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AFP at major media conference in Argentina
On 19 and 20 September, AFP took part in the annual General Assembly of ADEPA (Asociación de Entidades Periodísticas Argentinas), the influential association of Argentine media, held in Posadas, in the north of the country.
AFP was represented by Philippe Bernès-Lasserre, Argentina and Paraguay Bureau Chief; Nadia Nasanovsky, Digital Investigation Training Co-ordinator for Latin America; and Lorena Ponce de León, Commercial Manager for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.
The main topics were the challenges of diversifying content, the hunt for new audiences, artificial intelligence, and the tense media situation under President Milei. Delegates also attended an AFP conference on its experience and digital investigation network.
ADEPA noted that the online digital investigation workshop led by Nadia Nasanovsky last May was its most successful training this year, attracting more than 140 participants.
On-site in Posadas, Nadia then led a new workshop, this time in person, for representatives of around ten media outlets preselected by ADEPA – newspapers, television stations, and websites – mainly from the provinces, including those from Misiones (Posadas).
“Reverse search, research methods, various tools… The workshop is very useful, especially for those of us already working in the fight against disinformation, and even more so for other media less familiar with the subject. I particularly liked discovering the InVid-WeVerify extension, which makes what we used to do manually much easier,” said one participant, Sergio Padula, Content Director of the leading digital outlet in the province, Misiones Online (one million social media subscribers and 400,000 daily website visitors).
About Nadia Nasanovsky
Nadia is Digital Investigation Training Co-ordinator for Latin America. based in Montevideo. She joined AFP in 2019 as a fact-checking journalist in Buenos Aires. Previously, she worked as a journalist for several Argentine media outlets. She holds a degree in International Relations and a Master’s in Journalism (Torcuato Di Tella University / La Nación).
About ADEPA
ADEPA is a national non-profit organisation founded in 1962, currently comprising 180 Argentine media outlets: publishing houses, newspapers, magazines, and websites. It is now the most representative institution of journalism in Argentina. Since it was founded, the organisation has played an increasingly active role in defending and promoting press freedom, the cornerstone of Argentina’s democratic and republican system.