Who were the French women celebrated in the Olympics opening ceremony?

Who were the French women celebrated in the Olympics opening ceremony?

Liberté, égalité, sororité. The organisers of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games opening ceremony pulled a twist on the French Republic's motto to set up a tableau celebrating French women. Ten golden statues of iconic heroines – and some I and most French people had never heard of – rose out

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Isabelle Roughol
History
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Meditation apps won't cure workplace stress

Burnout happens when the demands of a job and the resources allocated to it are out of balance. Self-care won't help with that.

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Isabelle Roughol
Journalism & Media
This is journalism's largest exit interview

This is journalism's largest exit interview

27 journalists (for now) on why they stopped working in news

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Isabelle Roughol
Journalism & Media
The management tool too many newsrooms lack

The management tool too many newsrooms lack

A career ladder is a roadmap to promotion.

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Isabelle Roughol
Journalism & Media
What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

What does a job offer that self-employment does not?

And other thoughts prompted by the Changing Newsrooms 2023 report

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Isabelle Roughol
Journalism & Media
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Smells like print spirit

Five things you should read this weekend

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Isabelle Roughol
The Lede
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Newsroom culture shouldn't be an accident

We need to train editors as people managers, not just story processors

Isabelle Roughol
Isabelle Roughol
Journalism & Media
My podcasts with The Guardian

My podcasts with The Guardian

I worked as executive producer on... Science Weekly Politics Weekly Weekend Tom Daley, Marina Hyde on Donald Trump, how to tame hypochondria The Audio Long Read An ocean of noise: how sonic pollution is hurting marine life Slow water: can we tame urban floods by going with the flow? ‘We

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Isabelle Roughol
Podcasts