Room B – Press and Media

The room offers free access to about 400 political press and general information print titles. All continents are represented, with special emphasis on Europe and French-speaking countries.

Salle presse et Médias © Béatrice Lucchese / BnF

The French press collection comprises all national daily newspapers, most of the regional titles and a large selection of weekly and monthly publications covering a wide range of opinions and subjects. Daily print titles are accessible for three months and magazines are kept for one year.
Some professional press titles (La Correspondance de la Presse, Le Bulletin Quotidien, Medias etc.) and books on press and journalisme complete the offer.

Collections

Academic and professional press on journalism and press
Magazines, repertoires, dictionaries
Journalism
Books on journalistic practice and learning, journalistic techniques, debates and issues about the journalistic profession, documents for the preparation of journalism schools’ entrance exams.
Press photography, press illustration
Documents on photojournalism festivals, photographic reporting, war reporting, monographs on famous photographers, collections of press illustrations by subjectand by press cartoonist, drawn reports.
Freedom of the press
The complete history of the press in France
Press in the world
State of the press in the world, freedom of the press in the world, history of the press in various geographical areas in the world
General Informations
Collection of reference documents (French and language dictionaries, repertoires, atlases etc.)

Services Offered

Help with documentary research, paper and electronic collections regarding the study of press and media
A lounge room for magazine reading
A space dedicated to the digitization and reproduction of documents on paper (books and magazines)
Access to INA resources with a selection of archives on the study of the press, 11 French and international TV information channels, 5 radio information channels which may be consulted over a rolling 100 day period.
Access to the AFP database, featuring information threads, AFP photographies, videos, and archives.
Press and media portal on the room’s current news and news about journalism
Access to PressReader, a digital press newsstand
Access to the main press bases: Factiva, Europresse, Generalis Indexpresse
Access to online journals: Mediapart, Arrêt sur Images
News presentation and thematic exhibitions on the press
Thematic bibliographies on the press