(Credit: Matthieu Karam/L’Orient-Le Jour)
The word stretches out, almost sung, like a slightly higher note in the well-oiled rhythm of the editorial conference on the third floor. Around the large oval table, everyone has already played their part. The news, burning — sometimes incandescent — has already passed through: politics, never lukewarm; international affairs, under constant tension; the economy, accompanied by a collective sigh; investigations, serious, solid, almost austere.How can we offer readers a touch of lightness, a veil of joy, an organza of freshness in this sad and troubled world?Then comes that suspended moment. At the other end of the table, Maya barely lifts her head. Co-editor-in-chief, Élie, has sounded the call with that half-ironic, half-anticipated inflection — a habit turned ritual. All eyes converge."Cultuuuuure."In this almost theatrical...
The word stretches out, almost sung, like a slightly higher note in the well-oiled rhythm of the editorial conference on the third floor. Around the large oval table, everyone has already played their part. The news, burning — sometimes incandescent — has already passed through: politics, never lukewarm; international affairs, under constant tension; the economy, accompanied by a collective sigh; investigations, serious, solid, almost austere.How can we offer readers a touch of lightness, a veil of joy, an organza of freshness in this sad and troubled world?Then comes that suspended moment. At the other end of the table, Maya barely lifts her head. Co-editor-in-chief, Élie, has sounded the call with that half-ironic, half-anticipated inflection — a habit turned ritual. All eyes converge."Cultuuuuure."In this almost...
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