Professional Practices at Daily Newspaper Notre Voie: Between Principles and Realities

In this article, we immerse ourselves in the heart of a newsroom, in this case Notre Voie, ivorian daily news close to the opposition, in order to observe, understand and analyze the professional practices lead in that company and to know if they company with the rules and principles established by the profession of journalism and likely to promote professionalism. Among the main criteria adopted are the process of producing the information, the organization of the editorial staff and the working conditions of journalists. The results collected, through observation and interviews with the main actors of the newspaper (editor-in-chief, journalists) show that while the process of producing information is generally satisfactory, the management and working conditions of journalists, drivers of the production dynamic, are rather precarious and not able to guarantee optimal professional practice of the profession