Being part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the newspaper, Le Devoir, this all-day conference brings together prominent journalists and researchers from France, Sweden, Canada and the United States to reflect on the independent newspaper in the 21st century: its role, content and public, as well as its editorial structure, financing and management. In the current context of uncertainty for the printed press, what kind of position remains for the daily independent newspaper? [flashvideo file="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/pods/artsandhumanities/P100299JournalIndependant3.m4v" image="http://podcasts.mcgill.ca/files/2010/09/Journal3.jpg" /]