Newspapers on the Web in French: What Do You Get

FRENCH NEWS ON THE INTERNET

The Internet is an excellent place to find current information about France in French or English. The following sources will enable you to keep in touch with news and events in France on a daily basis. They also provide an excellent, free source of high quality texts and audio in French for intermediate and advanced students.

NATIONAL DAILIES WITH NEWS AND INFORMATION ON THE WEB: Le Monde (www.lemonde.fr) is the French news source with the most developed and informative Web site. Its includes:  The current day’s edition, is available under the heading “Le Kiosque.” You can view the first page, ”La Une”, free of charge with Adobe Acrobat Reader.  Free recent selected articles on various subjects—international news, France, technology, culture, science, sports, film or book reviews, and obituaries. Type in a word or phrase in the search box on the upper left hand side of the page to search the entire site (except the archives) for information. Note: this is not the same as searching the archives (the full-text of previous editions).

Libération—(www.liberation.com)  Read the front pages of the editions of the past week with Adobe Acrobat under the heading “Quotidien.”  Read and search current articles on a variety of subjects—National and International news, sports, science, health.  Participate in reader forums, or discussions and read the contributions of others.  Includes “Espace commerciale” to buy products online.  The heading “Livres” contains reviews of recently published books and “Chapître un” the first chapter of a featured book.

Other national news sources that disseminate information on the Web: Le Figaro -- http://www.lefigaro.fr/ L’Humanité (published by the Parti communiste français) -- http://www.humanite.presse.fr/ Les Echos (financial)-- http://www.lesechos.fr/ The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs news pages -- http://www.france.diplomatie.fr/fr Agence France Presse-- http://www.afp.com/

REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS: France’s regional dailies provide information about local news, weather, job listings, real estate, and cultural events. They also provide a glimpse of “local color” that you do not find in the national dailies. Please note: not all regional dailies have Web sites with news and information.

L’Alsace -- www.alsapresse.com Le Bien Public (Dijon)-- www.bienpublic.com/ La Charente libre -- www.charente.com/ Le Courrier Picard (La Pacardie) -- www.courrier-picard.fr/ La Dépêche du Midi (Toulouse) -- www.ladepeche.com/depeche.asp Dernières Nouvelles D'Alsace www.dna.fr/dna/ L’Est républicain (Lorraine et Franche-Comté)--http://www.estrepublicain.fr/ France-Ouest (Rennes)-- http://www.france-ouest.com/ Le Journal de Saône et Loire -- www.le-journal-de-saone-et-loire.fr Liberté hebdo (la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais) www.libertehebdo.com Nice Matin -- www.nicematin.fr Le Parisien (Paris) – http://www.leparisien.fr/ Le Progrès (Lyon) — http://www.leprogres.fr/ Le Provence (Marseille) -- www.laprovence-presse.fr Le Républicain lorraine -- http://www1.republicain-lorrain.fr/Une.asp?IDCategoria=1 Le Sud ouest (Bordeaux) -- http://www.sudouest.com/ Télégramme de Bretagne – www.letelegramme.com La Voix du Nord (Lille)-- http://www.lavoixdunord.fr

INTERNATIONAL NEWS: Presse Web --http://www.webdopresse.ch/– Lists news sources from all countries on the Web. Internet public library -- http://www.ipl.org/div/news/ – News sources listed by country.

FRENCH RADIO & TELEVISION: COMFM – www.comfm.fr – Links to TV and radio Web resources from all over the world, including France and other francophone countries.

RADIO STATIONS: These sites contain information about programs, current news, horoscopes, weather, photos, games. On most sites, you can listen to radio broadcasts if you download the free RealAudio Player.

Radio France Internationale – www.rfi.fr BFM (French news radio) -- www.radiobfm.com Radio-France -- www.radio-france.fr Europe 1 -- www.europe1.fr Europe 2 -- http://www.europe2.fr/home/index.php?rubrique=radio RTL -- www.rtl.fr NRJ -- www.nrj.fr

TELEVISION CHANNELS: Most of these Web sites contain current news, detailed information about programs, including links to their home pages, schedules, weather, sports, etc. France 2 -- http://www.france2.fr/ Radio Télévision française d’Outre-Mer -- France 3-- http://www.france3.fr/ www.rfo.fr Tf1 -- http://www.tf1.fr/ TV5 -- www.tv5.org Canal Plus – www.canalplus.fr M6 -- www.m6.fr La Cinquième -- www.lacinquieme.fr Arte -- http://www.arte.tv/fr/70.html

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