Profiling francophone journalists in Canada, Belgium, Switzerland

What difference does language make in journalism as practised in three countries with sizeable francophone minorities. Results from Worlds of Journalism studies in  Canada, Belgium and Switzerland were published in a special issue of Journalism Studies. Our comparative analysis suggests that francophone journalists in our three countries have much more in common than not with their other-language peers. However, the francophone journalists seem more likely to identify with a politicized role that includes agenda-setting, citizen-motivation and scrutinizing power, and less likely to be driven by attracting and satisfying audiences.

-> Geneviève Bonin, Filip Dingerkus, Annik Dubied, Stefan Mertens, Heather Rollwagen, Vittoria Sacco, Ivor Shapiro, Olivier Standaert & Vinzenz Wyss: “Quelle Différence? Language, culture and nationality as influences on francophone journalists’ identity.” Journalism Studies (18,5)