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With a Master's degree in Arts and Lifestyle Journalism (London College of Communication, UAL), Diane Theunissen has been working in the cultural sector for several years. A big fan of dream pop and graphic novels, and particularly sensitive to issues of equality, she is a journalist and radio host for several organizations (Jam, Larsen, etc.) and is also developing her own musical project, DC Lou.

Philippe Schweyer heads Médiapop, a publishing house set up in Mulhouse in 2008 (already publishing over 160 books), which has co-published the cultural magazine Novo since 2009. For several years now, he has been editor-in-chief of Novo, and in 2014 also created Médiapop Records, a music label (some forty vinyl records to date).

With a degree in journalism and social communications from the Université libre de Bruxelles, he became a journalist at Le Soir newspaper in 1981, before becoming head of the non-classical music department in the mid-1980s. In this capacity, he conducted numerous interviews with stars such as David Bowie, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Frank Sinatra, Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, Serge Gainsbourg, Léo Ferré, Tom Waits, the Rolling Stones, U2, R.E.M. and others.

Le Soir is a Belgian French-language daily newspaper founded in 1887 by Émile Rossel. It is part of the Rossel Group. Presenting itself as progressive and independent, the newspaper has a liberal tradition and is historically at the center of the Belgian political spectrum.

Jan Paersch is a freelance cultural journalist from Hamburg. He works for taz, ND and various print magazines, including Hinz&Kunzt and Jazzthing. He regularly hosts and produces for German Radio, DLF Kultur and NDR, and he is the host and producer of the Indie show Nachtclub Raw at NDR Blue.
Jan is a three-time nominee for German Jazz prize, category Journalism. Since fall 2024, he is also head of PR at jazzahead! trade fair & festival

Caroline is a graduate of the Academy of Journalism and Media in Neuchâtel in 2017, she spent six years working at the regional radio station RFJ, located in the Jura region.
She then had the opportunity to become the station manager of GRRIF, a private music and culture radio station based in Delémont.

GRRIF is a French-speaking Swiss private radio station, launched on March 20, 2012, and based in Delémont, in the canton of Jura. It is part of the BNJ Suisse SA group, which also includes the stations RFJ, RTN, and RJB.

GRRIF stands out with its eclectic and refined music programming, covering genres such as rock, electro, indie, reggae, hip-hop, soul, and blues. It draws from a catalog spanning the past 70 years. The station maintains a free and offbeat tone, aiming to offer an alternative to traditional regional radio stations.

Originally broadcast on FM in the Jura Arc (from Boncourt to Yverdon), GRRIF has also been available on DAB+ across all of French-speaking Switzerland since April 2014. It is accessible via streaming on its website and through a dedicated mobile app.
GRRIF is part of the BNJ Suisse SA media group, based in French-speaking Switzerland. This group also owns the radio stations RFJ, RTN, and RJB, and is mainly active in the Jura Arc and the Neuchâtel region.

She is a trilingual European journalist — fluent in German, French, and English — and has been working for the European TV channel ARTE since its creation.

She primarily presents the news program, the "ARTE Journal," in its German version, but also hosts major classical music evenings and live opera broadcasts.

She also moderates many debates for institutions such as the European Parliament or the Council of Europe, as well as for various associations and companies.

Her third area of work is coaching, whether within ARTE — helping colleagues in front of the camera or behind the microphone — or externally, to support progress in public speaking and media appearances.

As a member of the ARTENRÉEL cooperative, he works as a freelancer for Zut magazine (editor-in-chief), Le Journal du Port du Rhin (editor-in-chief), Zap, the magazine of the School of Architecture (editor-in-chief), Novo magazine (editorial work), and Lire notre monde, the newspaper for Strasbourg, World Book Capital (editorial work).

Beyond his journalistic activities, he also works as a mediator and content creator, building on his/her experience in communications at La Comédie de Colmar.

As a country girl constantly searching for her place in the world, Fanny Gillard decided to study acting, which allowed her to be anyone and everyone. At the same time, she developed a growing interest in music. 
With a first prize in dramatic art and declamation and a specialisation in psychopedagogy and the methodology of spoken French under her belt, Fanny soon gave up the stage in favour of teaching. 
But if you don't want it, it comes back... and something was missing... something powerful... a place where she could finally be herself but hidden from view... and all these criteria converged on radio, THE perfect medium!
After starting out on VivaCité and Pure fm (now Tipik), music became the centre of her life at RTBF, with a daily radio slot on Classic 21! 
Add to that TV appearances (weather, Rio Olympics, D6bels on Stage, 20H02, TEMPO, etc.), another microphone in the group Josy & The Pony and her role as mother of 2 daughters, and you have a woman who is fulfilled in her personal and professional life 😊