“Courrier international”, 30 years of information through the eyes of the foreign press
Audio 36:08
Five front pages from the Courrier international newspaper during the Covid-19 pandemic.
© International Courier
By: Steven Jambot Follow |
Simon Decreuze Follow
38 mins
The first number of “Courrier international” appeared in November 1990. To tell the story, the present and the future of the most international of French newspapers, “L'Atelier des Médias” receives one of its founders as well as its current director of the writing.
Publicity
There is an editorial office in France whose journalists go through the foreign press to draw a selection translated into French and carefully edited.
It is that of
Courrier international
, which appeared for the first time 30 years ago.
In this program,
Claire Carrard
, editorial director of
Courrier international
, tells about the current situation of the newspaper in the midst of a global health crisis.
The title of the group Le Monde is doing rather well, with a circulation a little over 150,000 copies.
It is also the leading news magazine in France in terms of digital subscriptions, with 55,000 subscribers.
Jean-Michel Boissier
, co-founder and first managing editor of
Courrier international
, delivers his memories.
With the three other founders, Hervé Lavergne, Maurice Ronai and Jacques Rosselin, they had worked for 3 years to achieve the first issue available on newsstands and already, the promise was: “The essentials of the world press, translated into French.
"
At the end of the program,
Mondoblog audio
gives voice to the mondoblogeuse
Elorac
, confined to her island, Mauritius.
She tells us about her deep attachment to the Francophonie.
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_FR
Media
Journalism
France
Freedom of press
On the same subject
Media Workshop
US presidential 2020: the media facing uncertainties
Media Workshop
Assises du journalisme 2020: “Informing in the times of Covid”, what has changed?
Media Workshop
The Conversation France, 5 years of academic expertise and journalistic standards