Focus of Study

The programme`s mission is to train press professionals specialising on natural or social sciences. This training course is a partnership between the ESJ Lille and Lille 1 University of Science and Technology.

Course Description

Training includes the following types of courses:

1.General lessons

• The major contemporary issues
• The current study
• French

2. Criticism of science and technology
This unit is provided by the University of Lille 1, Science and Technology.

• Science and society: controversial issues of our time
• Write and present science
• History of science and epistemology, the historical development of science
• Culture, mediation, extension, science

3. Specialized courses

• Knowledge of media
• Press law
• Economy Press
• Professional ethics

4. Technical and vocational education

• Sources and collection of local information
• The sources of scientific information, extension, the economic aspect of scientific information, the investigation
• The editorial genres
• The parts of the article
• The writing of information – news commentary – writing assignments – journalistic writing – practical work of editorial office – initiation to completion press
• Introduction to Desktop Publishing; practical introduction to photography
• Multimedia journalism Initiation
• Training video and podcast
• Year-end realization of a thematic extension magazine

An internship of two months must take place in a news organization (regional, national or specialised). It is the subject of an agreement between the school and the host company.