Sandrine Treiner, director of France Culture, in Paris, August 25, 2015. CHRISTOPHE MORIN / IP3
In mid-January, journalists were able to celebrate the current radio broadcast results with Sandrine Treiner, head of France Culture, about the success of their station. Internally, however, “we don’t see much anymore,” assure the employees with whom Le Monde has exchanged information. Since autumn 2022 and the establishment of a system for listening to employees, the manager has been discreet. No more noisy morning debriefs around them in the open space. Gone are the meetings where some people were afraid of getting a salty reflection.
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The consulting company Alcens, commissioned by the management of Radio France, is to present its report by the end of the month, at the latest by the beginning of February. Sibyle Veil, the President, will then need a few days to decide what to do. Will Sandrine Treiner be sanctioned? Will you be offered another role? “Everyone is watching” what will happen, sums up one journalist.
The channel has been on hot coals since September 20 and the publication of an article in Libération – “A French culture, a ‘system of violence and subjugation’ from above” – which described an administration described as “brutal”, “vertical”, “autocratic”, even “nasty” by some of our interlocutors.
burnout and departures
Supporters of Sandrine Treiner have read a statement based on anonymous witness statements and should therefore be treated with caution. However, with the exception of these few relatives, all we contacted demanded the same discretion. “We, the producers [les présentateurs d’émission]”We depend on the fact of the prince,” reasoned one of them.
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Equal caution with directors, documentary or feature film writers, freelancers and temps called by the network – each has an example to give of a “blacklisted” or “closed” colleague. “For Sandrine, if we’re not for her, it’s because we’re against her,” sums up a former member of the House. Burnout situations have been identified (in administrative positions) and departures (a communications director, a HR manager) have taken place. The chairman declined to answer questions from Le Monde.
From November to December 2022, France Culture danced to 3.1 points, one of its all-time records
At the start of the 2016 school year, a press release from Radio France’s UNSA union headlined “France’s culture fed up with management” and reported “intimidation” and “contempt” and called for “peaceful relations with all France Culture staff and the editorial staff” . At that time, Sandrine Treiner only managed the station for a year, which she had recaptured with a cumulative audience rating of 1.8 points. From November to December 2022, France Culture danced to 3.1 points, one of its all-time records. “We’ve been complaining about the way we’ve been treated for years,” insists a witness. The management of Radio France did everything they could not to see him because the viewership was good. »
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