A pace which can be explained in particular by the independence and great dexterity of Davy Bailly-Basin who produced Le Short alone from start to finish .
The journalist gets up at 3am to choose the news he is going to talk about, writes his text, chooses his sound effects and film clips and then leaves at dawn to record the day's episode in the streets of Lausanne to reproduce the "voice note" atmosphere that a friend could have sent you. Then he takes care of the editing, sending the file on WhatsApp accompanied by a short text and its publication on other podcast platforms ( Play RTS, Spotify, Apple Podcast, Deezer) and finishes with a Tweet.
An example of a message sent at 7am on WhatsApp. / Image AS
For Marie Rumignani, what is particularly interesting is that Davy chinese america data Bailly-Basin combines a classic journalistic practice, watching the evening news and listening to the radio to have guidelines, but complements them with reading pure web players like Slate or the Huff Post and digital monitoring, particularly on Twitter to detect weak signals.
The researcher compares the production of the Short to the trend towards "liquid journalism" , where journalistic practices are shaped by a constantly changing, ultra-connected, participatory, mobile environment. A trend that allows the emergence of individualized media offers and content. We also see this trend with the proliferation of independent newsletters or those embodied by a specific journalist from the editorial staff, particularly in the United States.
presenter, responsible for promoting its content. He is on the fringes of the editorial staff and embodies an original media outlet on his own. This raises the question of dependence on a person who has such precise and valuable skills and the transmission of his know-how" analyses the researcher.
Going beyond the framework of experimentation
The production of the Short, still experimental, is encountering some obstacles in moving to the next stage.