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The aim of this day is to raise awareness among young people about the press and media, by initiating critical thinking, a condition for a civic attitude towards information. Through workshops, practical demonstrations, and dialogues, young people are brought into contact with journalists, in a spirit of pluralism of opinion.
The chosen theme for this year is “one piece of information, many media.”
Most of the conferences, particularly those intended for high school and college students, will take place at ESPEME-EDHEC Group, and the workshops, tailored more specifically for middle school students, will be held this Thursday, March 27, at the PAUL AUGIER Hotel and Tourism High School.
Additionally, stands will be available for partners, and exhibitions (students’ and professionals’ work) will illustrate the theme of the day. A team of junior journalists (high school, middle school, or college students) will create the front page of Nice Premium live under the guidance of the NP team.
Video reports on the day will also be made and edited.
Entry is free but registration is required by email: jjjnice@gmail.com
For more information: www.cleminice.org
Nice Premium met with Jacqueline Quehen, the instigator of this day and the head of Daemi Clemi at the Nice Rectorate.
Nice Premium: Jacqueline Quehen, tell us about this 7th edition of the Junior Journalist Day?
Jacqueline Quehen: Since the first edition in 2001, the Junior Journalist Day has grown significantly; to our knowledge, it’s the largest media education event in France. To give you a sense of what it’s about, I’d say that the day, primarily aimed at high school and middle school students from the entire Nice – Var and Alpes-Maritimes Academy – is designed to bring together as many journalists as possible, from the local, regional, and even international press, and as many students as possible in one place. A unique opportunity for most of them!
These encounters take the form of conferences or round tables, about sixty in total! but also workshops, which allow young people to step into a journalist’s shoes and to create articles, video or photo reports, or even become a radio host for a day… And I must add that thanks to Nice Premium, the day’s newspaper will be produced and published live! An exciting adventure, at any age!
NP: Multiple locations this year?
JQ: This year, the Junior Journalist Day will be held in two locations simultaneously, possibly three. On the public education side, the Paul Augier hotel and tourism high school. On the private side, with a foray into higher education, the ESPEME-Groupe EDHEC business school. And between the two but more discreetly, the Museum of Asian Arts will host a workshop. We should also mention the Par Phoenix, which has agreed to let the young people relax during lunch break. In short, almost the entire Arénas district is involved!
NP: What are the new features of the 2008 edition?
JQ: We’ve placed more emphasis, as you can see, on conferences and round tables, with renowned guests. We will have the pleasure of listening to very media-savvy personalities like Ivan Levaï, Philippe Cohen, Ariel Wizman, or Elisabeth Lévy. I hope the others forgive me, I can’t mention them all! It’ll be fascinating to hear them discuss topics like the relationship between power and media, press freedom, free radios, or internet rights. These are just examples! And one can expect some elegant verbal exchanges between these masters of words. We try to enrich our offering each year so that young people gain the most comprehensive view of media, their behind-the-scenes, and the making of news.
Another new feature, although the day is primarily aimed at secondary school students, we are opening it to college students and even an adult audience, including teachers in training and association members.
Finally, we’ve associated teams of young people, Tourism BTS for Paul Augier, second-year ESPEME to handle welcoming groups and speakers.
NP: How many students will participate in the JJJ? And how many professionals?
JQ: We are expecting at least 2000 visitors and 150 speakers, including journalists but also jurists (a large part of the news relates to justice), and various personalities, sociologists, psychiatrists, politicians…
NP: Finally, what are the goals of this day?
JQ: Above all, our goal, particularly embodied in the Junior Journalist Day, is to train citizens. There is no accomplished citizen who is not well informed; with the ability to analyze information, verify sources, and truthfulness. This is the goal of media education, to train not passive consumers but clear-minded individuals capable of exercising their freedom, rejecting any indoctrination, in short, realizing the secular ideal.
