50 years ago, the Lausanne Notice Sheet became 24 hours. The Vaudois daily celebrates this half-century of existence on Saturday in a special section.
Created in 1762, the Leaf of Notice of Lausanne became 24 hours on April 10, 1972. The objective then consists in changing a name “too linked to the city” and even “cheesy” for some, for a new title “more informative, explanatory, attractive and aware of its roles”, recalls the newspaper.
In a notebook specially prepared for the occasion, the daily newspaper opens its album of memories. In particular, it gives the floor to four former editors-in-chief, Fabien Dunand, Gian Pozzy, Jacques Poget and Thierry Meyer.
An article is also devoted to the various daily cartoonists, as well as to female journalists who, over the years, have had to fight to find a place in the profession.
Inform “outside the a priori”
Guy Parmelin is also invited to speak regarding the role of “his” daily life. “For the Waldensians, 24 hours is a telescope that abolishes the distances between towns and countryside (…) This newspaper connects us to other districts and, beyond, discovers other landscapes and draws other realities of one and the same Switzerland”, writes the citizen of Bursins.
Even if “the press is resisting”, the Federal Councilor observes that the newspapers are “in trouble” with part of their public. He warns once morest the temptation of sensationalism to attract the reader.
According to Guy Parmelin, the press has the same duty as an elected official, namely to listen to society and its needs. It must thus “inform outside the field of controversy, ready-to-think and militancy. In short, outside of a priori”, he believes.
