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You are here: Home » About Us » Mission
Mission
March
1, 2008
Dear Readers,
FrenchCultureNow.com was launched in
October 2007. Our mission is simple: to publish an English-language website about all things French, targeting a
discriminating and inquisitive audience of educators, journalists,
information managers, and decision makers.
Since its launch, the website has welcomed an average of 10,000 unique visitors per month.
FrenchCultureNow.com
offers a free, unique, one-stop resource for breaking news and in-depth
reporting on every aspect of French art, culture, society, business,
politics, economics, dining, travel, and entertainment.
Managed
and edited by American, Canadian, and British journalists and academics
with a deep and varied professional knowledge and experience of French
history, culture, and institutions, FrenchCultureNow.com prides itself on professionalism,
editorial independence, balanced reporting, completeness, and insider
savvy.
Our editorial team are university
educated citizens of English-speaking
countries. As such, we observe France with an independent, critical eye.
Our mission is to provide a reliable supply of uncensored, balanced
news and a representative overview of events and trends, with clear
assessment and frank analysis.
FrenchCultureNow.com’s user friendly website features:
• an easy-to-navigate layout for rapid information diffusion and assimilation
• four main content categories: Arts + Culture + Fashion, Politics + Society, Food + Drink, and Travel
• updates bringing you the most important news every 2-3 days, or as often as the new cycles demand
• free searchable archives
• contests and give-aways of books, cds, and dvds
We discontinued the time-consuming RSS feed and weekly newsletter, since these features were very time-consuming and studies showed that our readers prefer to get our full content by visiting the website directly.
FrenchCultureNow.com posts
an average of 200 news articles per month,
about French politics, society, art, fashion, food, drink, and travel. All news articles are carefully selected from over fifty of the top international media outlets, newspapers, websites, and blogs, to represent the moment's top stories, issues, and trends.
We have had an encouraging response from other French culture websites and blogs, who have been kind enough to link to us. Our visitorship has grown to approximately of 10,000 unique visitors (approx. 30,000 hits/clicks) per month.
FrenchCultureNow.com
is run on a not-for-profit basis and depends upon volunteers,
donations, and advertising revenue to fulfil its mission and to meet
its modest operating expenses.
We
welcome inquiries from volunteer contributors (journalists and
editors), and from potential sponsors and advertisers. Please feel free
to contact us at the email below if you are interested in learning more
about the people and motivation behind FrenchCultureNow.com.
A bientôt,
Chris Smith
Associate Editor
FrenchCultureNow
POB 231488
178 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10023
Email: editor [at] frenchculturenow [dot] com
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