that "hope for a good life and finding moments of joy between
war and life never left the Afghan people."(more)
HINA - Thanks letter for the donation
Dear George,
on behalf of the Director Branka-Gabriela Vojvodic and all employees of Hina,
I would like to express my deep gratitude for the generous donation towards the
reconstruction of Hina's premises, which were severely damaged in the March 2020
earthquake in Zagreb, to you personally, to the Board of Directors and to the
all esteemed news agencies, members of AMAN.
(more)
SANA
- Ms Zeina Najib has been appointed new Manager of the Planning and Cooperation
Department, International Relations Division at the Syrian Arab News Agency
(SANA), succeeded Mr. Mohammed Swedan. 12
(more)
EANA TOP VOICES INTERVIEW
Interview by Alexandru Giboi (EANA Secretary General) for the "EANA Top
Voices" project.
(more)
AA - Senol Kazanci
(Anadolu Agency President of
the Executive Board and General Director): We believe that news agencies will be
more important than ever after this pandemic
(more)
AFP - Fabrice Fries, AFP President: We must count
on our own efforts to protect our profit margin (more)
ANA - Eftychios Pallikaris, President and
Director General of ANA-MPA: In the medium-term, were looking to capitalise on
the lessons learned
(more)
ATA - Armela Krasniqi (ATA Director General): The
future of media, and that of news agencies in particular, concerns its
credibility, as the main challenge
(more)
CNA - George Penintaex (CNA director): CNA
has increased the number of its clients thus increasing its revenues and at the
same time there was a reduction of running expenses
(more)
EFE - Gabriela Caas
(EFE President): We are
strengthening EFEVerifica, dedicated to fact-checking all the suspicious news
and stories that are poisoning the truth
(more)
FENA - Elmir Huremovic (FENA director general):
During the coronavirus pandemic the Federal News Agency FENA has launched two
projects to meet the needs of its users, but also the needs of the public in
Bosnia
(more) Herzegovina
HINA - Branka Vojvodic (HINA's director general):
The corona-crisis has forced us to quickly progress in digitalisation and in the
development of a proper online working system
(more)
TANJUG - Branka Djukic (Director General of
Tanjug): The higher number of Tanjugs live streaming contributes to the
correct, timely and reliable informing of the Serbian public(more)
Photo taken by
Mustafa Hassona
Palestinians gather to support the 13th maritime demonstration
to break the Gaza blockade by sea with vessels on the
northern border of Gaza City. The photograph of shirtless Aed
Abu Amro (22) holding a large Palestinian flag in one hand and a
slingshot in the other has been shared widely and hailed as
symbol of Palestine's resistance. Abu Amro, later on was shot in
his leg by Israeli soldiers during another maritime protest.
2019 Distinction certificate for
the best photo - LUSA
Photo taken byMustafa Hassona Palestinians gather to support the 13th maritime
demonstration to break the Gaza blockade by sea with vessels on
the northern border of Gaza City. The photograph of shirtless
Aed Abu Amro (22) holding a large Palestinian flag in one hand
and a slingshot in the other has been shared widely and hailed
as symbol of Palestine's resistance. Abu Amro, later on was shot
in his leg by Israeli soldiers during another maritime protest.
2019
Distinction certificate for
the best photo - MAP
Once in a trance, the members of Gnaoua's famous hypnotizing
troupe can perform physical feats like this fluttering artist
more than 2 meters above the ground without him making any
effort.
This astonishing photo was taken within the 21st edition of
Gnaoua and World Music Festival (23/06/18).
Since its creation in 1998, the Gnaoua Festival has placed
Africa at the heart of its program and in the centre of the
continents ancient port of Essaouira. Countless artists have
answered the call to join the malems for unforgettable fusions
and residencies, reminding us that the art of Gnaoua, like all
the worlds music, has its origins in the cradle of humanity.
Photo taken by
Jose
Sena Goulao A young
girl, one of 48 migrants rescued, is lifted on board the
Portuguese Navy Viana do Castelo Oceanic Patrol Ship, off the
coast of Pozzallo, Sicily, Italy, 27 October 2017. Reports state
that 48 migrants were rescued on 27 October 2017 by the
Portuguese Navy in the Mediterranean landed in Pozzallo on 28
October 2017 and were handed over to the Italian authorities 19
hours after being picked up from a vessel at risk of fire.
Sixty-year-old Khalid al-Hami, a sad, grueling figure,
straddles a rock off the sea between the suburbs of
Rades and Ezzahra from the governorate of Ben Arous,
near Tunis.
He took a
deep breath and then sighed with regret. The sea was no
longer the one he had known decades ago after the
government banned swimming in this area in 2017 as a
result of pollution.
