Marthe Dolphin and Louis Vial, winners of the France Télévisions d’Arcy scholarship

The two journalism students were awarded a fixed-term employment contract at France Télévisions.

The Jean d’Arcy scholarship was awarded on Friday May 31 to two students: Marthe Dolphin, from the Bordeaux Aquitaine Institute of Journalism (IJBA), as editor, and Louis Vial, from the Toulouse journalism school (EJT), as a journalist and image reporter. The two winners were presented with their prizes by the president of France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte, and by the director of information of France Télévisions, Alexandre Kara.

The Arcy Stock Exchange is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. It was created in 1984 by Hervé Bourges in homage to Jean d’Arcy, who was one of the great pioneers of television. It is the first television journalism prize which, instead of rewarding its winner with money, rewards him with a contract within a company. First at TF1, when it was a public channel, then at Antenne 2, from 1989, after the privatization of TF1.

The Jean d’Arcy scholarship has since been “the” journalism competition of France Télévisions, its “royal” path. It has evolved over the years and with the transformations of the company. It was first a prize for editors, then, from 1997, a prize for JRIs. Only schools recognized by the national press card commission (14 schools at present) can present one candidate per category (editor or JRI). The events, which take place in two rounds, have also evolved over the years, but it is always on the basis of a report that the finalists are decided.

The image reporter Louis Vial comes from Sète. His family was by his side for this award ceremony. He earned a 10-month fixed-term contract with the JRI service. The editor Marthe Dolphin is from Hauts-de-France. She was also with her family to receive her prize, a 10-month fixed-term contract (two months in the Economics department of the national editorial team then eight months in the Investigations and reporting department).