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Who is behind nachrichten.fr? A look behind the scenes of the French-German news portal
A click. A headline. A quick glance at the imprint - and the question appears:
Who actually operates nachrichten.fr?
Every day, hundreds, often thousands of readers scroll through the news on this portal, which specializes in current events in France and translates them into German. Politics, business, society, culture, regional developments from the Cote d'Azur to Paris - the range is broad, the presentation professional.
But who is working in the background? Who decides what matters, researches, writes and structures the stories?
The answer leads to the far southeast of France, to the Alpes-Maritimes department, more precisely to the area between Nice and Menton. The news portal is based there. It is operated by a local edition specializing in reporting from France and preparing its content for a German-speaking audience.
Behind the editorial work stands Andreas M. Brucker - a name many readers may hardly have encountered, although he has been active in the media landscape for decades.
His journalistic career began around 1980. Since then, with interruptions, he has worked for many years as a news reporter and journalist. This experience shapes his view of topics, relevance and research paths.
Because news work is not something you do casually between two espressos.
It means working through sources, separating facts from opinions, polishing formulations until they reach the core of a news item without artificially inflating it.
Readers who want to know more about the sources of nachrichten.fr will find a dedicated page on the website. There the portal explains where its information comes from and which journalistic principles guide the work. In short: the editorial team researches all selected topics independently and on the basis of several reputable sources. Only then is the final article produced.
What makes nachrichten.fr special?
For many Germans, France remains a place of longing. Cote d'Azur, Paris, Brittany - names that taste of holidays, croissants and savoir vivre. But the portal wants to convey more than holiday mood. It reports on strikes, political decisions, social developments, fires in the south, security situations, new laws, economic trends and cultural debates.
In a world where the French news market is often difficult for German-speaking readers to access, nachrichten.fr closes a gap. The editorial team not only translates; it curates, filters and prepares information so that readers are up to date within minutes.
How is that possible?
Journalistic routine plays a role here. Anyone who has worked as a reporter for decades develops a sense for what moves people. Which topics unsettle them. Which decisions affect their lives directly. And which news sounds loud but has little substance.
Asked how he describes his journalistic approach, Andreas M. Brucker puts it this way:
"Report what is. Not what should be. And never what you would most like to hear yourself."
This attitude runs through all our texts. Calm, factual, clear, yet with a fine sense for social vibrations between Paris, Marseille and the small villages in the Alps.
Why is transparency about sources so important?
Because it creates trust. Nachrichten.fr discloses the criteria by which topics are selected and the sources on which reporting is based. In times of fake news, paid content and automated clickbait, exactly this journalistic transparency is needed.
Because if a story sounds important but has no foundation, in the end it is only hot air.
Nachrichten.fr does not see itself as a classic online magazine with comments, essays or long analyses, but as a news portal in the narrower sense: short, precise reports, carefully researched and available in German.
That is the thread running through the editorial work.
By the way: anyone wishing to contact the editorial team will find a clearly structured contact section here with all relevant information.
IMPRINT
Nachrichten.fr is published by:
EDITIONS PHOTRA
1766 Route de Menton
06500 Menton / Gorbio
France
SIREN: 326 186 327 R.C.S. Nice
Contact: kontakt@nachrichten.fr
Responsible for content:
Andreas M. Brucker
1766 Route de Menton
06500 Menton / Gorbio
France
Editions PHOTRA,
M. A. Brucker 326 186 327 R.C.S. NICE
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Founded in 1983