The southern
suburb was dubbed the Pearl of the Gulf; the destination
of holidaymakers from all regions, but since the early
1980s it has turned into a quagmire-like beach before
the Ministry of Health classified some of its 19 beaches
on the Tunisian coastline as polluted and prevented
swimming there.
Khaled
recalls the early 1980s when wave breakers were set up
to repel the sea, but the way they were placed randomly
disrupted its natural movement to a large extent.
The situation
has exacerbated with the influx of polluted water and
industrial waste from surrounding facilities through
wadis tumbling towards the besieged shoreline.
EU-Migration
Migration: After the Balkan, the central Mediterranean
route makes EU dizzy
Written by: Rahal Taoussi
Brussels -
After drying up the migratory route of the Balkans
thanks to the agreement with Turkey in March 2016, the
28 countries of the European Union have to deal with the
rising central Mediterranean route, which gives a hard
time to the European leaders.
Overwhelmed
by incessant flows of migrants because of civil wars,
particularly in Syria and Iraq, the EU and Turkey
concluded on March 18, 2016, a comprehensive plan to
reduce migration to the old continent. The agreement,
which stipulated for each Syrian returned to Turkey from
the Greek islands, another Syrian is resettled from
Turkey to the EU, up to a maximum of 72,000 people, with
financial counterparts for Ankara, has drastically
reduced the arrivals of refugees.
At present,
the 28 of the EU are working to dry up the flow of
refugees and asylum seekers from the central
Mediterranean, especially through Libya.
In
preparation for the meeting of Heads of State or
Government to be held in Malta tomorrow, the European
Commission and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini
presented a few days ago their contribution to the
discussions on the how to "better manage migration and
save lives" along the Central Mediterranean route.
The
Commission and the High Representative have outlined a
number of additional measures to strengthen the EU's
efforts along this route, in particular with regard to
Libya and its region.
REPORT: Migrations: Nigerian leaves family, crosses
Sahara with dream of becoming football star in Europe
Written by
Fabiola Ortiz
Oujda, Morocco, Dec. 17 (Lusa) - Onoma Anigorigo, a 25-year-old citizen
of Nigeria now living in Morocco after crossing the Sahara, is awaiting
his chance to continue on to Europe to follow his dream of becoming a
football star.
"I want to try to play in Switzerland, Germany or France," said
Anigorigo, who three years ago left his wife and a seven-year-old
daughter in Nigeria in search of a decent living to support his family.
"I believe that I can get a job there too. I'm a hard-working man."
Starting out from Delta state in the south of Nigeria, he headed north
into Niger and then Algeria, before walking across the border into
Morocco one night before dawn.
TAP -
Mediterranean seminar on use of video
in news agencies TUNIS/Tunisia(TAP)
- A professional symposium on the use of video at news agencies is held
on June 17 and 18 in Tunis, at the initiative of the Tunis-Afrique-Presse
(TAP) news agency, in co-operation the with the La
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) foundation and the Alliance of
Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN)(Read more)
Journalists
from 20 countries meet in Barcelona with scientists and experts to
discuss environmental challenges in the Mediterranean
(Pictures) This
is the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of News Agencies of the
Mediterranean, promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Barcelona, 14 November 2018 (UfM/IUCN-Med) - Around
50 environmental journalists and scientists from 20 countries in the
Mediterranean basin, researchers and experts in the field, NGOs, and
international institutions are meeting on the 13th and 14th of
November at the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of
Mediterranean News Agencies, at the UfM headquarters, in Barcelona.
Anadolu Agency's war
journalism trainees graduate
25 international reporters complete 12-day intensive war journalism
program
By Diyar Guldogan and Satuk Bugra Kutlugun
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1st Meeting of
Environmental Meeting of Environmental Journalists from News Agencies in the
Mediterranean
Mediterranean
enviromental journalistsand communicators along with representatives of the
Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies (AMAN), convened in Malaga on 18
Decwmber, 2015 on the occasion of the First Meeting of Environemtal Journalists
from Mediterranean News Agencies called by thr IUCN Centre for Mediterranean
Cooperation.
