Florence Le Cam

Biographic Data

ID701064
NAMEFlorence Le Cam
GIVEN NAMESFlorence
FAMILY NAMELe Cam
SIGNATURELE CAM F
AFFILIATIONSUniversité Libre de Bruxelles
ORCID0000-0002-5550-5167
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS112
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX6

  • The Perception of Women Journalists and Feminism in Belgian Newspapers (1880-1950)

    Open AccessBrecht Deseure, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEDiGeSt Journal of Diversity and…2025

    Journalism has traditionally been a male-dominated profession that has only gradually opened to women. In many Western countries in the late nineteenth century, the growing presence of female professionals across various sectors of society was one way in which the feminist movement gained visibility. This article aims to trace the discourses on women journalists and feminism in Belgium and explore their possible intersections. Focusing on the per…

  • Nowhere to Feel Safe Anymore Mapping Public and Organisational Violence Against Journalists in Belgium

    Florence Le Cam, Manon Libert et al.ARTICLEDigital Journalism2025

    Violence against journalists is on the increase around the world: murders, physical assaults, verbal abuse, etc. (Brambila and Hughes Citation2019; Waisbord Citation2020). As this has been more likely to occur in countries in extreme risk situations (Frère Citation2015), the situation in Belgium has never quite been a cause for concern. However, in recent years, Belgian journalists have also been experiencing situations of violence. In a national…

  • Journalism Facing Autocratization: Analyzing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) as Instruments for Media Capture

    Simone Benazzo, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEJournalism Practice2025References: 22

    This article interprets Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) as a strategy of media capture in the context of autocratization processes, and addresses them as a multidimensional phenomenon, beyond the juridical process that is at the core. This approach is applied to an exploratory analysis of the situation in three countries with different autocratization trends: Germany, Croatia and North Macedonia. Through focus groups with…

  • An interview with Nik Usher: “What journalism means in a democracy”

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Catherine Quiroga CortésARTICLESur le journalisme About…2025

    EN. In this interview, Nik Usher, associate professor in communication at the University of San Diego and Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellow, reflects on the evolution of their research on journalism and democracy. Initially focused on the ethnographic study of newsroom practices (notably at The New York Times), Usher gradually shifted their interest toward a critical analysis of journalism’s role in a context of democratic backsliding, conf…

  • Conspiracy Theorists as Alternative Journalists

    Juliette De Maeyer, Florence Le CamARTICLEJournalism Studies2025References: 41

    This paper studies two series of critical incidents involving news content producers who have been described as conspiracy theorists and who, in various ways, seek to seize some professional attributes of journalism. By focusing on two case studies from French-speaking countries, it seeks to understand the paradoxical positioning of these actors, who at the same time harshly criticize journalism as an institution and claim to belong to it. By int…

  • Repeupler les rédactions du passé à l’aide des humanités numériques: Le cas du quotidien belge Le XXe Siècle

    Open AccessManon Libert, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEQuestions de communication2025References: 2

    Cet article explore dans quelle mesure et comment les humanités numériques peuvent contribuer à repeupler la rédaction d’un journal et retracer les parcours professionnels des journalistes qui y ont travaillé. Développant un propos de nature méthodologique, il a pour objectif de détailler la construction progressive d’une démarche semi-automatique qui se fonde sur la recherche systématique de traces de collaboration dans le journal, par la détect…

  • Retracer (massivement) et analyser une carrière médiatique. Désinvisibiliser Alice Bron, journaliste, socialiste et féministe belge (1850-1904)

    Florence Le Cam, Alexia Vidalenche et al.ARTICLELe Temps des médias2024

    À partir d’une analyse de corpus massifs de presse, cet article détaille le processus méthodologique alliant méthodes en humanités numériques et analyses qualitatives pour retracer la carrière d’une journaliste belge, Alice Bron. La recherche mène à dé-assigner Alice Bron de son seul rôle de femme, d’épouse, de bourgeoise. L’étude montre ainsi la densité de la carrière d’Alice Bron dans et hors des journaux au travers de l’analyse de sa médiatisa…

  • Journalists at the Frontline: Recognising and Managing Emotions in the Face of Conflict and Terrorism in Burkina Faso

    Lassane Yameogo, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEJournalism Studies2024References: 27

    This article examines the impact of emotions on the professional realities and practices of Burkinabè reporters working in conflict-ridden regions of Burkina Faso. To achieve this, it adopts an innovative theoretical perspective that links the emotional turn in journalism to the sociology of risk. Using an original “fieldwork in delegation” methodology involving three focus groups and 37 interviews with Burkinabè journalists, the study closely in…

  • SLAPPs against journalists in Europe: Exploring the role of self-regulatory bodies

    Open AccessMarie Fierens, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Communication2024References: 12

