The organiser of the forthcoming Broadcast And Digital Media Convention – Africa, taking place on the 25th – 27th of October 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, recently announced the event’s key partners, included amongst them is the Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Agence France-Presse (AFP) is a leading global news agency providing fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the events shaping our world and the issues affecting our daily lives. Drawing from an unparalleled news-gathering network across 151 countries, AFP is also a world leader in digital verification. AFP covers the world in six languages, with a unique quality of multimedia storytelling spanning video, text, photos and graphics.
At the Convention, AFP will be hosting a workshop under the theme: Sharpen Your Journalist’s Investigation Skills With AFP’s Open E-Learning Platform, with Mr Joaquin Iturralde as the facilitator, on Thursday, 27 October 2022.
Mr Joaquin Iturralde is the current sales director for Africa at AFP. His previous roles included Regional Sales Manager/Sports Coordinator – Europe and Sales Manager – Direct Marketing – France.
With great training programmes, AFP invites newsrooms to access an exciting new series of essential skills courses for all journalists.
Through their learning programme, participants receive the following benefits:
Empower your journalists to be as comfortable investigating online as they are in the field.
Adapt to a complex and changing news ecosystem
Enrol all members of your newsroom teams in 10 self-paced modules in digital investigative techniques essential to today’s working journalists.
Offer your editorial staff members the opportunity to achieve their first certification within 45mins.
To discover more about AFP’s training program, click Here.
