“Lorient le Jour” in the language of … Shakespeare

The French newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour recently launched its English edition, L’Orient-Today, online. Almost one hundred years after the publication of the francophone version, and its presentation of news and press reports in French, the newspaper today broadens its horizon in English, with the launch of this platform, through which it seeks to “fill the press vacancy with adequate information and opinion articles presenting different views Analytical and constructive criticism “, says Nayla de Frieg, president of the Board of Directors of” L’Orient-Le Jour “in an article. We also confirm that the English platform offers “complete coverage of the most prominent political, social and economic events.” Benjamin Reed, managing editor of the English platform, is the one who previously worked for The Daily Star, along with ten other journalists in the newsroom. Regarding financing, de Freij refers to the possibility of “achieving self-sufficiency” through the model of working on readers’ subscriptions, within a period of five years, and thus “linking our financial performance to our editorial success” In addition to relying on expatriates who form a basic base for subscribers, while emphasizing in In this context, on the commitment of “Lorient Today”, “the independence of editorial content.”