Territorial residences of journalists

• Individuals

Are eligible professional journalists, French or foreigners fluent in the French language, alone or in pairs. If they apply in a large rural area, journalists will benefit from holding the B licence.

Otherwise, they will have to demonstrate their autonomy in terms of travel.

Residences:

• are conducted by one or more journalists,
• may concern all types of media and rely on a wide variety of structures (social, cultural, socio-cultural, educational, etc.). A privileged link can be established with the territorial library network.

The journalist can propose in his project a personal story about the territory, to which he can devote over 6 weeks a number of days to negotiate with the community in a maximum of 5 days.

Duration and timing of residence

It must count 6 weeks of physical presence, consecutive or not, for 5 days a week exclusively.

The actual residency period is scheduled between October 1, 2023 and the end of June 2024, with an upstream discovery/immersion phase.

Prep time

A meeting about the work and approach of the journalist must be organized before the start of the residency, with the actors of the territory likely to participate in the project. It must be followed by a 5-day discovery/immersion phase that will allow the journalists selected to familiarize themselves with the territory of action and the various local partners: discovery of the territory and its history, time for meetings and appointmentsyou with the cultural social educational actors concerned, coordination time necessary for the smooth running of the residence.

This meeting and immersion phase will take place in September 2023.

The community, or corporation, finances the cost of accommodation in the territory. It offers accommodation adapted to the duration of the stay and equipped with Internet access.

The journalist is responsible for the meals.

Depending on the nature of the territory, all or part of its travel expenses may be borne by the community or a vehicle made available to it.
Nota bene If the journalist does not hold the B licence, he or she will have to be independent when travelling.

The budget available for the total employer cost of the journalist’s presence (including taxes) is 10,000 euros. This corresponds to the contribution of the DRAC Normandy.

The grant will be paid by the community to the journalist who must have provided the terms of his remuneration at the time of his application (invoice from a legal person, a portage society, remuneration in copyright, etc.).

An agreement specifying the respective commitments of the community (or legal entity) and the journalist-in-residence is signed before the residency begins.

These residences will:

• Involve professional journalists (independent or embedded in a newsroom);
• Receive financial or in-kind support from local authorities;
• Within the framework of media and information education, be positioned primarily outside of school time or on a school/school time articulation;
• In urban areas, implement actions in priority neighbourhoods;
• Propose actions aimed at various audiences with a priority for young people aged 6 to 30.

• Opening of the deposit of files: soon
• Application deadline: 22 June 2023, 23:59 (Paris time). No file may be filed or considered after this date.

The project balance sheet must be submitted by 30 June 2025.

1. Click on the "Send my folder" button at the bottom of the page. This will allow you to send your folder by email to eac-dc.drac.normandie@culture.gouv.fr
2. Attach the following documents to your shipment:

• A letter stating both a good understanding of the specifications and its motivations. This post would benefit from already discussing some of the avenues that the journalist would like to take and develop with the actors of the territory. He must indicate the terms of his remuneration (payment of an invoice to a portage company, an association, copyright...)
• A resume
• And any information or document, attesting to his professional activity, that the journalist would like to bring to the attention of the members of the selection committee (including online publications)