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Marie-Noëlle Vallès named video director of AFP
AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog has appointed Marie-Noëlle Vallès director of video to strengthen the management of this activity which is AFP’s number one strategic priority and key growth driver.
Reporting to the global news director, the new video director will be responsible for pursuing the development of video, with an ongoing focus on types of production, production formats and business strategy. She will also contribute to the discussion on how jobs within the Agency are changing.
The director will be assisted by two deputies, one responsible for international development and the other for live video development.
Marie-Noëlle Vallès has directed AFP’s video service since 2010. In the context of the Agency’s worldwide multimedia development strategy, she has overseen the reinforcement of the international video network, the three-fold increase of video production in six languages, live video production and the strategic repositioning of AFPTV from a service offering French features and news to one providing worldwide news coverage.
Marie-Noelle joined Agence France-Presse in 1989 as a text reporter and has been based in Paris, London and Madrid, also reporting as a special correspondent in Latin America and the Middle East. She was a deputy to AFP's global news editor before joining the video department as a reporter in 2009.
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