Wednesday, 16 October 2019

FRA#23 - Education to Media - invitation of M. Eric Valmir

Sensei07 October 16, 2019

The E-STAFF project is also about Education to Media and Information (E.M.I.) : students learn how to make choices when they film, and how to search information when they study the local cultural heritage in order to connect it to their fiction. Education to Media and Information is also a way to develop one's critical mind and knowledge about the world of journalism in particular, but also about the world in general. In this perspective, we invited the General Secretary of Information of Radio France, Mr. Eric Valmir.

Mr. Valmir has worked as a journalist for 25 years and notably worked as a war reporter in Afghanistan, Kosovo and Irak. He was also a press correspondent in Italy for 5 years and has covered the migrant crisis in Lampedusa island.

First, Mr. Valmir came from Paris to Annonay to meet the teachers. At the end of the morning, he was eventually interviewed by some students, who were filmed by the E-STAFF team (see above).

During the afternoon, Mr. Valmir exchanged with five classes of our school about various topics : the different ways to get information (especially through social media), what it is to be a journalist or a great reporter, the links between literature and journalism, freedom of speech and freedom of the press, fake news, and how to conduct a good interview.

Mr. Valmir returned to Paris at the end of the day. It was a great and unique experience for all of us.