France’s glossy magazine websites were also Charlie For a few days in early January, Frenc
France’s glossy magazine websites were also Charlie For a few days in early January, French glossy websites and magazines took a step back from fashion coverage, publishing supportive messages and relaying news about the terrorist attacks that started on 7 January with the shooting of twelve people in Charlie Hebdo and ended with the death of the involved terrorists on 9 January. ELLE, a weekly publication in France, moved its publishing date to Wednesday 14 January, coinciding with the latest, sold out issue of Charlie Hebdo. Although the magazine usually puts photos on its cover, it made an exception and, fitting in the general mood of paying tribute to cartoonists with cartoons, asked long-term collaborator Soledad to draw a peace dove holding a green pen (visual 2). The theme continued inside the issue and on the site, which featured additional cartoons alongside articles by French personalities and opinion-makers on the terrorist attack, what it means for France and the possible aftermath. On 8 January, Elle.fr published a photo of the entire magazine team holding Je suis Charlie posters (visual 4). CondéNast France, publisher of Paris Vogue, French GQ and French Glamour, among others, published a statement across all its websites, saying that defending freedom of speech, no matter the field, and the specific way in which each media outlet informs, is at the core of the journalistic mission (visual 1). Glamourparis.com followed up with a few articles, essentially focusing on freedom of speech and the survivor issue of Charlie Hebdo. The site features a large Je suis Charlie banner at the top. However, Glamour indicates how ill-equipped glossy sites are to report news, as the articles weren’t tagged. It was therefore impossible to find all writing on the topic in one place, short of actually searching the site. Vanityfair.fr covered the news, from the 7 January shooting, for which it was one of many news sites opening a live feed, to the marche républicaine of Sunday and the aftermath. I think CondéNast had an editorial policy to publish the latest Charlie Hebdo cover as Vanity Fair did it alongside GQ and Glamour. Vogue hasn’t reported on the terrorist attacks at all. Grazia put a Je suis Charlie logo on it cover (visual 3) and opened its 16 January issue with a tribute. The weekly also covered the event on its website, as usual relying on embedded videos produced by other media and short articles. Around 6pm on 7 January, the day of the first shooting, Cosmopolitan.fr published a very short note saying: “There is no word… The Cosmopolitan team is under shock. It wishes to express its support to all Charlie Hebdo collaborators and their families”. -- source link
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