In France, live journalism is bridging the gap between journalists and the public

As a correspondent in Venezuela for several years, French journalist Jean-Baptiste Mouttet witnessed citizens’ distrust of the media firsthand. “A lot of readers didn’t trust me because I was telling stories of torture [and] economic policy,” he said. 

But when participating as a speaker in conferences about Venezuela in France, Mouttet noticed less distrust from the audience on his reporting than he had seen with his writing, which he associated with the live characteristics of the event. “It was going much better because [the audience] understood where my sources came from, and the work I had done,” he said. ...

In an effort to build public trust, make reporting more accessible and better connect with audiences, in September 2022 Mouttet launched Mediavivant, or “Media Live,” a live journalism initiative out of Marseille.

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