Pièces à Conviction
Encyclopedia
Pièces à Conviction is a monthly French
investigative journalism
TV program that airs on France 3
. Elise Lucet
has hosted the program since 2000.
Pieces a Conviction airs once per month, on Friday evenings. According to its website, the program draws over 1 million viewers. Pieces a Conviction is produced by Elise Lucet
and Herve Brusini.
in Paris
at Sciences Po sponsored by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
. The promotional publication read:
The special seminar led by the Pièces à Conviction representatives was entitled:
Investigative Reporting for Broadcasting
programs:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
investigative journalism
Investigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
TV program that airs on France 3
France 3
France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
. Elise Lucet
Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen , France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le...
has hosted the program since 2000.
In Depth News Show
According to European Journalism Centre, the program is an "in depth news show", containing "in depth reporting of actual themes focusing on social injustices".Pieces a Conviction airs once per month, on Friday evenings. According to its website, the program draws over 1 million viewers. Pieces a Conviction is produced by Elise Lucet
Élise Lucet
Élise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen , France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le...
and Herve Brusini.
Each month, a topic, a subject is factually examined, under all facets. Each story delivers the fruit of the investigations, tells the methodology of research, , and new elements, thanks to the reports and of the interviews carried out by Elise LucetÉlise LucetÉlise Lucet, born 30 May 1963 in Rouen , France, is a French investigative journalist and television host. She has worked on France 3 on the prime time investigative journalism program Pieces a Conviction, and began working for France 2 on 6 September 2005, to host the program 13 heures le...
with the personality-key, the forgotten witnesses, experts or persons in charge concerned.
Conference on Investigative Journalism
Several members of the production crew of Pièces à Conviction were to appear at the October 2006 conference on investigative journalismInvestigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
at Sciences Po sponsored by the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. The promotional publication read:
If you want the ability to probe into people's hidden backgrounds, find corrupt deals within the European UnionEuropean UnionThe European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
, uncover criminal and terrorist networks, expose human-rights abuses, or find breaking news information in corporate documents, you will find invaluable skills in this workshop.
The special seminar led by the Pièces à Conviction representatives was entitled:
Investigative Reporting for Broadcasting
How to create investigative projects on television. How to shoot footage and record audio without being noticed. When is it acceptable for journalists to use hidden cameras? Can people conceal their identity on screen? The team of France 3's Television's investigative program Pièces à Conviction will discuss these issues and show some of their coverage, as examples of how to deal with these questions.
By, Pascal Richard, chief editor, Lionel de Coninck, deputy chief editor, Laurent Richard, reporter from Pièces à Conviction, an investigative program on France 3 Television.
International Recognition
Pieces a Conviction has received international praise from the following investigative journalismInvestigative journalism
Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
programs:
- Time Magazine, Time WarnerTime WarnerTime Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
- International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, The New York Times CompanyThe New York Times CompanyThe New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.... - 60 Minutes60 Minutes60 Minutes is an American television news magazine, which has run on CBS since 1968. The program was created by producer Don Hewitt who set it apart by using a unique style of reporter-centered investigation....
, CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
Awards
- 2003 - Prize - "le prix de la meilleure émission d’information de l’année", for its investigation into the Frigates of Taiwan
- 2005 - International Festival of Grand Reporting Factuality - FIGRA "le Festival international du grand reportage d’actualité", awarded the prize for the program's investigation of Patrice Alegre, convicted killer
- 2006 - Dauphine-Henri Tézenas of Montcel Prize
- 2006 - Albert Londres PrizeAlbert Londres PrizeThe Albert Londres Prize is a French journalism award, named in honor of journalist Albert Londres. Created in 1932, it was first awarded in 1933, and has been awarded every year since to the "best reporter in the written press"...
External links
- Pieces a Conviction, homepage
- France 3, Official Site
- French Media Landscape, European Journalism CentreEuropean Journalism CentreThe European Journalism Centre is an independent, non-profit institute based in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Its director is Wilfried Ruetten , who was previously the head of digital television at the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, Austria....
assessment of France 3