FWith the success of continuous news channels (BFMTV, CNews, LCI, etc.), France Télévisions is stepping up its game. “They attract up to 9% of viewers, which shows the French people’s thirst for information,” notes Alexandre Kara, director of information for the public audiovisual group since 2022. Last year, the special edition on France 2 devoted to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh attracted 4 million people. Proof of the appetite for international subjects.
Internally, there was also a request from the editorial staff’s journalists, who could feel a certain frustration at devoting only forty seconds to an important news story instead of developing it over a longer period. It is about better contextualizing and providing keys to understanding in a world of “infobesity”, that is to say, too much information.
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