For the first time, journalists are getting closer to scientific discourse.

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“I was surprised by people’s appetite for complex subjects. Many readers bought in-depth articles individually,” explains Tristan Vey of Le Figaro. Beyond decryption, the French want useful information . “We created an online questionnaire to ask readers what they expected from us. Their response: Be clear. We want to know what measures are being taken in our territories and the consequences for our daily lives ,” explains Damien Allemand of Nice Matin. “We’ll answer you” sections are multiplying in all media.

Use experts

“As a science journalist, I was already used to looking for signatories to studies, but what this pandemic has shown is that there is an urgent need to train general journalists in scientific news as we already skype database do for sports and politics in journalism schools.” explains Nicolas Martin, editor-in-chief of La Méthode Scientifique on France Culture and at the origin of the column “ radiographie du coronavirus ”, a daily column around the research and evolution of the virus.

Journalists build networks of experts that they can consult at any time and vice versa if there are important things to report. " We have positioned ourselves as resource people for writing general information," adds Nicolas Martin.