Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien Press Documentation Intern

Groupe Les Echos Le Parisien is a major French media group operating national and local news brands. The organisation combines fast-paced newsroom operations with cross-platform publishing (print, web, video, podcasts), offering interns exposure to editorial workflows and collaboration across editorial, marketing and legal functions.

1. Conduct comprehensive press research and compile documentary dossiers for journalists using the internal database, press aggregators, web sources and paper or digitised archives
2. Select, index and tag articles in the internal document management system (GED)
3. Produce newsletters and editorial news forecasts to support reporting desks
4. Provide targeted documentary support to multiple editorial teams (local, national, print, web, data & innovation, infographics, video, podcast)
5. Contribute proposals to improve the Documentation service’s processes, tools and communication with journalists and other departments

1. Enrolled at minimum at Bac+3/Bachelor (third year) or Bac+4 level; students preparing for journalism schools are encouraged to apply
2. Strong general culture and pronounced interest in national and international current affairs
3. Good organisational skills, rigor and attention to detail when indexing and managing sources
4. Strong written communication skills in French

1. Press research
2. Indexing and cataloguing of press articles
3. Document management (GED)
4. Use of press aggregators
5. Online research and archival retrieval (paper and digitised archives)
6. Newsletter drafting
7. News monitoring / editorial monitoring
8. Compilation of documentary dossiers for journalists

Open to beginners; suitable for students with little or no professional experience but with academic training or coursework in journalism, media studies, library/information science or related fields.

Bachelor-level studies (Bac+3) or fourth-year undergraduate/master-level coursework, preferably in journalism, media studies, documentation/information science or a related discipline.

The workplace is a dynamic, newsroom-driven environment that values accuracy, editorial integrity and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The Documentation service works closely with multiple editorial teams, offering practical exposure to contemporary news production and an opportunity to influence internal workflows.