Laboratoire des pratiques
et identités journalistiques
Both young researchers and established scholars, including several authors with extensive experience in professional journalism, will present new research on the experiences of forgotten journalists in very different geographical and historical contexts from biographical or prosopographical perspectives. The speakers will take us from a French political exile from the Second French Empire (1852-1870) who took up his pen again in Brussels, to a Belgian nobleman who covered historical events around the world a hundred years later during the early Cold War.
Three particular groups of forgotten media professionals stand out : women journalists, journalists who made an important mark on the media landscape of their colonial and post-colonial societies during periods of (de)colonization, and those who worked in sectors and areas of journalism that are often considered less prestigious. The third category includes forgotten war photographers, for example, as well as invisible news workers such as telegraph and linotype operators.
The program features three keynotes by Marie-Eve Thérenty (Université de Montpellier III), Will Mary (Louisiana State University) and Noah Amir Arjomand (University of California).
Registration : https://www.forgottenjournalists2025.eu/register
