Victoires de la Presse Awards honour best in French media
The awards, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) with the support of the Group Progrès/Direct Matin Lyon Plus/leprogres.fr, were presented in a ceremony in one of France's gastronomic landmarks, l'Abbaye Paul Bocuse.
The 12 winners are:
L'Express, for L'ExpressVentures, an investment fund to encourage media start-ups.
Le Figaro.fr, for the clarity of its website.
DNA (Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace)
La Dépêche du Midi for its new digital offer, called Premium
L'Economiste in Morocco, for Abortion in Morocco: A Taboo and Much Hypocrisy
Nice Matin, which replaced three presses that were in service since 1977
Science et vie kids 2, for its educational app aimed at 7-12 year olds
- XXI et 6 mois of Laurent Beccaria
Véronique Faujour, director general of Uni-Editions
GIE ePresse for its digital kiosk, ePresse.fr
La Gazette, Senegal, for its renowned investigative reporting
Le Presse in Canada, for its continuing work over many years
Source: WAN-IFRA
WAN-IFRA, based in Paris, France, and Darmstadt, Germany, with subsidiaries in Singapore, India, Spain, France and Sweden, is the global organisation of the world’s newspapers and news publishers. It represents more than 18 000 publications, 15 000 online sites and over 3000 companies in more than 120 countries. The organisation was created by the merger of the World Association of Newspapers and IFRA, the research and service organisation for the news publishing industry.
Go to: http://www.wan-ifra.org
