1. Mitchell
Moss,
a
lesson
of
a
communication
man
It’s
an
opportunity
that
might
not
come
before
a
very
long
time
for
the
journalism
students
at
IEJ
Marseille.
On
November
13,
Mitchell
Moss,
spokesman
for
the
United
States
Embassy
in
Paris,
came
to
Marseille,
to
give
a
“conference”
with
French
students.
The
purpose
of
this
conference?
Learning
how
the
relations
with
journalists
and
an
embassy
works
for
sure,
but
it’s
also
a
good
way
for
the
students
to
realise
how
those
kind
of
men,
spokesman
are
always
trying
to
manipulate
you,
to
make
you
think
what
they
want
you
to
think.
As
journalists,
they’ll
always
have
to
deal
with
men
like
him,
all
day
long,
so
it’s
a
really
good
exercise.
As
soon
as
the
conference
begins,
Mitchell
Moss
is
all
about
the
seduction.
Tall,
smiling,
he
impress
by
is
attitude.
And
he
immediately
gives
the
tone,
“The
conference
will
be
off
the
record.
I’m
allowed
to
speak
to
journalists
only”
Maybe
a
blessing
in
disguise
for
the
students,
because
if
they
can’t
use
an
repeat
what
happened
during
the
conference,
the
discussion
is
less
conventional.
And
Mitchell
Moss
announces,
“If
I
can’t
answer,
I
say
it,
I
don’t
lie”
The
conference
can
begin.
If
the
students
don’t
seem
to
be
really
comfortable
and
don’t
ask
a
lot
of
questions,
the
spokesman
does
his
show,
jokes,
anecdotes,
he
seems
to
be
doing
everything
he
can
to
“put
the
students
in
his
pocket”.
And
it
apparently
works,
because,
as
far
as
the
conference
goes
on,
the
IEJ
students
seem
to
be
more
comfortable
and
ask
finally
some
questions.
“In
Iraq
(…),
We
could
have
done
a
better
job”
The
NSA
scandals
took
obviously
lots
of
time
and
Mitchell
Moss
answer
truly
about
that,
“my
government
made
an
mistake
because
we
did
not
protect
yourself
enough,
but
Edward
Snowdon
is
really
the
responsible.
By
giving
away
al
those
information
he
broke
an
oath,
and
that’s
illegal”.
As
he
speaks
about
that,
there’s
still
a
bit
of
bitterness
in
is
Voice.
“To
make
sure
something
like
that
does
not
happen
again,
we
need
to
find
a
balance,
should
we
or
should
we
not
trust
journalists”.
The
conference
ends
of
a
strange
tone.
If
Mitchell
Moss
made
it
pretty
clear
at
the
beginning
“I’m
here
to
represent
the
US
government,
I
can’t
give
my
personal
opinion”.
Maybe
it
was
because
it
was
off
the
record,
or
maybe
he
was
a
little
bit
to
comfortable
but
it
he
gave
his
opinion
on
a
very
controversial
subjects,
“I
Believe
that
the
reasons
for
us
to
go
in
Iraq
was
not
extremely
strong”.
We
could
have
done
a
better
job”.
After
more
than
an
hour,
Mitchell
Moss,
wishes
good
luck
to
the
future
journalists
and
what
we
can
really
remember
of
the
conference,
“In
America,
the
freedom
of
the
press
is
one
of
the
most
important
things
for
our
democracy
to
keep
working.
That’s
why
US
journalists
allowed
themselves
to
say
what
they
really
want,
not
like
n
France
where
they
censure
themself.”
It
might
give
some
ideas
to
the
future
journalist.
Guillaume
LOPEZ

2. The
Daily
Mississippian,
just
the
good
way
to
learn
How
are
we
supposed
to
form
future
journalists?
For
some
people,
the
studying
must
be
theoretical;
journalists
need
to
have
a
great
general
culture,
about
art,
sport,
politic,
economy…
And
it’s
hard
to
argue
with
that.
But
certain
person
believes
that
journalism
must
be
learning
on
the
field.
So
In
the
last
few
years,
a
lot
of
new
schools
were
created,
teaching
students
to
become
journalists
with
a
practical
approach.
For
example,
The
Meek
School
of
Journalism
and
New
Media
at
The
University
of
Mississippi.
Created
in…
this
school
hired
a
lot
of
professionals
journalists
to
become
teachers.
It
is
the
same
base
as
the
French
school
IEJ
in
Marseille.
But
there
is
one
big
difference
between
the
two
schools.
The
Meek
school
has
a
university
newspaper,
written
and
made
by
the
students.
And
IEJ
does
not.
How
is
it
possible?
How
come
a
journalist
school
that
wants
to
form
his
students
to
be
professional
as
soon
as
they
come
out
the
school,
if
there’re
is
not
a
school
newspaper,
where
students
can
already
work
as
journalists
all
year
long?
It’s
true
that
students
at
IEJ
can
do
an
internship
in
a
various
media
but
as
well
as
the
Meek
school
students.
