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On television or especially on the radio, giving the floor to listeners/viewers is commonplace and adds a welcome touch of interactivity to certain programs (like the France Inter morning show ). The functionality has also been internalized in the station's mobile application.



At Le Monde or Franceinfo , interactive live has also become an editorial pillar. Readers' questions are very present, unlike most competing news sites. During the lockdown, Le Monde's live has become a real daily meeting for thousands of Internet users.

At Libération , questions and answers have amazon database become a successful editorial gimmick with the CheckNews vertical .


Soliciting ideas

During the great national debate, Le Parisien set up a participatory system to collect citizens' ideas and proposals. Result: more than 2,500 proposals, then relayed in surveys. This "Labo" project was then adapted for the European elections .





The call for witnesses is an old journalistic ritual. Some news sites cleverly highlight it, like Le Monde . We regularly find them on the home page of the site.


On the New York Times website , this practice is also increasingly common. Beyond the classic calls for witnesses, the American newspaper regularly launches calls to collect audio and video testimonies, in order to feed its podcasts and video series.