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Seminar between 27-29 April 2015, in Barcelona
EFE,
as 2015 AMAN President, had host a seminar on JOURNALISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA:
"Challenges in a changing region" from 27th-29th April 2015
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ANADOLU AJANSI - AA
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE - AFP
AGENCE MAURITANIENNE D'INFORMATION - AMI
ATHENS NEWS AGENCY/ MACEDONIAN NEWS AGENCY - ANA / MPA
AGENZIA NAZIONALE STAMPA ASSOCIATA
ALGERIE PRESSE SERVICE - APS
ALBANIAN TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY - ATA
CYPRUS NEWS AGENCY - CNA
AGENCIA EFE,S.A. - EFE
FEDERAL NEWS AGENCY - FENA
CROATIAN NEW AGENCY - HINA
LIBYAN NEW AGENCY - LANA
AGÊNCIA DE NOTÍCIAS DE PORTUGAL,SA - LUSA
AGENCE MAROCAINE DE PRESSE - MAP
MIDDLE EAST NEWS AGENCY - MENA
NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY - NNA
SYRIAN ARAB NEWS AGENCY - SANA
TANJUG TACNO - TANJUG
AGENCE TUNIS AFRIQUE PRESS- TAP
PALESTINIAN NEWS & INFO AGENCY - WAFA
FEDERATION OF ARAB NEWS AGENCY - FANA>
INTERNATIONAL PRESS SERVICE -IPS
ORGANIZATION OF ASIAN -PACIFIC NEWS AGENCIES - OANA
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF NEWS AGENCIES - EANA
ASSOCIATION OF BALKAN NEWS AGENCIES - ABNA
FEDERATION ATLANTIQUE DES AGENCES DE PRESSE AFRICAINES - FAAPA
AA - Istanbul Photo Awards 2020
winners announced Yik Fei Lam, photojournalist based in Hong Kong, wins Photo of
the Year Award 
1. Anadolu Agency photo book shows silent world
amid virus 
AFP is expanding its fact-check service to
Myanmar Dedicated fact-
Nabil Hasan al-Quaety, a Yemeni journalist who regularly
contributed to AFP, was gunned down 
AFP
is part of Facebooks Third Party Fact Checking
The second edition of the Shah Marai Award,
launched by AFP, is won by Naim Nadir Photographer Naim Nadir, from Kabul, has won the second edition of the Shah
Marai Award for his series of black-and-white portraits of men that reflects the
spirit of the Afghan people in all its ethnic diversity.
The
series portrays a striking variety of features and Naim Nadir, born in 1965,
said he wanted his series -- entitled 'The Afghan Spirit' -- to showcase
national unity by portraying all the main ethnic groups that call Afghanistan
home. Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks and 10 or so smaller ethnic groups make
up an Afghan mosaic united by "the same struggles and hopes" and their "spirit
and resistance."
Third prize went to 34-year-old Mohammad Aref
Karimi, an AFP stringer in the western Afghan city of Herat, for his energetic
and colourful series of images portraying mainly women and children, which he
said demonstrate that "hope for a good life and finding moments of joy between
war and life never left the Afghan people."
HINA - Thanks letter for the donation
SANA
- Ms Zeina Najib has been appointed new Manager of the Planning and Cooperation
Department, International Relations Division at the Syrian Arab News Agency
(SANA), succeeded Mr. Mohammed Swedan. 12
EANA TOP VOICES INTERVIEW
AA - Senol Kazanci
(Anadolu Agency President of
the Executive Board and General Director): We believe that news agencies will be
more important than ever after this pandemic
AFP - Fabrice Fries, AFP President: We must count
on our own efforts to protect our profit margin 
ANA - Eftychios Pallikaris, President and
Director General of ANA-MPA: In the medium-term, were looking to capitalise on
the lessons learned
ATA - Armela Krasniqi (ATA Director General): The
future of media, and that of news agencies in particular, concerns its
credibility, as the main challenge
CNA - George Penintaex (CNA director): CNA
has increased the number of its clients thus increasing its revenues and at the
same time there was a reduction of running expenses
EFE - Gabriela Caas
(EFE President): We are
strengthening EFEVerifica, dedicated to fact-checking all the suspicious news
and stories that are poisoning the truth
FENA - Elmir Huremovic (FENA director general):
During the coronavirus pandemic the Federal News Agency FENA has launched two
projects to meet the needs of its users, but also the needs of the public in
Bosnia
HINA - Branka Vojvodic (HINA's director general):
The corona-crisis has forced us to quickly progress in digitalisation and in the
development of a proper online working system
TANJUG - Branka Djukic (Director General of
Tanjug): The higher number of Tanjugs live streaming contributes to the
correct, timely and reliable informing of the Serbian public
The
27th General Assembly of AMAN was held on 1 - 4
october 2018, in Athens - Greece, hosted by ANAMPA
Journalists
from 20 countries meet in Barcelona with scientists and experts to
discuss environmental challenges in the Mediterranean
This
is the 3rd Meeting of Environmental Journalists of News Agencies of the
Mediterranean, promoted by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
