This is a project between the Festival d'Avignon - field of unlimited "subjects" - and the press in order to make the new generation of journalists aware of the performing arts, to work on the promotion of the "cultural press" and on the renewal of audiences and spectators.
This project is renewed in 2024 thanks to the involvement of the editorial staff in printed supplements dedicated to each edition, to the important presence of the press (600 accredited journalists in July) and to the support work of our press office each summer with the new generations of journalists.
The Festival d'Avignon proposes to journalism students a course composed of :
April : seminar on the Festival, its organisation, the performing arts and cultural journalism. Supervised by Marie-Josée Sirach, cultural journalist and theatre critic, in collaboration with journalists from the partner media. Meetings with cultural professionals and discovery of the cultural environment.
During the Festival work placement in the editorial department of a media partner of the Festival d'Avignon.
Requirements: open to students at journalism schools or higher education establishments interested in cultural journalism.
In 2024, the media currently partnering the Festival are : France Médias Monde, RFI, La Provence Les Echos, Scèneweb, L’Humanité, Théâtre(s), Zébuline et Vaucluse Matin.