France

Diversity Observatory

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:18:39 +0200

Programme Description:

The CSA is the French Broadcasting Regulatory Body. In March 2006 a law concerning equal opportunities was passed that specifically discussed diversity in the French media. It gave the CSA authority to monitor diversity in broadcast media and to ban any discrimination in that field. In 2007 the CSA set up the Diversity Working Group to talk with broadcasters and define the most effective ways to improve how the media deal with issues of diversity. The group’s work led 16 of the most watched television channels in France to adopt specific policies to promote diversity and fight discrimination through their programming.

Media Pairing for Diversity

per-ms — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:42:23 +0200

Programme Description:

The 3-year Mediam’ Rad project (2005 – 2007) focused on giving more visibility to ethnic media in Europe by building bridges between them and mainstream media with the aim to report and reflect social diversity more equally and accurately. It was noted that ethnic minority media has emerged as another leading group of media professionals. Although an almost invisible force it holds one important attribute; ethnic media are often people with expert knowledge of the issues they write about. More time and research is taken on each topic, ranging from integration, discrimination to intercultural relations. Across France, Italy and the Netherlands one way of highlighting this expertise was by pairing up ethnic media journalists with mainstream media journalists to work together – seeking to change stereotypes and prejudice in the mainstream media and bring them new sources.

Visible Citizens

per-ms — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:23:22 +0200

Programme Description:

The Institute of Visible Citizens, in partnership with a commercial production company, produced 19 one-minute and forty-second television spots that were broadcast across France from June to September 2008.

Respect Magazine

admin — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:04:26 +0100

Programme Description:

The founder of Respect magazine was a career journalist. Through his own research he began to recognise that the mainstream media was not representative of a large part of French society, particularly young working class people and minorities. He also found that when topics were discussed they were from a biased point of view due to the lack of diversity in the newsrooms across France.