We start with this message from a listener: “I am writing to you because I am a little exasperated to see that the problems of access to vaccination are not covered in your journals and I listen to you every day. “
This listener then describes the situation of her relatives, elderly, and who tried to find a date without succeeding, then she writes: “Your message – the call for immunization – is important. It would be just as important to challenge the government on the difficulties in obtaining an appointment for all those who wish to be vaccinated or to have a booster. “
Emmanuelle Daviet: Does this criticism seem justified to you?
Matthieu Mondoloni: No, it’s always the same, there is the feeling of the listeners and then there is the reality of what we are doing. And then the antenna is very large and very wide. But there, we talked a lot, precisely, about these difficulties that people had, because things are better now, it must be said too. But the problems people have had in making appointments, in actually getting those famous booster doses.
We also called on our sets, the policies that we had received, the people who are in the government or the majority to ask them how they were going to do to settle the matter.
The platforms that also put these meetings online explained to us why it was complicated at the start and at the start, and how they gradually solved the problem. There are still some, no doubt today, locally, but in the main, it is settled. And once again, we have informed our listeners of this fact.
We continue with this message: “Unconditional of franceinfo since its creation, I am sorry for the turn taken recently by the treatment of the news on the antenna. Your newspapers abuse ‘testimonies’ reports where are interviewed French lambdas on all types of subjects: the good weather New Year’s Eve, the ban on consumption on trains, teleworking, cafes where you can no longer stand at the counter or even fitness rooms to implement the good resolutions of the new year. “
Matthieu Mondoloni, why is this type of reporting necessary on the air?
It is necessary because it gives color, and it also allows to illustrate subjects which are sometimes hard, which are sometimes complicated. And we cannot remain in the expertise and in the analysis. It is also important to hear from the people who are directly concerned, quite simply.
In the examples given by this listener, I also note that there are subjects which are sometimes so-called slightly lighter subjects. We know very well that these are not main lines or dominant news, but in the current context, with the very heavy news that is ours, especially with the Covid epidemic, to sometimes have subjects a little more ‘smile’, a little lighter, to also give breathing space to our antenna and to the listeners who are listening to us, that seems important to me.
So what is the difference with a micro sidewalk?
For me, I was a reporter, it was taking to the streets and seeking the opinion of people who are not necessarily directly concerned by something. But they have an opinion. There, that is the micro-sidewalk.
On the other hand, going to look for, for example, the customers of a restaurant or a café who used to have coffee standing up in the morning, the little black guy at the counter and who find themselves deprived of that following a government decision. , for once, it is more of the micro-sidewalk, it is the testimony of those who are directly affected, impacted by government measures. They undoubtedly have things to say, and it is important to give them a voice and to hear them.
We end with the Dakar. What editorial choices have you made this year to cover this race, listeners ask us?
Matthieu Mondoloni: we follow this race on the Franceinfo antenna, through the Journal des sports, daily, you may hear it at 6:34 am and 7:34 am. No one is there because the sanitary constraints are such that it was a bit complicated for us to be able to send someone.
And then, I also say that in the editorial staff, we ourselves are affected. We are not saying it, but we are also affected by this Covid epidemic with people who are contact cases, who are positive, and sometimes editorial staff and resources which are reduced for us. So we decided to follow him remotely, which was easier and less restrictive for us.
And we obviously follow the news. You saw it again with this attack against a runner and his crew, in any case. An investigation has been opened in France by the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office, and of course, we will continue to follow this competition, as well as this very important fact that took place around it.