Some 30 AAPA members were given a fascinating insight into the philosophy behind the French on-line investigative newspaper Mediapart, in a lively two-hour discussion with Mediapart’s founder Edwy Plenel on May 15.
During the meeting, which took place in Mediapart’s editorial offices in the 12th arrondissement, Mr. Plenel outlined what had motivated him to create the fast-growing publication whose circulation has been boosted in recent years by a succession of revelations of misconduct by prominent figures of the French establishment.
He shrugged off accusations that Mediapart is a muck-raking organ bent on …