And
at
the
Meek
school,
students
must
do
an
internship
but
can
also
work
in
the
Daily
Mississippian.
According
the
secretary
redaction
Emy
Saxton:
“Working
in
the
school
daily,
is
a
great
opportunity
for
the
students.
It
gives
them
good
experiences
and
skills
for
their
futures
jobs”.
At
least
one
hundred
students,
works
at
the
newspapers,
and
they
change
every
months.
It's
also
a
good
way
to
make
a
little
money.
In
fact,
the
students
are
paid
10
dollars
by
article.
It’s
not
much
but
it’s
still
better
than
internship
were
you
may
not
be
paid.
The
school
prints
13500
newspapers
per
day.
Which
is
just
unbelievable
for
a
university
media.
The
journal
is
free,
and
“it’s
for
students
and
local
communities”,
explain
Emy.
The
Daily
Mississippian
comes
out
every
day
of
the
week.
There’s
just
some
period
of
the
year,
like
spring
break
or
Christmas,
that
the
newspapers
does
not
come
out,
because
all
the
students
are
in
vacation.
It
also
has
a
online
version,
created
in
1996.
But
the
Daly
Mississippian
is
not
the
only
media
of
the
college.
There
is
also
a
radio,
named
Radio
Rebel.
“There’s
also
a
lot
of
students
working
for
Radio
rebel”,
adds
Emy
Saxton.
The
Meek
school
is
a
way
ahead
IEJ,
but
the
French
college
is
still
young,
and
full
of
talents.
Only
three
years
of
existence
and
the
school
has
already
won
“Défi
L’EXPRESS”
once
and
they
are
in
a
really
good
position
to
make
it
double.
They
still
have
a
lot
to
do
to
become
as
great
as
the
Meek
School,
but
maybe
someday,
with
a
lot
of
courage
and
determination,
IEJ
would
have
his
own
newspaper,
where
the
students
would
be
working
and
taking
experiences
for
their
career.
Guillaume
LOPEZ
IEJ
2A

3. Wild
Cats,
ready
for
the
title?
Not
an
empty
seat
in
college
football
stadiums.
In
the
United
States,
Football
is
an
institution.
The
NFL
of
course
is
very
popular,
but
also
College
Football.
College
Football,
is
very
followed,
got
a
lot
of
Media
coverage
and
is
loved
by
football
fans
and
students.
There’re
even
videogames
about
college
football
teams.
While
in
France,
even
in
Soccer,
yet
most
popular
sport
in
the
country,
the
stadiums
are
unfortunately
empty.
On
the
other
side
of
the
Atlantic
Ocean,
there
are
no
such
problems.
Every
weekend,
college
football
stadiums
are
full
of
fans
and
students,
all
dressed
out
with
the
colors
of
their
favorites
team.
At
Bill
Snyder
Family
Football
Stadium,
of
Kansas
State
University,
the
purple
invade
every
weekend
the
campus.
The
Bill
Sander
Family
Stadium,
who
was
renovated
in
2006,
can
welcome
no
less
than
50,000
people.
Amazing
when
we
think
about
the
fact
that
is
just
College
Football.
Just
to
compare,
“La
Mosson”,
Montpellier
football
stadium,
which
by
the
way
was
the
French
champion
last
year,
can
welcome
only
32500
people.
In
fact,
in
Kansas,
student
are
vey
fond
of
the
Wild
Cats,
and
don’t
miss
a
single
game.
«
Every
student
follows
the
games
and
either
attends
or
watches
from
home.
The
stadium
sold
out
almost
every
game
so
yes
it
is
always
full”
said
Mandi
Mitchell,
student
in
chemistry
at
Kansas
State.
But,
not
only
current
students
follow
the
championship.
In
fact,
a
lot
of
people
follow
it,
like
teachers
and
also
former
students.
Jennifer
Butler,
who
graduated
last
year,
considers
herself
as
a
huge
fans
of
the
Wild
Cats.
And
this
years,
the
team,
has
a
really
good
chance
to
win
the
Bowl,
“We
are
actually
ranked
6th
in
the
nation
so
we
have
a
good
football
program
so
a
lot
of
people
support
us”,
he
adds.
It
could
be
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
the
school
to
win
the
championship.
Guillaume
LOPEZ

4. Jayson'Blair'
'
He'was'a'journalist'who'worked'for'the'New$York$Times'for'4'years.'While'he'
was'studying'at'the'University'of'Maryland,'he'did'an'internship'at'the'New$York$
Times,'and'he'work'alongside'Miss'Hernandez,'who'was'also'in'internship.'
'
After'his'internship,'The'Times,'offered'him'a'job,'that'he'refused'in'a'first'time'
but'finally'accept'in'1999.'For'his'colleague,'«'he$was$about$to$become$national$
figure$and$enter$the$history$books…$»'A'great'future'was'given'to'this'journalist'
but'we’ll'see'that'it'won’t'happen'and'for'good'reasons.'
