New era for the JDD: after a historic 40-day strike and no doubt many departures of journalists to come in the coming weeks, a new issue of the JDD has been published overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
This surprise first edition, because until then announced for mid-August, was available shortly after midnight on the newspaper’s platform. “You were waiting for it, here it is” published the weekly on Twitter, referring to its front page. The last edition dated back to June 22.
This is a 32-page issue (20 less than the last edition), the front page of which is devoted to insecurity and justice after the death of a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death. July 22 in the Eure. The new Secretary of State for the City, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, is the first member of the government to grant an interview to the JDD Lejeune version.
This issue was produced mainly by outside journalists, with few members of the outgoing editorial staff involved, as for the website whose activity had already resumed this week, powered by the 6Médias press agency.
We find there the signatures of Charlotte d’Ornellas and Raphaël Stainville (former of Valeurs Actuelles, like Geoffroy Lejeune), Pascal Praud, journalist for Europe 1 and CNews, Jacques Vendroux, for sport, or even Éric Naulleau.
On Tuesday, an agreement was reached between the strikers and the management of the Lagardère group, owner of the JDD, ending the historic editorial strike, most of whose journalists had refused since June 22 the arrival of Geoffroy Lejeune.
This agreement provided for a gradual resumption of activity as well as the establishment of support conditions for journalists who wish to leave the editorial office. Many of them had let it be known that they did not wish to stay.