    Reports show that media freedom is under pressure worldwide. Violence against journalists has a legal facet that takes the form of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) that aim at silencing critical speech. While in some countries there are legal protections against SLAPPs, in Europe a debate is only recently being carried out, mainly fostered by professional journalist associations and civil society. This article explores the…

  • Entretien avec François Demers: A propos de la restructuration contemporaine du journalisme

    Open AccessFlorence Le CamARTICLESur le journalisme About…2024Cited by: 1References: 2

    FR. François Demers est l’un des co-fondateurs de la revue Sur le journalisme. Investi depuis les années 1990 dans presque toutes les aventures scientifiques franco-québécoises, et pionnier de la formation au journalisme en ligne dès le début des années 2000, la notoriété de François Demers dépasse les frontières de son université. Professeur depuis 1980 à l’Université Laval, après avoir été journaliste pendant 15 ans, il a été tour à tour Doyen …

  • Ethics as the backbone of the professional identity of Belgian journalism interns

    Marie Fierens, Hedwig De Smaele et al.ARTICLEMedia Practice and Education2023

    This study analyzes the perceptions of professional ethics expressed by Belgian – both Francophone and Flemish – journalism students after their first internships. 13 focus groups including 59 students from 7 universities were organized. These young journalists detailed how ethics play a central role in the development of their professional identity, during their first professional experience. Results show that both Flemish and French-speaking jo…

  • A Matter of Organisational Silence: Media Managers Struggling to Make Sense of the Online Harassment of Journalists as a Collective Issue in Journalism

    Sylvain Malcorp, Manon Libert et al.ARTICLEDigital Journalism2023

    The online harassment of journalists is a phenomenon which has been on the rise in Europe over the last decade and it affects journalists' working lives. As an expression of mob censorship, online harassment raises questions about how media organisations react to online aggressions targeting their journalists, the consequences on the victims’ well-being and on the role of journalism in society. Yet, previous research has shown the lack of support…

  • Le numéro entier - Full Issue - Edição completa

    Open AccessFrançois Demers, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2023References: 61

    Le numéro entier - Full Issue - Edição completa

  • Au carrefour des influences américaine, britannique et française: Entretien

    Open AccessFrançois Demers, Florence Le CamARTICLESur le journalisme About…2023Cited by: 1

    Entretien

  • Être femme et journaliste: Enquête sociologique dans un monde au masculin

    Florence Le Cam, Manon Libert et al.BOOKÊtre femme et journaliste2021

  • Belgian Journalists in Lockdown: Survey on Employment and Working Conditions and Representations of Their Role

    Manon Libert, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLEJournalism Studies2021Cited by: 7References: 15

    The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted an important paradox: it has reminded us of the importance of the news media and the central place it occupies in the public space in times of crisis. At the same time, it has showed the major difficulties the industry faces in Belgium and elsewhere in the world. The lockdown disrupted the employment and practices of many journalists in ways that may reveal the contemporary tensions between professional ident…

  • Sidonie Naulin, Des mots à la bouche. Le journalisme gastronomique en France: Presses universitaires François Rabelais et Presses universitaires de Rennes, Tours et Rennes, 2017, 322 p

    Open AccessFlorence Le CamARTICLESociologie du Travail2021References: 2

    Des mots a la bouche s’ancre dans la lignee des etudes francaises sur le journalisme specialise, alimentees notamment par les travaux precurseurs dans les annees 1970 de Jean-Gustave Padioleau sur les journalistes specialises dans les questions educatives (1976), et tout un ensemble de recherches portant sur les journalismes economique, sportif, medical, judiciaire, social ou encore politique. Ancre dans une tradition tres riche d’etudes des sous…

  • Anthony Bellanger: Entretien

    Open AccessAnthony Bellanger, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2021

    Propos recueillis par Florence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira & Denis Ruellan

  • Violences Publiques – Public Violence – Violências Públicas

    Open AccessFrançois Demers, Florence Le Cam et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2021References: 1

    Le numéro entier - Full Issue - Edição completa

  • Public violence against journalists and media: Introduction

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2021References: 6

    Public violence against journalists and media. Introduction

  • Violências públicas contra jornalistas e meios de comunicação: Introdução

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2021References: 6

    Violências públicas contra jornalistas e meios de comunicação. Introdução

  • Violences publiques envers les journalistes et les médias: Introduction

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2021Cited by: 1References: 4

    Violences publiques envers les journalistes et les médias. Introduction

  • Journalistic Role Performance: Concepts, Contexts, and Methods

    David Domingo, Florence Le Cam et al.BOOKJournalistic Role Performance2016

  • Questioning the Norms of Journalism Researchers. Introduction

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2016

    Questioning the Norms of Journalism Researchers Introduction

  • Interroger les normes des chercheurs en journalisme. Introduction

    Open AccessFlorence Le Cam, Fábio Henrique Pereira et al.ARTICLESur le journalisme About…2016Cited by: 1

    Interroger les normes des chercheurs en journalisme. Introduction