Journalistic practices are evolving

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Entertain & educate
The goal of media professionals during this period? Maintain social ties, educate and entertain. Le Monde thus creates a " slow live " in addition to the live covid news where many subjects are discussed via guests: cooks, psychologists, authors. The producer Jamy Gourmaud, in high demand by teachers during the lockdown - launched his YouTube channel in mid-March with the aim of telling one piece of knowledge per day in one minute . In total: 55 capsules will be produced during the 55 days of lockdown. The channel now has 620,000 subscribers.



Solution journalism
Solution journalism is giving a completely salutary skype database twist to this anxiety-provoking news. The newspaper Paris Normandie thus provides useful local information : contacts of those who make masks, places that provide showers for truck drivers. For its part, Nice Matin is launching the Coronaide application during the lockdown. The principle: offering help to vulnerable people or those on the front line, such as shopping or walking the dog. In total: 30,000 downloads of the application and a goldmine of subjects for the editorial journalists.
Co-construction of information with the public
Journalists who cannot necessarily go to overcrowded hospitals are making online appeals for witnesses. They are then overwhelmed with testimonies. This influx of information allows them to bring to light subjects that they had not thought of. We made an online appeal for witnesses from anesthesiologists and intensive care doctors and we received tens of thousands of testimonies.