Learn about the media

Press news

Numerous themes are represented: infox or fake news, press freedom, ethics, journalists’ stories, reporting and investigation, the digital press and opinion… Regular media events are organized, with meetings in the Profession reporter cycle.

Press and media history

The Bpi offers a wide range of books on the history of the international, national and regional press. You can consult titles on the history of the women’s press, the press in Africa and Asia, or works on emblematic national and regional newspapers such as L’Équipe, Canard Enchaîné, Libération, Charlie Hebdo, Le Monde, L’Humanité, Le Figaro, Le Dauphiné libéré, Ouest France…

You’ll also find documents written by and about great reporters and journalists such as Albert Londres, Hubert Beuve-Méry, Françoise Giroud and Edwy Plenel, not to mention general and specialized press archives available on various media including microfilm.

You can also discover how the main television and radio channels came into being, as well as books on the highlights of these media.

Become a journalist

Finally, if you dream of writing articles, there are writing guides and headlines on the challenges facing the profession. Journalists talk about their craft and the process of creating a newspaper.

Workshops and meetings on the media and journalism

Throughout the year, the Bpi offers a range of events and cultural activities based on current affairs and the media, designed to help visitors keep abreast of the news and develop their critical faculties:

• The Profession reporter cycle, in partnership with the Prix Albert Londres, gives the floor to professionals in the field of information, text and images, who come to explain their profession and debate with the public; to tell their stories, but also to answer the questions, doubts and suspicions that sometimes emerge, about their ability to inform objectively and independently.
• The librarians also offer digital workshops to help you acquire the reflexes you need to evaluate online information.