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ESJ Paris summary (French School of Journalism)
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ESJ Paris and ESJ D International
ESJ Paris is a fully owned subsidiary of ESJ D International. ESJ D International is a privately held French company managed and owned by various personalities, the alumni association, the ESJ Foundation and Eco-Médias Maroc since 2006. ESJ Paris is nowadays fully independent.
The Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme de Paris has been created in Paris in the 1896/1899 period by university professors willing to expand the education in the social sciences. It’s the first school of journalism ever created in the world.
ESJ Paris has been selected in 2008 as partner school of journalism for various external programs such as NATO civil training program in Central Asia and European Community Prize of Journalism Lorenzo Natali.
The nearly 130 teachers are full time journalists and professionals (lawyers, senior civil servants, university lecturers).
In 2008 ESJ D International created a joint-venture subsidiary ESJC in Casablanca, Morocco with the Moroccan press group ECO-MEDIAS. ESJC works under the the same cursus and program as ESJ Paris.
ESJ Paris program includes matters as such: basic of journalism, media management, written press, deontology and ethics, journalist tax and law, TV, radio broadcasting, photography, web, book writing, career strategy, professional software, investigative reporting, foreign correspondence, technical English, etc.
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ESJ Paris Formation is the professional training subsidiary incorporated in 2009 to provide short-sessions training programs to professionals (medias outlets and general businesses).
ESJ D International has opened a branch in Dubai (UAE) in 2010, named ORIENT-ESJ where the training is centered on TV and broadcast and executed in both the English and Arabic languages
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ESJ Paris curricula
Actual general teaching is 80% in French and 20% in English –plus Arabic in Casablanca.
Main body (master I):
- two years of specific journalism training
- admission at +2/+3 level post high school with a limited number of positions
- one year internal prep school for +1/+0 levels post high school
- training is centered of graduating polyvalent journalists (press, TV, radio, Internet) but also includes training in photography, investigative reporting, media laws, etc
- English is a mandatory part of the training
- Each year selection is enforced to keep only the students having a certain level
- Graduation is a master, level I ("Bologna" system)
- Training includes annually 1500 hours, of which 500h of lectures and workshops plus mandatory internships in medias (2 periods of 2 months each year).
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Specific training programs (master II):
Master II is a very limited group of students enduring a dual intensive program in journalism in 15 months, having been selected after another graduation (1700 hours of training), plus mandatory media internship of 3 months.
Options are: general journalism, sports journalism, audio-visual/TV journalist and reporter, bilingual journalist.
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Coherence with the “Bologna” system
ESJ compounds various graduation systems :
French “classical”: ESJ is a “grande école” by decree of the Prime Minister, meaning that graduated students get a”Diplôme de Formation Supérieure en Journalisme”, M1 level.
“Certification of ESJ” through the RNCP (both Ministries of Education and Labor) means also that students are graduated in the L3/M1 range.
“LMD/Bologna”: we deliver 60 ECTS each year to students with the main cursus and 20 ECTS through an additional non mandatory cursus in order to deliver a 240 ECTS/M1 level at graduation, whatever the level of student prior to joining ESJ.
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Number of students:
Program year
ESJ 1: (L1, prep year): 90 to 100
ESJ 2 (L2): 70 to 80
ESJ 3 (M1): 60 to 70 (20 per specialization: TV, radio or print)
ESJ 4 (M2) general: 20
ESJ 4 (M2) sports: 20
ESJ 4 (M2) TV/Broadcast: 9
ESJ Paris includes around 25% of foreign students from all over the world (Belgium, Romania, Qatar, Canada, Algeria, Lebanon, India, Argentina, Japan, Tunisia, Comores, Portugal, UK, Spain, Holland, Morocco, Gabon, Mali, Senegal, Russia, Egypt, Djibouti, Switzerland, Italy ... in 2009/2010).
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International programs
ESJ Paris has a prep class in both Casablanca (Morocco) and Brussels (Belgium). Opening of a class in Geneva (Switzerland) is scheduled for 2010.
Exchange programs are currently running with the following schools of journalism:
- Griffith College (Dublin, Ireland),
- American University (Washington DC, USA),
- Lomonossov University of Moscow (Russia),
- University of Geneva (Switzerland),
- San Pablo CEU (Madrid, Spain),
- University of Sofia (Bulgaria),
- John Cabot University, Roma (Italy).
Current discussions should set up exchange programs in India, China, Taiwan, Argentina and Turkey.
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Partnerships
- ESSEC business school Alumni
- NATO civil training program, Central Asia
- European Commission, Prize of Journalism Lorenzo Natali
- Army/Youth commission of the French Ministry of Defense
- Avid official training center
- Eurosport TV channel training program
- Medi1Sat, Tangiers
- Club de la Presse Arabe, Paris.
- Paris Press Club
- …
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ESJ International governance
ESJ International board is composed of:
Dr. Guillaume JOBIN, chairman
Pr. Abdelmounaim DILAMI, chairman of ECO-MEDIAS Morocco
M. Guillaume-Olivier DORE, chairman of AGREGATOR CAPITAL
M. Alain FOURMENT, ex-coo of Le Monde press group
M. Patrick WALBAUM, ceo of Turkish Cotton Export Group
M. Derek EL ZEIN, attorney at law
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ESJ Paris Alumni
ESJ Alumni association is based on more than 5.000 alumni from more than 80 countries. Alumni association chairman is Guillaume DI GRAZIA, reporter at Eurosport.
ESJ representatives
ESJ is represented:
- in Paris: M. Roger ZABEL, director,
- in Brussels: M. Julien OEILLET
- in Fort de France (Carribean): M. Cedric CATAN,
- in Casablanca: M. Radouane RIZKI,
- in Algeria: M. Mahrez RABIA,
- in United Arab Emirates: Mrs Faten AZZAM
- in Syria: Mrs Rania AL-ASWAD
- in Lebanon: Mrs Caroline BOURGERET
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ESJ English speaking journalists group
under the spotlights: Welcome to Nita WIGGINS, Fox TV, Dallas
American journalist Nita Wiggins comes to ESJ Paris after nine years as a sports reporter for KDFW FOX 4 TV in Dallas, Texas. Covering the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL from 1999 until January 2009 fulfilled Nita’s childhood dream. Also during her tenure in Dallas, Nita reported on four of Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France victories. The Augusta, Ga. native worked in Seattle, Wash., Memphis, Tenn. and four other U.S. television markets. Nita initiated “Study Abroad” program to Senegal for students from her alma mater, Augusta State University. Nineteen students have visited since 2007.
Others journalists are : Amanda McKENZIE, Peter HUMI (ex NBC), Marie Noelle BAUER.
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ESJ in English 
