Velours’ intellectual identity is organized around six pillars. These are not administrative sections: they are the lines of research, training, and publication that run through all of the club’s work.
Training and learning
Journalism as a discipline that is studied, understood, and perfected: journalistic training, professional ethics, media literacy, narrative and writing, new communication methodologies.
Journalistic investigation
Journalism as a method of investigation and rigorous information-seeking: investigative journalism, fact-checking, documentary sources, cross-border investigation, transparency and access to information.
Practice and experimentation
Putting knowledge into practice through exercises, methodologies, and editorial experiences: practical workshops, journalism labs, editorial simulations, multimedia production, new narrative formats.
Scientific and academic production
A space that sets Velours apart from other journalism clubs: scientific articles, academic essays, communication research, media studies, research methodologies, publications and working papers.
Innovation and the transformation of journalism
How journalistic practice evolves: artificial intelligence and journalism, data journalism, new technologies, disinformation, digital security, new models of informational production.
Critical thinking and press freedom
A reflective dimension on the role of journalism in contemporary societies: freedom of expression, editorial independence, journalists' rights, ethics and responsibility, media pluralism, challenges of the profession.