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of "Liberation" create a new information site


Alumni of "Liberation" create a new information site


A new information website will be launched Sunday, May 6, at 18 hours. His name: rue89.com. The Launch is scheduled just before the results of the second round of the presidential election - but "no results", says Pierre Haski, former deputy director of the writing of Liberation and cofounder of the site.



other four founding members are Pascal Riche, Laurent Mauriac, Arnaud Aubron, all former Liberation parties earlier this year under the plan of daily departures, and Michel Lévy-Provençal, multimedia engineer. Rue89.com work with professional journalists, experts, in the broadest sense possible, and "online community". Lack of resources, the site is fully volunteer, and writing has been installed in the apartment of Pierre Haski pending a true local.

Rue89.com wants to "marry professional journalism and participatory culture of the Internet" and is located between the sites of traditional news and the blogosphere. "Our site meets the current thinking about marriage between journalists and fans and wants the laboratory of a new journalistic language media," said Pierre Haski.

Rue89 does not arise in competition with other news sites such as Yahoo, CNN, ... but "we will locate what you judge serving in the news in involving the three circles, journalists, experts and witnesses with a clear identification of who is who, "said Pierre Haski.

This free site, in testing until September, will be funded by advertising. He currently works with personal contributions. A fundraising from friends and family of the founders planned a second time. In the autumn, an appeal to outside investors should be launched. "Contacts have already been taken, "one of the founders.

With rue89 - chosen name" in reference to the universal values of the French Revolution, "according to Pierre Haski - the founders wanted to distinguish itself from traditional news sites remaining "totally independent". In a second phase, the site will create a "social networking" (social network), which will connect communities of users with similar interests ... Rue89 also aspires to be "a positive site," to counter criticisms of the media, often deemed too negative. A section on "acting out" and propose the implementation of solutions to real problems.

Today, the crisis of traditional media, the Internet is attracting more and more journalists. United States, thepolitico.com site was launched in late January by two feathers from the Washington Post and Time reporter attached to the White House.

Pascale Santi