Day 12 : L’Equipe 6-10-22

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 Today, we got the opportunity to visit L’Equipe, and I’m absolutely stunned. We first saw the television studio with 12 robotic cameras and many screens. Including one on the studio floor, the 12 automatic cameras were interesting because we only have a 3-camera studio set up in the States. I can’t begin to imagine the laser focus the control rooms must have. The studio's setting allows for a very easy turnover of sets. That was by far the most incredible studio I’ve ever seen. Now, let us turn the page to the newspaper and online platform.

 

 

 

L’Equipe’s newspaper started in 1945 and still is huge in Europe. The way I would describe L’Equipe is it’s kind of like the sports illustrated. L’Equipe has about 255 journalists working for them. The whole office, everywhere you look, there is a soccer picture. This is because their audience is vast when it comes to soccer. Their company tends to focus hugely on soccer, rugby, and cycling, but they have the right to many different sports. The newspaper has a lot of challenging news topics but uses its website to have tons of various story forms, whether it's podcasts, graphics, video, you name it, the website probably has it. The one thing that sparked a light in me was that as a sportswriter, you must know the angle as a reporter, not as a fan. I hope to focus on this one thing more in my journalism career. During my freshman year, I was so involved in being a fan that I needed to get my foot in the door because I wanted to practice my journalism skills hugely. It’s good to be a fan sometimes in life, but the key takeaway is you can’t hoot and holler for your favorite team when you are covering them.

 

 

This brings me to my next point. I also learned that relationships are enormous in journalism, but you must use those relationships in good faith. It’s better to be 10 minutes late to a story and accurate than not using your sources to check something, whether agents, managers, club people, or whatever it might be.

 

 

 

 

This week was eye-opening to see how some of these huge journalism companies are hard at work. I will be honest: I must be better at reading the news. I knew these companies existed but turned a blind eye to them for some reason because it wasn’t American news. This week changed my perspective. Each company has its thing; it does well.

 

 

 

AFP is strong in their news because they have considerable priorities in fact-checking everything, but they cover sports and other information very well. The thing Eurosport does well is they have everyone’s eyes open because they have rights to a ton of sports to provide their audience. L’Equipe does exceptionally well in coming up with new angles and ideas to put in a 27-page paper daily, even when nothing is on. I could see myself working at any of these options. I love to write, so AFP and L’Equipe would be a great fit, but I also love working with technology, so Eurosport would be an exciting spot for me.

 

 

 

Stay tuned for a blog, potentially this weekend, as I may have some incredible adventures I want to share. If not, this weekend, I will be back here Monday to talk about sounds as we finish our time in Paris and move to Rome on Wednesday. But until that next time, signora.

 

 

 

 

 

 














































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