How do journalists find subjects that will become articles, videos published on
20 Minutes
?
In our podcast “Minute Papillon!
“, we slip today into the pocket of Thibaut Gagnepain, journalist of
20 Minutes
in Strasbourg, and we go to discover the backstage of the profession.
When it all starts with a hectic nap
On paper, the profession of journalist is quite simple.
Finding interesting information for the people who read or listen to you, verify this information, and transmit it, via written, audio or television media.
But who are these sources of information?
These are people or organizations, such as an association in Quimper, the police headquarters in Paris or an NGO in Libya...
There are many sources of information, and a lot of information is not of interest to people following us: a transport strike in Nîmes is unlikely to be of great interest to our readers in Quimper.
In the sources of information, there are also unreliable people or organizations, who consciously or unconsciously deliver misappropriated, partially minus or completely false information.
There are also people who have information, and who do not want, but really do not want to deliver this information...
The place of chance
Sometimes the source of information is the journalist person.
The event “falls on him”, sometimes in an improbable way.
The news catches the interest of the public.
This is what happened to Thibaut Gagnepain, journalist for
20 Minutes
in Strasbourg.
In this episode, we will discuss with him the production of information on a daily basis, of chance, and of a lot of phone calls...
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