Our philosophy

It is like our logo, with a slight twist: never blind trust a symbol, obviousness can be misleading.

This statue actually symbolizes the democratic ideal shared by France and the USA, a universal representation of the modern concept of liberty.

But to truly understand our approach, we have to go behind the historical context and discover another symbol, more subtle and very close to the foundations of modern journalism.

Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), the first press tycoon, a controversial journalist and inventor of the concept of "Yellow press" who was recognized as the builder of the 4th power in American democracy, is studied in every journalism school but few know he created another symbol concerning the Statue of liberty.

Through press campaigns he strove to convince public opinion and raise the necessary funds for installing the statue in N.Y bay. In 1886, after a long media battle, the statue was finally set up on Liberty Island.

Joseph Pulitzer linked this universal symbol of liberty to his view of journalism. A few years later, the statue became the symbol of his "journalism school of Columbia" and of the literary prize, the Pulitzer.

The Pulitzer Prize has been awarded for the past 92 years in a Columbia University room under a stained-glass window portraying the Statue of Liberty.

Today, this is this symbol we wish to take up. The role of journalism in the 21st century must be to keep a very close watch on liberties.

 look for and test out the new tools and methods of work that will enable multimedia journalism to find a place in our democracies.

And that, we are convinced, must go through a rigorous and unfailing journalistic commitment.