A New Season
Hello, everyone,
Here at Médianes, the return of spring has us feeling inspired to start fresh: that’s perfect timing, since we’re just getting started on a redesign project that will continue through the summer. So our weeks are filled with workshops focused on our goals, our editorial content, and a redesign of our website that’s slowly taking shape. We can’t wait to show you the progress we’re making!
Over at Sphera, our European media network, exciting developments are also on the horizon: part of the team has just returned from a seminar in Madrid with all members of the network to lay the groundwork for the project’s fifth phase.
Among our upcoming events, we’ll be in Perugia, Italy, next month for the International Journalism Festival, April 10–12, where we’re hosting a festive evening. We’d love to see you there!
We'd also like to take this opportunity to welcome Siméon Brand, who is joining us as an intern project officer working on support-related topics. We'd also like to announce that this newsletter is being taken over by Mathilde Carlier, in charge of communications at Médianes. It was previously written by Juliette Cahen, editorial manager, who is moving on to new horizons after 3 years at Médianes.
Don't worry—we're sticking to our usual routine! On the agenda for this issue: recommendations for greater diversity in newsrooms, an upcoming trip to Perugia, and a new collaboration with Le Monde.
Enjoy the read,
— Mathilde Carlier, Project Manager
OWEN HUCHON
Racism in Newsrooms: AJAR’s 12 Recommendations
Founded in 2023, the Association of Anti-Racist and People of Color Journalists (AJAR) works to promote greater diversity within French newsrooms, where journalists of color remain underrepresented and are victims of discrimination.
To encourage media outlets to change their practices, the association has developed a series of concrete recommendations based on its fieldwork with newsrooms. To explore solutions that newsrooms can implement, we spoke with Khedidja Zerouali, a journalist at Mediapart and co-founder of AJAR, to discuss how these recommendations can be applied in practice within media organizations.
From the media's perspective
MAX LEROY | MEDIANES
AI in the Media: There's What's Said Publicly… and What's Said Behind Closed Doors
As part of Media Off-Site, an initiative led by Max Leroy and conceived in collaboration with Marine Doux and Baptiste Thevelein, co-founders of Médianes, about fifteen media executives meet regularly to discuss the future of the industry. Marking Media Off-Site’s first public statement, this op-ed published on Médianesshares insights on generative AI in journalism and suggests a set of best practices.
OWEN HUCHON | MEDIANES
A Quick Look at the "10 Links" Newsletter
In March 2024, we launched a new biweekly watch newsletter at Médianes to help you make sense of the media ecosystem, identify best practices, and anticipate upcoming challenges in the sector. It’s already been a year! To mark the occasion, we invite you to (re)discover the latest edition of “10 Links”. It covers online micro-communities, web archiving, and platforms for independent media.
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⟶ Program:Médianes A new class is coming soon
Now that the call for applications for the third edition of the Program Médianeshas just closed, we are preparing to meet with the shortlisted projects for interviews. The next step: bringing together our jury of executives from L’Informé, Le Monde, and Le 1 to select a new cohort of ten emerging media outlets.
⟶ A Sphera and Médianes event in Perugia
Join the team from Médianes and the Sphera network for a festive evening on April 10 in Perugia. It’s a chance to meet and exchange ideas with other media professionals on ways to strengthen independent journalism in Europe. Register here!
⟶ Countries in the countryside
The presale campaign for the next issue of *Pays*, a magazine co-founded by Médianes, is now underway! To support the project and help bring the first journalistic guide to the Cévennes to life, pre-order this seventh issue now and spread the word about the project.
⟶ A Look Back at Our Project with Harmonie Santé A few weeks
ago, our project with the mutual health insurance provider Harmonie Santé came to an end. We helped the team organize a team seminar and optimize its email strategy, focusing on management, design, and marketing.
⟶ A New Collaboration with Le Monde
This month marks the launch of our first collaboration with Le Monde. We’re kicking off a project alongside the publication’s marketing teams to help them develop their strategy. We’ll share more details soon!
Got a project?
Marketing, strategy, graphic design, transformation: Do you have a project? An idea? Write to us. In the meantime, see you on April 10, 2025, for the next event!
See you soon,
Médianes, the studio
This newsletter was prepared by Mathilde Carlier, Marine Doux, and the team at Médianes.
