For this new edition of the Médianes Program, ten projects led by passionate teams have been selected to receive nine months of collective support. The objective: to enable them to step back and reflect on their project, deepen their knowledge in areas useful to their media's development, internalize entrepreneurial and management skills, and scale up to the next level.
This support program, grounded in values of social justice and the defense of an inclusive and sustainable society, is aimed at independent media outlets, generalist or specialized, committed to producing quality information with a positive impact on society.
Thanks to the support of the Ministry of Culture, Médianes continues, through the Médianes Program, to offer support at a rate of €150 per month per participant, while relying on a network of expert practitioners.
A rich selection with complementary profiles
Among the 35 projects submitted in response to the call for applications launched last February, 22 of them were selected to participate in individual interviews with members of Médianes. A panel of media experts then met to review the projects and select 10 media outlets. The goal: to build a cohesive and complementary cohort, aligned with Médianes' values, capable of benefiting from each other's strengths and experience, so as to foster collective dynamics of mutual support.
In selecting projects, we have ensured diversity among those retained, across their formats, themes, and stages of development. From the Mediterranean to the English Channel, passing through Auvergne and New Aquitaine; magazines, online media, newsletters; launched a few months or several years ago; addressing ecology, social justice, democratic challenges… We look forward to working with all these exciting media outlets.
The 10 selected media
Ten media outlets have thus joined the third cohort of the Médianes Program: Arrêt sur images, Disclose, La lettre de Cancan, Les Surligneurs, MOB, Pioche!, Prison Insider, Quoi de mum, Soif la revue and Vertige Media.
- Arrêt sur images — Web site founded in 2008, Arrêt sur images offers programs, investigations and columns to provide critical analysis of media narratives.
- Disclose — A non-profit investigative media outlet, Disclose has produced investigations on matters of public interest since 2018: climate change, public health, financial crime…
- The Cancan Newsletter — Since its launch in 2023, The Cancan Newsletter offers a weekly newsletter that covers news from the Channel Centre: local economy, community life, innovations, remarkable initiatives, tips and recommendations, cultural outings…
- Les Surligneurs — Specialized in legal checking, the online media Les Surligneurs has been verifying the legal accuracy of political statements since 2016 through a unique collaboration between journalists and legal researchers.
- MOB — Online media founded in 2023, MOB is committed to making democratic issues accessible by grounding them in everyone's lived reality and everyday practices, with the goal of connecting all citizens more closely to politics.
- Pioche! — Since its creation in 2021, the online media Pioche! approaches ecology through new narratives, notably through its cultural expressions.
- Prison Insider — Launched in 2015, Prison Insider is a platform for producing and sharing information about prisons worldwide to inform, compare, and provide testimony on detention conditions in relation to fundamental rights.
- Quoi de Mum — With a news newsletter launched in late 2024, the media outlet Quoi de Mum opens up the conversation about parenthood from a feminist and guilt-free perspective.
- Soif, the magazine — A biannual magazine entirely dedicated to water, Soif was created in 2024 to meet the need for information about this vital yet threatened element.
- Vertige Media — Founded in 2023, Vertige Media celebrates, through its online articles, climbing as a way of life, as a vector for discovery and personal fulfillment.
What next?
Over the next nine months, participants will benefit from collective and individual support: first through structured group sessions (masterclasses, workshops, exchanges with other media sector professionals and media leaders) for 3 months, then through individual mentoring for 6 months. The training modules, led by media experts and professionals, will cover strategy, marketing, management, design, law, and communication. We look forward to tracking their progress and sharing it with you!
To go further
- Which media outlets participated in previous editions of the Medianes Program? Discover the spring 2024 cohort, and the fall 2024 cohort.
- Want to learn more about the Médianes Program, support, or the schedule? Visit the program's website.
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