'
On'April'28'2003,'He'wrote'an'article'about'a'mother'living'in'the'wait'of'the'
return' of' her' son' missing' in' Iraq.' Two' days' after' he' receive' a' call' from' Jim'
Roberts,'the'editor'of'The'Times.'They'found,'some'similitudes'with'an'article'
wrote'by'Miss'Hernandez'in'the'San$Antonio$Express?News,$ten'days'earlier.'
After'an'investigation,'they'found'out'that'he'plagiarized'the'whole'article,'using'
the'same'quotes'and'everything.'After'further'investigation,'we'found'out'that'
most' of' his' works' were' just' invented.' 600' articles' that' he' wrote' were' fake'
stories.'
'
In'May'2003,'only'a'few'weeks'after'this'case,'Jayson'Blair'resigned'from'his'job'
at'The$New$York$Times'and'returned'to'school.'
'
To' apologize,' and' explain' to' their' readers,' The$ Times' wrote' a' huge' article' of'
more'than'7,000'words'in'the'front'page.'At'the'beginning'of'the'article,'we'can'
read,' «'A$ staff$ reporter$ for$ The$ New$ York$ Times$ committed$ frequent$ acts$ of$
journalistic$ fraud$ while$ covering$ significant$ news$ events$ in$ recent$ months,$ an$
investigation$ by$ Times$ journalists$ has$ found.$ The$ widespread$ fabrication$ and$
plagiarism$represent$a$profound$betrayal$of$trust$and$a$low$point$in$the$152?year$
history$of$the$newspaper”.$
In'the'article,'they'also'explain'ways'that'Blair'used'to'make'up'his'stories,'make'
people'believe'that'he'was'on'the'field'but'he'was'not.'
'
Blair'tried'to'explain'himself,'when'he'was'accused'of'plagiarism,'he'said'“oh…$I$
don’t$know,$I$downloaded$an$article$of$the$Internet$and$must$have$confused$it$with$
my$own$not…”'or'any'stuff'like'this.'Afterwards,'he'wrote'a'book,'saying'his'side'
of'his'story.'250,000'exemplars'were'printed'but'only'1,400'were'sold'in'the'first'
nine'days.'He'must'have'been'a'little'bit'disappointed.'''
'
What' journalism' lessons' that' we' can' learn' with' this' case.' That' we' can’t'
plagiarize,'or'making'up'stories,'because'we’ll'always'get'caught.'It’s'wrong'and'
against'journalistic'deontology.'And'is'it'why'we'want'to'become'a'journalist?'To'
rewrite'what'other'people'wrote'in'a'first'place?'Or'to'make'up'stories?'If'you'
want' to' make' up' a' good' story,' maybe' you' should' be' a' novelist' but' not' a'
journalist.'Because'if'you'get'caught'and'you'will.'You’ll'embarrass'yourself,'your'
newspaper'and'all'journalists'around'the'world.'
'
Guillaume'LOPEZ'
'

5. A"big"star"at"the"top"of"the"most"famous"and"tallest"Christmas"
tree"of"the"world."
"
"
"
For" many" years" now," people" come" from" all" around" the" globe" to" admire" the"
magnificent"Christmas"tree"in"New"York"City."And"this"year,"the"tree"will"have"
something"very"special."A"giant"star"made"of"stone"Swarovski"will"be"on"his"top"at"
the"Rockefeller"Centre"Building."
"
How"I"could"treat"the"subject"in"Marseille:"
"
I"would"talk"about"the"Christmas"decoration"in"Marseille."How"each"and"every"
year"there"is"less"and"less"Christmas"decoration"in"our"city.""
I"would"also"talk"about"the"fact"that"there"is"no"big"Christmas"Tree"in"Marseille."I"
believe"that"it"could"be"a"place"where"people"could"go"on"Christmas"Eve"to"be"
together."
I"would"talk"also"of"the"economic"aspect."Of"course"decoration"cost"a"lot"of"money"
but"in"New"York"some"people"come"for"Christmas"just"to"see"the"tree"and"it’s"so"
nice."So"maybe"if"Marseille’s"Christmas"decoration"were"more"attractive,"more"
people"would"come,"so"more"money."
I"think"I"would"also"talk"about"secularism."Because,"yes"at"first"Christmas"was"a"
religious" holidays" but" I" believe" that" nowadays," not" anymore." And" it’s" just" a"
reason"and"occasion"to"offer"gifts"to"children"and"to"be"together."That’s"why"we"
should"have"a"place"to"go"to"celebrate"Christmas"all"together."
"
To"do"my"article,"I"would"call"City"Hall"and"talk"to"a"person"responsible"of"that"
and"ask"him"why?"And"also"why"there"is"no"big"Christmas"tree"in"Marseille?"I"
would"also"go"on"the"street"and"ask"people"if"they"would"like"more"decoration,"a"
Christmas"tree."And"what"Christmas"mean"to"them."
Guillaume"LOPEZ"